Yesterday I got in a discussion with friends about books vs. e-books, and whether or not this is finally the end of books (since I’ve heard this argument for at least the past 10 years or so). It started off with a discussion about publishing and self-publishing, and I got…
In high school, and at various times since, I studied French. And so began a love affair of all things French, finally culminating in a long awaited trip to Paris over Thanksgiving ’09. Italian was another language I’ve always wanted to learn, and a couple of years ago I finally…
New Orleans is known for many things. And one thing I heard repeatedly when I mentioned where I was spending my vacation was “oh, the music!” And the music was everywhere. It poured out of the bars and intimate restaurants, it stationed itself on street corners or in the back…
It seems everyone is posting about the past year, which of course makes sense given that 2010 is all too rapidly coming to a close. And for the most part, it was a good year, which is only fitting that it was the end of the first decade of the…