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Deadly Dance

by Dee Davis

  As the intelligence specialist for A-Tac, a black-ops CIA unit masquerading as Ivy League faculty, Hannah Marshall is used to working behind the scenes. But when a brutal murder hits too close to home, Hannah finds herself in the middle of the action, falling in love while racing to outwit a sadistic mastermind. A [...]

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A Little Taste of Texas

by Dee Davis
Flour tortillas

When I first moved to NY—one of the things I missed the most was Tex-Mex food.  And at the top of that list were Texas tortillas.  You wouldn’t think there’d be a lot of variation in something as simple as a flour tortilla—but there is something special about those made in Texas—especially when they’re served [...]

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Everything Must End

by Dee Davis

So as you guys already know, I’m a big fan of watching TV.   I love the escape and am often found at the end of a long day in front of the tube with a favorite show.  And the advent of DVRing has just made it better! But one of the things I’ve always hated [...]

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One Giant Snowball

by Julia London

I know you guys have heard me complain about the half wall between my kitchen and living area that I despise.  It doesn’t serve any purpose but to block the sight of people in the living room, and to block the sight of people in the kitchen.  Tell me how ridiculous this is: So I [...]

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Once More With Feeling

by Dee Davis
revision

“Half my life is an act of revision.”  John Irving This week I’m revising.   (Double Danger, coming Jan. 2013) Taking a scalpel to my work and trying to make it better.   But sometimes it is like killing my children or at least bits of myself.   My words, each carefully thought out to make a perfect sentence [...]

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Space, the Final Frontier

by Dee Davis

The world spins on with or without us.  And the passage of time, is often bittersweet.  As I age, I’m finding all kinds of new and wonderful experiences, but I’m also seeing things that were important to  me slipping away.  One of those “things” is the space exploration program at NASA.   I grew up during [...]

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Cosmo Girl!

by Dee Davis

As you guys probably already know, Deadly Dance, the fifth book in my A-Tac series, was featured in the May issue of Cosmo as its Hot Read!   As you probably also already know, I’m really excited about it.  I read Cosmo religiously when I was younger.  And still like to flip through the pages from [...]

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I Need a Hero

by Dee Davis
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So this is the week.  My book, Deadly Dance, no. 5 in my A-Tac series, actually hit bookstores on Tuesday (the same day as the marvelous Julia London’s latest).   And even though Deadly Dance marks my twentieth book, it still feels every bit as exciting as the day that Everything in its Time first hit [...]

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A Few Things You Don’t Know About Us

by Julia London
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The Whine Sisters are an open book, right?  We wear our feelings on our sleeve, we tell you everything we know, and yet, there are some things you don’t know about me and Dee.  For example, we are the same age.  We both call our fathers Daddy.  We are both from the south.  We both [...]

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Shared Attributes

by Dee Davis
dad guitar

Today is my father’s birthday.  A date that I suppose will live in my heart forever, even though my dad is no longer here to celebrate with me.   With the passing of time, the pain has faded a little bit.  But the memories are always there.  All the more precious because they’re all that I [...]

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The End

by Dee Davis
DD and JK many moons ago

There is such an amazing feeling finishing a book.   It’s mostly elation.  The uncontained joy of realizing that yes, there truly was a beginning, a middle and an end to the story.   (Somewhere in the middle of every book, I start to believe that there isn’t,  just ask JK or KO.)  But there’s also an [...]

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Schinken Feckerlin

by Dee Davis
ham noodle

So on Friday I was discussing Heurigers and among other things the great food they serve.  So today, I decided to share another of my Austrian recipes.  This one for Schinken Feckerlin (Ham Noodles).   It’s great for a winter night, served with a salad and crusty bread, and of course some good wine. Schinken Feckerlin [...]

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A loaf of bread, a jug of wine and…spring cheese!

by Dee Davis
Alt Haus Grinzing (1993)

So, as many of you know, I love wine.  And I also lived in Austria for a time.  Which, and this may come as a surprise to some of you, was the perfect combination.  Girl meets her idea of the perfect way to spend an evening. The heuriger is an institution in certain parts of [...]

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I want to be cool, but I’m very afraid

by Dee Davis
PC vs Mac

So when the Mac vs. PC commercials first aired ages ago, I fell in love with Justin Long.  I mean who wouldn’t want to be geeky cool.   But I am a die-hard PC fan, and to be honest, far more resemble Jon Hodgeman’s character.  Stodgy comes to mind.   But I am surrounded by uber cool [...]

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I Give Madonna Props

by Julia London

There are a lot of people talking about Madonna’s half time performance at the Super Bowl on Sunday.  Was it the best show ever?  No.  But I thought it was pretty good as those things go.  Is she the best half-time performer ever?  I don’t think so, but I couldn’t tell you who’s done better.  [...]

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The Sound of Jersey

by Dee Davis
4seasons

And no, I’m not talking about a certain incident in a red rental car on the way to the NJ conference or a certain orange-tinged group of also-rans.  Instead, I’m thinking about all the great musicians to come out of the state.  The train of thought started when my husband treated me to seeing Jersey [...]

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Downton Abby

by Dee Davis
Downton Abby

I am completely and totally in love with Downton Abby.  I discovered series 1 in December, through a recommendation of a woman I met in a cooking class.  And immediately went home and glommed all seven episodes.   It was amazing.  And I was in love.  I actually counted the days until the premiere of the [...]

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At the End of the Day, Overused Phrases Bug me

by Julia London
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There is something bugging me, and it’s the phrase, “At the end of the day.”   You hear it on TV, you hear it a LOT in presidential debates.  You hear it from friends, read it in papers and, if you’re like me, you say it.  At the end of the day, we are going to [...]

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The Good News and Bad News about Spring Fashion

by Julia London
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I was at the hair salon the other day, flipping through US Weekly, and I came to the Who Wears it Best? page.  The two actress both had on a dress that was bright orange on top and bright pink on the bottom.  Interesting, I thought.  And then I read that color-blocking is the hot [...]

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Young and at the Top of Their Game

by Dee Davis
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So Darren Criss, from Glee, is all set to take over for Daniel Radcliff  on Broadway in How to Succeed in Business for three weeks.  And quite frankly I’d kill for a ticket.  Criss is a triple threat, he can act, he can sing and he can dance.   And he isn’t too hard on the [...]

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The Tale of the Christmas Trout

by Dee Davis

In yesterday’s blog, CateS mentioned the game Dirty Santa.  I hadn’t ever heard it called that before, but I’ve played it several times at holiday parties.   You know the one where you can choose a wrapped gift or take one of the opened ones someone else has already chosen.   The year I remember it best, [...]

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