Christmas Celebration!

Hi book gabbers. For the month of December, we've decided not yet to tackle another memoir but to instead meet to celebrate the season with a gourmet dinner at LesliAnn Raper's new house at 360 North Bethesda Road. Cost is $20 per person and (my new boyfriend) chef Andrew will be preparing us heavy appetizer-type courses with the accompanying wines. So I hope to see you all on Friday, Dec. 11 at 6 p.m. Please feel free to bring your husband or an adult guest.

Fast forward food

At our October meeting, members Terry, Katrina, Jan and I met to discuss "Animal, Vegetable, Miracle" and talked about the role "healthy" food plays in life. It seems that convenience is key and we decided there needs to be a fast-food healthy restaurant. We were all impressed and motivated by the forward food thinking that's in our current Kingsolver read. Enjoyed the discussion and will enjoy finishing up the book next month.

Been Awhile...

Wow, ladies. It sure has been awhile since I updated this page :). Now, we've just finished Three Cups Of Tea and are meeting Thursday evening at the Wine Cellar to discuss and pick our new memoir. I hope to see Terry, Katrina, Deb, Linda, Kristin and Melanie there. Let's sit down, sip a glass of wine and talk about our latest read and then pick our next read. All suggestions and comments welcomed and encouraged.

NCwino??

Reflecting on the five years since I moved from Manhattan to the quaint, small town of Southern Pines, North Carolina, I've realized one change about myself....I've fallen in love with wine, dry, white wine to be exact. I've always been a literary fan so here, I decided to start my own book club with meetings monthly at the downtown Wine Cellar, where they know me by name and my tastes in wine just as well or better than I do. Sometimes I ruminate
on whether my new love of wine makes me an alcoholic but refuse to see becoming a fan, purveyor and aficionado of a certain drink as a problem. I mean, it's not as though I sip on it all day and night nor am I happy with the slight buzz it may give me, although I must say I sleep better and fall asleep faster. Maybe it just has to do with the hugely slower pace of NC compared with hustling, bustling Manhattan. I just can't believe how I slept through the (much louder) sounds of New York City. You feel like the garbage truck enters your building, the noises are so loud.