Annette's Notebook

My dinner: spaghetti with cheese and black pepper, aka spaghetti cacio e pepe. I thought it was good, but somewhere in the world an Italian...

Top 5 worst things I've ever had at Starbucks: 1. " Venti"-sized Caffé Mocha - It seemed like a good idea at the time, b...

Via Brain Pickings, Michael Lewis' first piece of advice to aspiring writers : "It’s always good to have a motive to get you in the...

"What matters is that you do good work. What matters is that you produce things that are true and will stand. What matters is that the ...

I've been having the urge to blog lately, in the sense that I have things I want to get off my chest, and writing may be the only way I ...

Lean In by Sheryl Sandberg is a must-read for every working woman. Yeah, I've heard the criticisms of the book, some of which are menti...

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