Celebrate Halloween!
September 18, 2012 § Leave a Comment
Guess what’s on newsstands!
This is such a beautiful issue. Even if you’re not big on Halloween, it’s still full of fabulous entertaining and decorating ideas and amazing recipes. Go pick up your copy now!
the cutest (and most creative) food presentation ever
December 8, 2011 § Leave a Comment
Seriously? This is adorable. And so unique! I’m not sure I’ve ever seen anything like it. Thank you, Sweet Paul!
Southern words: The Po’boy
October 19, 2011 § 1 Comment
I can’t help sharing this.
Image credit: Sarah Essex Bradley | Garden & Gun
I love the way Rick Bragg writes. How can such beautiful imagery come from one person’s brain? That’s how I feel when I read good writing—simply in awe.
Anyways, you must read this piece on the po’boy. It ran in the most recent issue of Garden & Gun. I can literally taste the sweetness of the baguette, the crunch of the fried (insert shellfish-of-choice here), the spice of the remoulade, and the tang of the pickles. A po’boy is truly a beautiful thing.
Click here to read. Enjoy!
currently reading…
October 2, 2011 § 1 Comment
Loving this so far. Plus Dianne Jacob will be speaking at Food Blog South 2012. I really want to go!
Related: Another reason to make James Tivo the Food Network for me ; blue-eyed and Mexican
Journalism students (Knight fellows, in particular) — What more can we do to get ahead?
December 18, 2009 § 2 Comments
I stumbled across this on 10,000 Words, my favorite site to waste time on these days: Journalism Grads: 30 Things You Should Do This Summer. This was posted in June, but I mean hey these things don’t have to actually take place over the summer. Particularly for the Knight fellows, this could be our little list of things to accomplish by the end of our program. I felt proud of myself, actually, that I already had quite a few of these checked off. And so many of these items can be taken care of by just a few clicks when we’ve got some down time in lieu of time spent Facebook lurking.
Also, this was funny: 10 news photos that took retouching too far.
Oh, and I’ll be doing some stories for The Tuscaloosa News about Alabama fans coming to Pasadena!
Alabama flag hanging outside our living room window in Altadena.
just sharing
November 14, 2009 § 1 Comment
Two posts in a row!
Nonprofit group comes to homeless family’s aid
From Latimes.com: Bessie Mae Berger, 97, and her son Charlie in their Chevy Suburban. (Ricardo DeAratanha / Los Angeles Times)
This story isn’t exactly current. It’s about a month old. But I came across this original story of 97-year-old Bessie Mae Berger, who was homeless. The story and the video especially brought tears to my eyes as I imagined this woman spending every night in the front seat of an old car, longing for a warm bed, while her two sons who take care of her sleep in the back. (The video is also quite well done. I guess I enjoy more than ever looking at videos and slideshows thanks to our Media Production Tools class.) I searched the story online to find it again, when I found that thanks to the story, the three of them did find a home. Even though their living arrangements are temporary right now, it’s just a lovely reminder of what telling someone’s story can do.
