Welcome to my niche! I’m a mom, literature lover and bon vivant. I appreciate food (oh, so very much), drink, film, art and other consumables with discerning taste. I love exploring cultural experiences, even if it’s just the book shop around the corner. Every morsel of molten chocolate cake is exciting to me. While I’m soaking up life, dreaming of a better world through better education in the liberal arts, and hopefully raising my son to be a well-rounded individual, I like to think I contribute to society by recommending some of the things I’ve tried.
If you like food (and who doesn’t?), film and culture, I hope you find my reviews educational, entertaining and edifying. My post popular post will show you how to make 99 Gold Fever Wings. But if cooking’s not your thing, check out my restaurant reviews.
My personally favorite posts go beyond the informative to the opinionated, such as the time I wrote about racism, the surprisingly controversial Harry Potter series (I don’t know why it’s questionable; it’s a classic. Just read it! Then read my review and tell me what you think.) and the definitely controversial Park 51 proposal. As the World Wide Web has grown, I’ve, like many, been hesitant to make myself vulnerable; I’ve taken advantage of new “Privacy Settings,” and my blogging has moved from memoir style writing to more formal reviews. But once in awhile, I take advantage of the blogging platform to speak my mind. This means I’ve thought about it and am ready to take the plunge into lively debate, so please dialogue with me. Just remember to me kind!
So far, it’s been panning out that I post monthly. Since that’s not often, I encourage you to subscribe to my RSS feed.
As far as I can remember, I began blogging at Diaryland.com and tweeted (before it was called tweeting, of course) at imood.com. After Diaryland, I briefly used Grey Matter, then Xanga for 7 years. Some of you have been following me since the beginning, others somewhere in the middle and yet others just recently. I am grateful to have all of you here. Thanks so much for your readership! Also feel free to contact me at NicholeLNelson (at) gmail (dot) com.
