Few browser toolbars are as fun as Stumbleupon. When installed the service puts a few icons on your browser, including a thumbs up, a thumbs down, and a button labeled “Stumble”; click the latter and you’ll be taken to a web site randomly selected from the most highly rated
The first of Philip Pullman’s excellent His Dark Materials fantasy trilogy, The Golden Compass is loads of fun. The story centers on young Lyra Silvertongue as she becomes enmeshed in a war between her father, the brooding Lord Asriel, and the sinister legions of the churchly Authority. Filled with
Don’t you just have to like a restaurant where you’re greeted with “Ciao bella”? I think yes. And a visit to Scottadito Osteria Toscana in Park Slope just gets better from there. The Tuscan menu ranges from pastas topped with house-cured meats to roast suckling pig, but
Life would be nicer if health care was free, cigars cured cancer, and the Atlantic Monthly published weekly. But let’s be honest—it takes me three weeks to finish an issue, mostly because I savor the read. The July/August book is a great example of the magazine’s
The stuff we’re into right now—including what we’re reading, hearing, watching, finding, eating, using, installing, applying, and, yes, even scratching this season.
Books, movies, shows, albums, artists, clothing, writing instruments, online “services,” ways to cook, things to eat, and more things to digest.
Of interest lately are special books, catchy songs, lovely clothes, and a slew of other wonderful items we’ve collectively enjoyed the last few weeks, and now wish to pass along for your very own summer pleasure.
