Month: September 2016

French Rhapsody by Antoine Laurain

French Rhapsody by Antoine Laurain Translated from French by Jane Aitken and Emily Boyce Gallic Books, London 2016 232 Pages I received a free copy French Rhapsody from Meryl Zegarek Public Relations Inc. All opinions are my own. A few months ago I was contacted by Meryl Zegarek asking if she might send me a particular book to review…

Be Frank With Me by Julia Claiborne Johnson

Be Frank With Me by Julia Claiborne Johnson William Morrow Paperbacks September 6, 2016 309 Pages   Alice was a not-so-recent graduate who majored in accounting, but had been working in a number of different non-accounting jobs before fully committing to the profession. She was working in New York city for Mr. Vargas, an editor, at…

Harwood District vs. Harwood Historic District

Dallas can be really confusing . . . As someone who associates “Harwood” with the eastern section of downtown (vivid memories of the old downtown central library at Harwood and Commerce), I only recently have taken notice of a new “district” that exists with a similar name (on the other side of downtown that has been…

In Celebration of the U.S. Open!