Sunday Edition

I hope you are all getting the opportunity to enjoy a relaxing summer weekend filled with family, friends, and literature (of course!). This weekend has been one of the rare times where my honey's schedule actually synchs up with mine, so we have been taking a little time to explore our new town. On the agenda: beer tasting and tour at Terrapin Microbrewery, a trip to Earth Fare, and several dynamite home-cooked meals from The Flat Belly Cookbook, including smoky tomato soup, grilled pork with garlic oil, and chicken pad thai. Yum!

Naturally, I've also made a trip or two to the bookstore, and have gotten some great titles I am excited to share with you over the next few weeks! I like to have some semblance of structure in my life, and I'd have to say that the theme for this weekend's purchases was that the majority of them were by acclaimed contemporary authors who have already engaged me in some way, to the point where I'm hungry to read more. Authors include Nicole Krauss, Junot Diaz, and Zadie Smith. Now the big challenge is figuring out which one to read first!