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This is cool. The future is now…or in maybe 5 years…

I’m very excited about my friend Kim Dana Kupperman coming to the Bay Area in October to read from her new book, I Just Lately Started Buying Wings: Missives From the Other Side of Silence.

Read the book review from the NYTimes. Read: Kim Dana Kupperman: The TNB Self-Interview – A Supposedly Fun Thing I’ll Never Do Again.

Bay Area Book Readings:
October 10, 5:30 p.m.: Reading at Capitola Book Café, 1475 41st Ave., Capitola, CA.
October 13, 7 p.m.: Reading at Books, Inc., 2251 Chestnut Street, San Francisco, CA.
October 14, 7:30 p.m.: Reading at Mrs. Dalloway’s, 2904 College Ave., Berkeley, CA.

I invite all of you in the Bay Area to come!

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Check out these “vintage” ads. They were designed by a Sao Paulo ad agency called Moma. Gorgeous and ingenious!

Yesterday I went on an excursion to the seaside village of Carmel, CA with my friends Chris and Nicki. We had lunch and then walked around in the drizzling rain (under a huge umbrella) and explored the shops, galleries, and even a wine tasting room on an afternoon of sensorial treats and creative inspiration.

Here are some highlights of the afternoon:

• The exquisite black and white photography of Roman Loranc at the Photography West gallery.

• Smelling all the interesting, fabulous and sometimes bizarre soaps at Lush Life—a soap “deli.”  One of our favorites was the oats and molasses combo.

• Wine tasting at Cima Collina, a local artisan winery. Jane, the wine tasting manager, poured seven different wines for us. The grand finale was a rich, sweet Port accompanied by a piece of semi-sweet dark chocolate.

Lastly, I must thank Chris and Nicki for the pleasure of their company and for this memorable afternoon.