Lynne Kiesling Through my various wanderings in the past week I have come across two fun little shopping-oriented sites that I like: Little Splurge, which highlights little (and no-so-little) finds for fashion, home, travel, work, etc; and Paperclippy, focusing on office-friendly fashion finds. These two cute sites are great examples of Internet filtering; there’s so …
Michael Giberson Today I did something new. Something I’ve never tried before. I walked into the local Barnes and Noble bookstore and bought a diet book. I’ve never really though of myself as overweight. For most of my life I haven’t been overweight. For the last few years, however, I have thought of myself as …
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Lynne Kiesling I haven’t said much in the past few months about the personal life, although I do still have one … This past weekend was a lovely spring weekend here in Chicago, and we took advantage of it to do some local exploring. We started off Friday night at Dr. Vino’s meetup at Juicy …
Lynne Kiesling I found the juxtaposition of two recent articles (found via Arts & Letters Daily) on language quite interesting. Wine writer Colin Bower is frustrated with the use of simile and metaphor in wine writing: why can’t we describe the experience of tasting a wine in a direct, factual way, without the use of …
Lynne Kiesling As I’ve mentioned here before, I update the blogroll with a lag; I tend to read a lot of things through my RSS aggregator, and then put them here so I can access them without opening Bloglines. Two new links here, but sites I read regularly, are Mark Thoma’s Economist’s View and The …
Michael Giberson In a story widely reported in news and on the web – we humans like our confirmatory data – a study finds that a compound in red wine may help fight the ill effects of obesity and aging. On the front page of the Washington Post today: A substance found in red wine …
Michael Giberson Cindy Skrzycki writes: It took a book called The Jungle, a grim assessment of work inside slaughterhouses, plus a campaign by labor unions, medical professionals and consumer groups, to pressure Congress to pass the Pure Food and Drug Act and the Meat Inspection Act on the same day in 1906. The food industry …
Lynne Kiesling A follow-up to my recent musings on the health benefits of tea, one of my favorite beverages and daily rituals: innovation is occurring in the bagged tea market. This NYT article on new tea bag designs is very interesting, whether you are a tea drinker or not. Most people are familiar with the …
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Lynne Kiesling Tea is healthier to drink than water, due to the flavonoids in tea: These polyphenol antioxidants are found in many foods and plants, including tea leaves, and have been shown to help prevent cell damage. … Other health benefits seen included protection against tooth plaque and potentially tooth decay, plus bone strengthening. This …
Lynne Kiesling Hmmm, haven’t done a wine review in a while; doesn’t mean we haven’t been tasting! Last night we had the New Gewurz 2005 from Alexander Valley Vineyards, a really great Sonoma County winery outside of Healdsburg. When we last were in Sonoma we visited there and had a lovely time. The New Gewurz …
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