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Fast and simple takes the gold

Posted On: Monday, July 30, 2012 - 1:59pm

Posted By: KFriberg

Posted In: books, cookbooks

It may not be the Olympics, but in my house, it is definitely worthy of an award. “Real Simple Easy, Delicious Home Cooking: A Year of Fresh, Healthy Recipes for Every Occasion” is the latest cookbook I’ve checked out of the library, and it is a terrific resource for fuss-free, healthy recipes using a minimum of ingredients.

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Book buzz

Posted On: Wednesday, July 11, 2012 - 4:54pm

Posted By: KFriberg

Posted In: Adult Summer Reading, book group, books, Books on Tap, summer reading

If you've read 2012 Pulitzer Fiction Jury member Michael Cunningham's recent New Yorker pieces on what really happened behind-the-scenes in the year-without-a-fiction winner debacle, you may have gotten a tiny teaser for the July 24th Books on Tap selection, Continue reading
Books on tap

Posted On: Tuesday, June 19, 2012 - 8:00am

Posted By: KFriberg

Posted In: beer, book group, books

It’s not Dickens, but it is a doozy. J.R. Moehringer’s memoir, “The Tender Bar,” sets the stage for the inaugural meeting of Books on Tap. This new book group led by librarian Kristin Friberg convenes at the Yankee Doodle Tap Room at the Nassau Inn on Tuesday, June 26^th at 7 pm.

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Not listening to a book? Inexcusable

Posted On: Friday, June 1, 2012 - 3:19pm

Posted By: KFriberg

Posted In: Audiobooks

If you haven’t heard Tina Fey talking about her dad, Don and the use of the word, "inexcusable," in the audiobook version of her bestselling “Bossypants,” you are missing comic brilliance.

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Book buzz

Posted On: Tuesday, May 8, 2012 - 8:00am

Posted By: KFriberg

Posted In: books

April is over. Surprised? I am. Now, that the calendar has reunited with May, I am in panic mode for the season of discontent, summer. Every year it’s the same story: My body refuses to cooperate with bathing suit goals. This year is going to be different. I am not going to beat myself up about it. Instead, I’m going to read A. J.

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Have a ball on vacation

Posted On: Tuesday, April 17, 2012 - 8:00am

Posted By: KFriberg

Posted In: art, travel, vacation

Now that spring break has met with its sweltering denouement, what are your plans for the summer? If you are anything like me, you might feel a little anxious about the subject. Where to begin? Where to go? It could be as simple as following Kurt Perschke's RedBall Project to its next destination, London, in June. Although, you might need something a little more than a giant art installation to tempt you to leave your nest.

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Brilliance, arrested

Posted On: Wednesday, March 28, 2012 - 8:00am

Posted By: KFriberg

Posted In: books, museum pass program, staff picks

I can count the number of times that I have found myself completely arrested by someone’s brilliance. Last week, I had one of those moments. It was a moment in which I felt myself lingering; feeling the very core of my body and mind wanting to stay present with what I was experiencing.

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