What I Do in ABQ

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February 19th, 2012

Last week, Ian and I reunited for our third trip to the Southwest/Texas Popular and American Culture Association Conference in Albuquerque, New Mexico. It’s a fascinating blend of faculty, doctoral/grad students, undergrads and random smart people, all getting together for four days of watching people present papers on anything and everything relating to Pop Culture [...]

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The Happiest Place on Earth

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February 14th, 2012

2012 has kicked off as quite the Year of Enchantment. [Ironically, 2012 also features the schedule from hell, but oh well.] Notable among the happenings thus far, is… WINNING A TRIP TO DISNEYLAND! Yes, that’s right, people. Sometimes it pays to follow DisneyParks on Twitter. I happened to be on my computer when they posted [...]

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The List 2011

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January 5th, 2012

It’s my annual list of films & shows I watched! For ye who have not read the lists from 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, or 2010, here’s a lil rundown. My lists are based only on what I watched in 2011, which accounts for the presence of 2010 films I didn’t see in the theatre until [...]

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My Birthday Movies

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November 2nd, 2011

A tradition began my first fall living in New York City. I’d forgotten that much of the east coast still gives Columbus Day as a holiday, and I found myself with a free day to myself. I’m pretty sure that’s when I went to see my first movie in NYC. It was Sofia Coppola’s “Lost [...]

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Drink More Books

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October 26th, 2011

I recently did a guest post for my friend Erin Blakemore, to celebrate the one-year anniversary of her book The Heroine’s Bookshelf. Hermeneutically speaking, I love bringing a literary lens to my cocktails. Enjoy The Heroine’s Barshelf.

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What Yankee Candle Means to Harry Potter: Additions

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July 29th, 2011

Done with the first and second batch, but am happy to take requests and add them here. Here’s the Dursleys. Mr Vernon Dursely Strawberry Buttercream: Yum … an absolutely luscious treat of plump, sweet strawberries buried in rich whipped cream. Mrs Petunia Dursley Bahama Breeze: There’s cool summer refreshment in this tropical blend of pineapple, [...]

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What Yankee Candle Means to Harry Potter: 2

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July 27th, 2011

Harry Potter Characters’ Favorite Yankee Candle Scents (continued) Mrs Molly Weasley Kitchen Spice: This modern blend of sweet orange, clove, ginger and cinnamon is a new take on pantry favorites. Mr Arthur Weasley: Orange Dreamsicle: A favorite childhood summer treat you never outgrow … a cool blend of orange and vanilla ice cream. Bill Weasley: [...]

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What Yankee Candle Means to Harry Potter

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July 27th, 2011

Earlier tonight, a friendly tweet-mention turned into an unexpected project. Ideas churned so quickly that I basically didn’t stop until I had this list done. My method was simply to imagine which Yankee Candle specific characters from the Harry Potter series would be mostly likely to use. There was no purposefull attempt to have the [...]

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Enchantment. One gif at a Time.

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June 9th, 2011

I’m Tumbling now.

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Sounds of Synesthesia: The Outloud Season

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May 31st, 2011

It’s June (in a few hours), my spring Yankee Candle flickered its last yesterday, and every time an introspective song comes up on my playlist, I press Skip. What does this mean? IT”S SUMMER. I’m no summer super-fan, and still prefer sweaters to T-shirts (would always rather stick my Ipod in a coat pocket than [...]

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