So, I usually don’t pick my Christmas theme out this far in advance, but I was leafing through one of my old holiday issues of Victoria Magazine that I’ve saved since forever, and it reminded me of how long it’s been since I did a full-on, over-the-top Victorian Christmas. I’d better start aging that figgyContinue reading “Living In: Victorian Christmas”
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Drama Queen: Alice in Borderland
I’m semi-retroactively christening a new series on the blog because I realized I have written a lot of posts about Asian dramatic series and movies, and I might as well round them up (rounding things up makes my inner Border Collie happy). Alice in Borderland is a 2-season Japanese dramatic series on Netflix based onContinue reading “Drama Queen: Alice in Borderland”
Friday Favorites: Women Warriors (Movie Edition)
In preparation for Black Panther: Wakanda Forever opening next Friday (I have tickets for opening night at the Art Houz in Vegas, where I saw the first Black Panther), I thought I would post a list of my favorite women warriors in movies (and TV). I’ve been enthralled by these characters ever since I wasContinue reading “Friday Favorites: Women Warriors (Movie Edition)”
Unexpected Guests
I always enjoy the posts from Kominka Solo Life, but this one was especially sweet:
Eric Jacobus’s Video Essay on Donnie Yen’s Action Style
I loved every minute of this savvy and engaging deep-dive for fans of Donnie Yen and/or martial-arts films. Jacobus (a stuntman, action designer, and indie action filmmaker) breaks down Yen’s filmography with aplomb–including several films that even *I* haven’t seen, and I consider myself a pretty major Yen fangirl.
Friday Favorites: ABQ sights and Restaurants
I’m here for a conference this weekend, and several of my colleagues asked me for recommendations of what to see and where to eat in town, so I thought I would just compile them here: Things to Do/See/Eat in ABQ: North/West side: Old town/Downtown South Valley University district/Nob Hill Heights/Sandias:
Friday Favorites: Perfume Houses and Blogs
If some people can be called clothes-horses, I’m a perfume-horse. I wear it pretty much daily (though only in amounts you can smell if you’re me or hugging me). Fragrance preferences are super personal, but here are the houses and review sites I’ve had good luck with:
Living in…a Taos Hacienda
It is a relatively serious plan of mine to retire back home to New Mexico, preferably Taos. I’ve joked with my friend David about us sitting on our porches in our rocking chairs in our houses next to each other in Ranchos de Taos and yelling at kids to get off our…well, nobody out thereContinue reading “Living in…a Taos Hacienda”
Friday Favorites: Anime Series
I was getting ready to re-watch Soul Eater because it’s coming up on Halloween, and I have COVID again (BOO! as Malena said). And then it occurred to me I haven’t done any lists of favorite anime. I’ll do another one on movies, but here are my top 10 favorite series of all time (inContinue reading “Friday Favorites: Anime Series”
Friday Favorites: Video Games
I am not a person who enjoys acting under pressure–particularly time pressure. Though I don’t *seem* slow, I really am, at least when it comes to reacting physically to things. It’s like my “plan” and “execute” modules are super badly sequenced. This is why I can’t balance on things that move–like skateboards and boats. And,Continue reading “Friday Favorites: Video Games”
The Rookery 