Library changes

Starting at some point in July, L.A. publici library books will be loaned out for 2 weeks instead of 3, but you can renew it 3 times if no one else has requested it. Bummer, I think.

Late Night Eating

So many conversations about late night eating places.
Thought I'd start a list. Please feel free to add.

Gus's BBQ (South Pasadena): Open till 10 Sun-Thu, till 12 Fri/Sat

La Cabanita (Montrose): Open until 10 Sun-Thu, till 11 Fri/Sat

Casa Bianca (Eagle Rock): Open until midnight Tu/Wed/Thu. Till 1am Fri/Sat. Closed Sun/Mon

Oinkster (Eagle Rock): Open until 10 Mon-Thu, till 11 Fri/Sat

Spitz (Eagle Rock): Open until 10 daily

Brite Spot (Echo Park): Open until 4am

Gingergrass (Silver Lake): Open until 10 except Fri/Sat till 10:30

Burial Tuck?

Two books I'm thinking about...

"Blindness" by Jose Saramago. He's Portuguese and the book won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1998. Figured I'd read it and throw it into all my witty, educated conversations I'm sure to be having in Libson.

"The Bible Salesman: A Novel" by Clyde Edgerton. It's not available until 8/11/08, but my Goodreads monthly email quotes David Sedaris on it: "How good it feels to throw back one's head and howl with a great comic novel. The 'burial tuck' alone should make The Bible Salesman a classic."

We are currently reading "My Life in France" by Julia Child. I'm sending out an email proposing we change the date from Tuesday, July 15th, because it's the Odyssesy OPPG meeting.

i love my husband but...

2 books I don't have the, uh, stamina to read:

365 Nights: A Memoir of Intimacy


Just Do It: How One Couple Turned Off the TV and Turned On Their Sex Lives for 101 Days (No Excuses!)

The NY Times had an article. Crazy people.

Summer Reading, had me a blast

Ooh, so sorry to stick that in your heads. I've been nurturing bored kids all day so others may have to suffer.
Well, a month has flown by and we're meeting tonight to discuss "North River." A big thank you to Marisa for offering her place. We'll start at 7:00.
For next month we decided last meeting to read "My Life in France" by Julia Child.

Here are some options courtesy of Cari (Thank you!)
"Away: A Novel" by Amy Bloom

"Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life" by Barbara Kingsolver
[from Cari] Kingsolver and her family spent a year living entirely on food they raised and the adventures and the writing are amazing. The author's husband and teenage daughter contributed sidebars and there are recipes. I don't think of Kingsolver as a laugh-out-loud-funny kind of writer, but the section on turkey sex was hilarious.

"The Story of Forgetting: A Novel" by Stefan Merrill Block



We can decide August and September tonight and send everyone off on...

Summer Reading, happened so fast