Posts Tagged ‘book’
Scribblings: Annie Jacobsen & the Notorious Area 51
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courtesy of ‘dsearls’
Tomorrow, secrets of Area 51 will be revealed.
Okay, not quite all. But more than you’d expect. The International Spy Museum is hosting a special (and free!) documentary screening and author discussion tomorrow evening at 6:30 p.m. in conjunction with the National Geographic Channel. Annie Jacobsen is a contributing editor at the Los Angeles [...]
Thomas O’Brien at the Corcoran Tonight
‘Corcoran Gallery of Art’
courtesy of ‘dcjasmine’
Tonight at 7 PM, interior designer Thomas O’Brien will be giving a talk at the Corcoran, discussing his new book American Modern (Abrams, 2010), a survey of seven of his most influential projects. O’Brien is the founder and President of Aero Studios, one of America’s most influential design firms, and [...]
Chelsea Chelsea Bang Bang
‘Leaves of Grass’
courtesy of ‘Kevin H.’
I love reading Chelsea Handler’s books – they never seem to disappoint. I frequently find myself being ‘that person’ who is laughing obnoxiously loud on the airplane, Metro, or any other public mode of transportation while reading them. Handler’s latest book Chelsea Chelsea Bang Bang, which I read in about one day, is hilarious and truly might just be the perfect guilty pleasure for [...]
Fairfax Going Rogue with Palin
‘So Palin is 40% off already.’
courtesy of ‘diaper’
DROP WHAT YOU ARE DOING! Now, open up your Outlook and Google calendars and add an all-day event for Saturday, December 5th. Simply title the event “My Dream Cometh True”. Now save. In other words, Sarah Palin is coming to Fairfax, Virginia in just a few short weeks! [...]
Book returned, but not back in circulation
‘Lost in a good book’
courtesy of ‘InspirationDC’
WTOP has a funny little tidbit about a book returned to the Arlington library after 25 years, but it looks like the cataloging department hasn’t caught up with the return – a check of AcornWeb doesn’t show any holdings of The Patriot Chiefs. Maybe they’ll use her $25 to [...]
