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February 22, 2012
How to Tie your Trench
Quick fashion tip: Tie the belt on your trench coat in back like you would a necktie.—Michelle Zaffino
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February 15, 2012
In the Stacks Book Club Picks
Based on a request from a fan of In the Stacks on Facebook, we just started a list of our best reads for your book club. The feature launched this week with the recommendation of Michelle Richmond’s No One You Know.
Look for more book club picks from In the Stacks. tv here! Cheers – Michelle Z. from ITS tv.
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February 8, 2012
How to Button Your Burberry
When weather permits, this is how I’ve always buttoned my trench—go sergeant-style this spring!—Michelle Zaffino
p.s. As a leap year treat I broke out my Ramones tee in the pic to the left.
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January 25, 2012
Colette’s Cool Coif
Colette de Pan Am est l’inspiration la plus récente pour ma coiffure. Ou en d’autres termes mon inspiration actuelle de coiffure en français.—MEZ
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January 18, 2012
Homemade Chicken Pot Pie
Adapted from an article by John Mariani about Colonial Williamsburg, Virginia that ran in the magazine Sports Afield, my twist on a traditional pot pie leaves the wild game out and adds more veggies. Instead of being about living off the land, it’s a homage to modern Americana, and the frozen chicken pot pie. I always make it just after the holidays when I have currant jelly leftover from baking cookies. Your family will love this dish—it’s some of the best comfort food and sits right in chilly winter weather.—Michelle Zaffino Read the rest of this entry »
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January 11, 2012
On the Road
This just in: Okay, even though it’s months away, I just can’t keep myself from blogging about thebiz. It was recently announced that the On the Road movie will probably premiere at Cannes in May. Jack Kerouac and the Beats are definitely part of the reason I moved to San Francisco to become a writer (Anne Rice is another). The free-spirited joie de vivre they ignited has always inspired me creatively, as has the Beat habit of writing to the tempo of music. They were completely flowing prose.
Angel-headed hipsters is what Jack Kerouac called his musician, artist and writer friends and they started a lasting movement in the 50s and 60s. Their work went from being banned to required reading (btw, I was the first person to check out On the Road from my high school library). Eventually this became indie culture. It’s sometimes commercialized but publishing is a business like any other, one that’s being revolutionized in an exciting way just like the Beats did to their generation. Everyone break out your GPS-enabled eReaders and tablets and hit the road.
Which brings me to the leading ladies, two of my all-time favorite young women actors: Kristen Stewart and Kirsten Dunst. Who inspires writers? Where do they look for inspiration for their stories? When are more women going to get credit for their stories? We can watch this real life movement about a feeling that was transformed into speed-writing as adrenaline-fueled as their lives and escapades (and find our own true muses at the same time).—Michelle Zaffino
p.s. Look for the In the Stacks.tv video book review of On the Road—coming soon!
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December 21, 2011
In the Stacks Makes Donation
As we announce at the end of every episode of In the Stacks, a copy of each book we review, free promo galley, reader’s copy or otherwise is donated to charity. This year’s donation went to 826Valencia. Read on for a full list of books donated to their writing lab.—Michelle Zaffino Read the rest of this entry »
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