Tag: Barbara Wallace
Promises to Myself: A Blog about Writing Resistance
Every night when I go to bed, I promise myself that tomorrow will be the day I show up to write at 9am. I think we all know how the next morning goes. Why else would I be making the same promise night after night since 2009? No matter how many times I promise myself…
Retro Cocktail of the Month: The Manhattan
Behind the Scenes: The Picture that Started it All
I can’t remember if I shared these photographs with you or not. It was the summer of 1984. My friends and I had the day off from our summer jobs and, as drama majors and creative types are wont to do, decided to conduct photoshoot around our hometown. We pulled out some of our hippest…
Barb’s Recommended Reads
Much of this short month was taken up with reading Diane Arbus: Portrait of a Photographer by Arthur Lubow as I was doing research. Takes a while to read 752 pages. Fortunately, I also managed to squeeze in some really fun reads as well. The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis: Viewers…
Behind the Scenes of my WIP: The Silver Factory
A look at the inspiration and historical research behind my latest work The Silver Factory In 1963, artist Andy Warhol visited a haircutting party held at an apartment decked out in silver spray paint and aluminum foil. (Shiny silver being a favorite in amphetamine culture.) Warhol was so taken with the crazy décor – that…
Barb’s Recommended Reads
With the holidays finally behind me, I jumped back on the reading bandwagon this month, and thanks to a couple storms and a well-placed vacation, managed to read several titles. This month’s reviews feature three very different fiction books, one recommended non-fiction title and one DNF (with a big caveat). Note: If you are interested…
Retro Cocktail Recipe of the Month
Writing The In Crowd has had me immersed in midcentury culture, and nothing epitomized the 50s and early 60s like the classic cocktail. Since I love a good cocktail as much as the next person, I thought that each month, I would share a recipe for you all to try at home. Note: Drink responsibly….
Chill the F— Out
Two weeks into the new year, and already I’m falling behind. This blog was supposed to be up this morning. I’m going to take a deep breath, however and not stress out over one late blog post. After all, I’m pretty sure the ten people who read this blog won’t mind. More importantly, I’m going…
The Great Northeast Blackout of 1965
On November 9, 1965, the 80,000 square miles of the northeastern United States went dark. It began at 5:16 when a surge in in electrical demand tripped a relay switch at a power station near Niagara Falls. Cut off from their supply, power lines up and down the Eastern seaboard slowly drained to a stop….