Monthly Archives: November 2006

Book of the Week secrets revealed

Maybe it’s the time of year, but lots of family history books are being published at Blurb lately. Poke around in the Blurb Bookstore, and you’ll see what I’m talking about. Even in this crowd of new releases, Family Secrets is a standout. With a name like that, of course you’re going to want to [...]

Cookbook tricks, piping hot

Tired of cold turkey sandwiches yet? You and me both, my friend. I’m already thinking about my next cookbook project: Thanksgiving, the Aftermath: Things You Can Make with Week-Old Leftovers That Won’t Make You Gag. Because to paraphrase the president of the Hair Club for Men, I’m not only one of the Blurberati, I’m also [...]

Fall winners of the Hey, Hot Shot! competition

On November 20th, Jen Bekman Gallery announced the Fall winners of the Hey, Hot Shot! competition. Congratulations to Juliana Beasley, Joe Fornabaio, Hans Gindlesberger, Joseph O. Holmes, Mette Maersk, Chad Muthard, Victoria Rich, Sasha Rudensky, Patrick Smith and Shen Wei. If you are not familiar with this photography exhibition that promotes the work of emerging [...]

BAPC = BOTW

Usually I encourage everyone to use headlines that are both attention getting (did it work?) and spiffed up with a keyword or two (big-time failure here), but this week’s Book of the Week made me break my rule. The black and white simplicity of the cover of Bay Area Photographers Collective Yearbook 2006 book inspired [...]