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More Summer Reading

I just got finished reading A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson and I really enjoyed it. He's more well-known for travel writing, and I've heard good stuff about all of his books. This one however, sets out to provide a basic, but not superficial explanation of the world and universe. Its an easy read, despite of the fact that he talks about the theory of relativity and the Big Bang theory and plate tectonics.

Meet Ups

I found the best website for everyone to check out... www.meetup.com. You can look up your city and find a huge selection of interest groups that people have started. I joined the wine tasting and French speaking groups here in Houston. It's pretty great because you can connect with people that are interested in the same things as you and who are open to meeting new people. I think these days it's hard to find a community to be a part of since we're all so spread out, and this website is really fun and refreshing in that regard. No more only knowing the people you work with!

I went to the French meetup tonight (by myself) and had a great time (et mon Français est terrible). The crowd was all young to middle aged professionals who were worldly and interesting. They even sent me a follow up email saying they were glad I came and they hoped I would come again next week. So you can see, it's very fun and friendly.

Summer Reading List

Good Morning Ladies!

I've thoroughly enjoyed reading all the posts so far... and I am definitely going to use that food website Kristen!

While I was reading Lauren's insightful book review from a few days ago, I got the idea that we could share recommendations of books we're reading now, have read, or are planning on reading...
Those lazy summer days of laying by the pool/ocean are upon us, so we'll all need some good books.
Anyway- thought I'd start us off; these are 2 travel-themed books that are favorites. (Maybe they will be inspiration for a summer gettaway):

"A Moveable Feast" by Hemingway is a great summer book- it makes you understand why he is considered one of the best authors of the 20th century. It's a very easy and delightful read.

Also, in that same vein... I'm currently reading "The City of Falling Angels" by John Berendt (he wrote Midnight in the Garden of Good & Evil) and I love it. I'm ready to pack up and move to Venice next week.

Looking forward to some of your picks!
XXOO

holy crap

wow, i cant believe kelley was on that show...that was really cool....by the way i found a really cool website last night its http://www.mypyramidtracker.gov/login.aspx
its really cool, you can enter everything you ate for the day and it tells you how you did eating your fruits,veg, grains etc for the day based on you height and weight and age....it also tells you how many vitamins a,b,c riboflavin etc you took in........its really neat.........this really gives away my suburbaniteness cause i spend my friday nights looking up food pyramids.........by the way marquis got into law school!!!!! congradulations lord knows its always good to know a good lawyer