Cuisine. Culture. Commentary.
Youthful friendships are a tricky thing. Sometimes the bonds are formed before the personalities fully develop. But when the friendships are made during the peak of adolescence, they are often nearly impossible to break – these are the only friends who can understand what it’s like in those moments when you are just discovering what…
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Oh Pat Conroy, you’ve done it again. This is why you are my favorite author. Please move to New York and tell me stories every day. In his latest novel, Conroy once again gives the Lowcountry a dreamlike quality. You can feel the breeze blowing through the Spanish moss as you read. South of Broad is…
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The tension is high when two brothers and their wives meet for dinner at a trendy, overpriced restaurant. One is a snob who’s focused only on showing off his wine skills while the other is negative, overly analytical, and finds something to criticize in even the smallest of gestures. What seems to be a parody…
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In this re-imagining of “The Scarlet Letter,” Hester Prynne becomes Hannah Payne and instead of a simple letter sewn onto her clothes her public shame takes the form of chroming, where a criminal’s skin is altered to match the color of their crime and then they are released into the world. Needless to say, this…
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“Where’d You Go, Bernadette” is Gone Girl Lite. All the twists and turns but done in a humorous way. Someone goes missing and information as to what exactly went down is exposed in a backwards manner. Bernadette Fox was a high powered architect until she had somewhat of a breakdown, at which point she and…
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