Hot Coffee On the Boulevard

It’s Friday – time for Hot Coffee on the Boulevard. Have a great weekend!

BOOKS

Anne just returned from the bi-annual Erma Bombeck Writers’ Workshop in Dayton, Ohio. She bought a ton of books, and especially recommends The Essential Guide to Getting Your Book Published. The authors, Arielle Eckstut and David Henry Sterry ran Pitchapalooza, won by our friend Julie Danis. Congrats to Julie on a successful book pitch!

CAN’T MISS BLOGS AND WRITING

Here’s a way to have an out-of-body experience without any of that nasty LSD.

These images of France from World War 1 overlaid with photos of the present day will blow you away.

Muriel Cooper was a brilliant graphic artist at MIT who was innovative and way ahead of her time.

CURRENT EVENTS

Jen Lee Reeves who blogs at Born Just Right on the heroic and beautiful Amy Purdy, who is on Dancing with the Stars this season.

BEAUTY, FASHION AND HOME

Here are some springtime cocktails with a twist on your old favorites.

Shoes! Earth sent Anne a pair of suede flats from their spring collection. The “Butterfly” in red plum fit like a glove and has great arch support. Sadly, the shoes have been claimed by a teen daughter who likes them just as much as Anne does.

SOCIAL MEDIA AND TECH

A cool/terrifying way to track your digital productivity–RescueTime is a free program that sends you an email once a week showing how you’ve spent your Internet time.

ENTERTAINMENT

The life cycle of a pop tune. From conception to karaoke.

If you’ve seen the video of the 79-year-old salsa dancer, Paddy, from Britain’s Got Talent, you’ll enjoy this clip of her and her dance partner Nico from when they won a Spanish talent competition five years ago. Paddy is amazing–for any age.

Paddy y Nico-Tu si que vales from copito on Vimeo.

If you haven’t watched the first season of Orange is the New Black, get on that right away. If you have, the trailer for the new season, coming in June on Netflix, is here!