Ginger Makela Riker

We had San Francisco Weather today; cool and drizzly, but Ohio weather triumphed by the time the fireworks came - RAPatton

How does it compare to Houston? - Ha3rvey via fftogo

Here's my Fourth of July drink I concocted for ya'll. "In a tall glass, squeeze half a lemon, add 2 sliced fresh organic strawberries, and muddle with ~2 tablespoons of simple syrup (or to taste) made from turbinado sugar. Add 2 oz. of vodka (I prefer Tito's) and pour the mixture into a martini shaker with ice. Shake vigorously. Pour, ice and all, back into your tall glass. Top glass with club soda. Garnish with a sliced strawberry." - Ginger Makela Riker via Bookmarklet

at 6pm.com. We're talking $34 - $40 per pair, gals. - Ginger Makela Riker via Bookmarklet

I'm late! But, cute! - Kamilah Gill

You have some good tracks in there, Ginger - RAPatton

Yes, I'll genius a track that I really like to find stuff in my catalog that I've forgotten about or never really listened to. - Ginger Makela Riker

Made with rhubarb, honey, a clementine, cinnamon and cloves. - Ginger Makela Riker via Bookmarklet

The A&W and Dr Pepper popsicles taste just like the real thing - RAPatton

Ha RAP -- so true.;-) - Ginger Makela Riker

That's great Ginger! - τorƍue

Hmm. - Michael R. Bernstein

"“The Catcher in the Rye,” published in 1951, is still a staple of the high school curriculum, beloved by many teachers who read and reread it in their own youth. The trouble is today’s teenagers. Teachers say young readers just don’t like Holden as much as they used to. What once seemed like courageous truth-telling now strikes many of them as “weird,” “whiny” and “immature.”" - Ginger Makela Riker via Bookmarklet

I had to read this book and didn't like it, but I was and am a Christian. Didn't like the language. - Judy Jones

"Read 10 books by Sept. 21. (I hope to read many more, but 10 is a nice, reasonable, summery goal.) Of the 10, I suggest: 1 classic you’ve never read but always meant to (I think mine will be The Grapes of Wrath) 1 book you’ve read and always wanted to reread but haven’t yet (mine will be Rules by Cynthia Lord) 1 book featured here on AuthorsNow! (I will probably pick several) 1 book outside the genres you usually read (I’m thinking of Tammi Sauer’s Chicken Dance; I don’t usually read picture books but this one looks like a lot of fun) 1 “impulse” book that catches your eye during the summer 5 others of your choosing" - Ginger Makela Riker via Bookmarklet

The full list: http://popwatch.ew.com/popwatc... - Ginger Makela Riker

Hope there wasn't any film anyone cared about in that camera! In related news, look ma, I got a third eyeball! :) - Ken Gidley

Gluten Free Recipes, baby! - RAPatton

wow. you hemmed *jeans*? i didn't even know one could do that. - edythe

ooh, thanks for the link. me and a friend were just talking about this whole issue the other day and she said the guy in town who is supposed to be the best was trashed over and over and over on Yelp. - edythe

Reading this and totally loving it. - Ginger Makela Riker via Bookmarklet

oh, wow. i bet i'd like this, too. i love his pieces in the new yorker. - edythe

"Martin Amis says his next novel will be “blindingly autobiographical”. Julie Kavanagh gets in first and writes a memoir of their life together in the 1970s, with a little help from her friends—and Amis himself." - Ginger Makela Riker via Bookmarklet

i think it was wasted on me -- at the time, anyway. - edythe

"With the sun setting on an older generation of women surfers, underscored by the recent retirement of seven-time world champ Layne Beachley, 37, the next tide of young women is ready to rise. Some of these female surfing prodigies came together in Crystal Cove State Park, in Newport Coast, California, to be photographed by iconic surf photographer Michael Halsband for Vanity Fair’s July issue." - Ginger Makela Riker via Bookmarklet

Great photo stretch, getting the July issue. Seriously missing SoCal now - even more than usual ;) - Mustafa K. Isik

More odds of dying: http://www.livescience.com/environ... - Ginger Makela Riker

:) - edythe

"Consumers who have questioned whether it is worth spending $1,000 a square foot for a home are now asking whether it is worth spending $1,000 a week to send their kids to college. There is a growing sense among the public that higher education might be overpriced and under-delivering." - Ginger Makela Riker via Bookmarklet

"David Walzog knows meat. As executive chef at Michael Jordan's Steak House N.Y.C. and Tapika, he always gets that elusive steakhouse char. His secret: dipping the steak in a combination of butter and oil, coating it with a generous layer of kosher salt and cracked black pepper, and searing it over the hottest possible fire." - Ginger Makela Riker via Bookmarklet