by Sherring D.
No real self-respecting book lover abuses books. By abuse, I mean crack the spine, mark it up, rip pages on purpose or by accident, toss around carelessly, and most definitely do not dog ear pages. Only monsters do that.
Categories: Back in the Day, Fabulousness, Listicle, Random Thoughts, Try New Things, Uncategorized • Tags: Book nerd, Book Things, Bookish Things, Bookmarks, Books, reading
by Sherring D.
Jasmine Guillory’s The Wedding Date is such a cute romantic novel. Stupid me didn’t realize that it’s actually the first book in the series. Months ago, if not a year ago, I read The Proposal first, my logic being that there must first be a wedding proposal to not only set a wedding date, but need a wedding date, as in a plus one. Nope. If you’re reading this, and also interested in reading the series, The Wedding Date is first. Much to my relief, they don’t have to be read in order. They work as standalone novels you won’t miss anything.
Alexis Monroe and Andrew Nichols’ meet-cute happens when they’re both trapped in a hotel elevator. She’s en route to meet her attorney-sister who’s staying at the Oakland hotel for business, and he’s in town for a wedding.
Categories: Fabulousness, Goodreads, Random Thoughts, Try New Things, Uncategorized • Tags: book review, Books, fiction, Goodreads, novel
by Sherring D.
I tiptoed into the podcast-listening world. I went from Soundcloud to Google Music to a now-defunct app that let you earn points per minute listened and now I’ve landed at Spotify. It’s not one of the platforms that let’s your rate or leave reviews, like iTunes or Stitcher, but I like it.
Categories: Fabulousness, Random Thoughts, Try New Things, Uncategorized • Tags: Audiobook, Books, entertainment, International Podcast Day, National Podcast Day, Podcast, Podcasts
by Sherring D.
Online dating. The assumption that anyone who goes through the trouble of signing up, creating a profile, uploading pictures, and in some cases, paying a fee, said person is interested in making connections. With another person. As in, a fellow human being. And since none of us are telepathic, we need to communicate.
Categories: Back in the Day, Fabulousness, Listicle, Random Thoughts, Try New Things, Uncategorized • Tags: App Dating, dating, love, online dating, relationships, Singlehood
by Sherring D.
Every week or every other week, my landlord would text me that I received another package. I let it sit out in the hallway for a week or so to de-Corona before I brought it in unbox. Reactions varied from pleasantly surprised to WTF? Most of the time, I know exactly where and why I want to log on and shop, however, I’ve fallen victim to pesky social media sponsored ads. In one case, it was a podcast sponsored ad. A list of sponsored ads to which I’ve succumbed during this pandemic:
Categories: Fabulousness, Goodreads, Listicle, Random Thoughts, Try New Things • Tags: Baking, clothes, Lists, Masks, Online Shopping, Pandemic, Pandemic Baking, Pandemic Shopping, Retail Therapy, Shopping, Skincare
by Sherring D.
My soft spot is when asked for food vs money. I need to earn brownie points for heaven (if it exists), so I agreed to buy overpriced shish kebabs at the cart where he was already standing. I encouraged him to order water and ordered one for myself.
Categories: Fabulousness, Try New Things, Uncategorized • Tags: Good Deed, New York City, Pandemic, Spare Change, Times Square
by Sherring D.
I just wanted some comfort food. I had just emerged from a more-than-usual emotionally draining therapy session. I was spent, exhausted and hungry as if I had just completed a Shaun T T25 workout. I longed for a hot shower, comfy sweats and socks and my favorite fuzzy blanket to wrap around myself as I got lost in TV, or even better, a nap. The latter was not likely to happen. It’s rare that I nap on purpose. As much […]
Categories: Back in the Day, Fabulousness, Try New Things, Uncategorized • Tags: Comfort Food, grilled cheese, love, memories, mother, triangle halves
by Sherring D.
I glance at both chairs and both working stations, but ignore both. Neither is as appealing as remaining seated on my couch dressed in Calvin Klein boy short panties, bootleg black long-sleeve souvenir t-shirt that I bought at a tailgating party for $5, and my green silk headwrap. Bright green tie-dyed socks are on my feet. It’s a bit chilly in my apartment, though not chilly enough to put on pants.
Categories: Fabulousness, Random Thoughts, Try New Things, Uncategorized • Tags: At Home, Coronavirus, daily life, NaNoWriMo, writing, writing prompt
by Sherring D.
A Soldier’s Play takes place during World War II in the 1940s on a segregated army base in Louisiana. David Alan Grier plays Vernon Waters, a black Sergeant whose murder is being investigated by Richard Davenport played by Blair Underwood. Davenport constantly bumps heads with Charles Taylor played by Jerry O’Connell. The play is powerful as it reminds us that though black men—black people—are an integral part to U.S. history, including fighting in the wars, they were and continue to be treated as less than second class citizens.
Categories: Fabulousness, Goodwatch, Uncategorized • Tags: A Soldier's Play, Broadway, Drama, History, murder mystery
