Brownie and Pearl See the Sights written by Cynthia Rylant and illustrated by Brian Biggs is a simple story about a girl and her cat exploring the town. They go shopping and have have a snack before returning home to each take a nap. Such a sweet book! The unfussy plot, lends itself to lots of discussion about favorite stores, hats, shoes…
My friend Cecily recently wrote a post about just how awful her skills as a mother are. Personally I think she’s way too hard on herself and is just being a person who is also a mom who sometimes needs her space. I mean, if you want to talk awful mothers, holla at your girl. Lately I have been feeling like THE…
A few weeks ago The Bee and I saw Tangled at the United Artists 69th Street Theater. Sadly the 69th Street Theater had gone from a convenient neighborhood theater to having a reputation of a place to avoid at all costs. My last few experiences there left me to seek movie entertainment as far away from a bus route as possible. And…
R’s note: I spoke with Nakea and she informs me that she is not exclusively promoting Urban and Street lit. She promotes all works by African Americans. Sorry for the misinformation!12/15/2010 Buffy and I were guests at the ninth annual As the Page Turns holiday bash. A friend of ours, Nakea, is in the know about all things books, particularly all…
R’s note: This post started out to be a snarky bitchfest due to me not seeing eye to eye with some of the ‘rules’ of UD bureaucrats but following my new 2-2-2 (or in this case 24-24-24 rule) a cooler key stroke has prevailed. Plus I figured this post would be cathatic and I would let some of ‘that’ go. Anyhoodle:Upper Darby…