Pet Emergency Forms, courtesy of FAAS: wallet card, pet care instructions, owner consent form, pet disaster kit checklist. Fire safety: Petplan, American Red Cross, pet rescue notice. Disaster preparedness: PetCareRx. Estate planning – wills and trusts: Nolo Press, PetMD, Forbes. Pet insurance: Consumer Reports review, Consumer Reports video. Microchip Helpful infographics.
Author: Penelope Gordon
SoCal Travel
Disney’s El Capitan Theatre. Parking at 1755 N Highland Ave, Hollywood. Historical Guided Tour, $20, 45 minutes, Fridays through Sundays, advanced reservation only. Reciprocal NARM ROAM and Mod/Co Museums California Science Center. Los Angeles Conservancy walking tours, in-person, self-guided, and virtual. California Migration Museum self-guided audio walking tour of migrant history in Downtown LA (Olivera…
Diabetes
Cats suffer from Type II diabetes but not Type I. A small percentage develop insulin resistance. Rapid weight loss, increased thirst and urination, dehydration, dizziness, vomiting, and staggering are all symptoms which may be associated with diabetes. A blood test at the vet’s will determine if diabetes is the cause or if further testing should…
Marie, Dancing
Marie, Dancing by Carolyn Meyer and performed by Carine Montbertrand was a very engaging story around the model for Edgar Degas’s famous statue La Petite Danseuse de Quatorze Ans (Little Dancer of Fourteen Years). Degas and his friend and collaborator Mary Cassatt (often in the company of her sister Lydia) are depicted painting some of…
I Loved, I Lost, I Made Spaghetti
I Loved, I Lost, I Made Spaghetti, written and read by Italian Brooklynite Giulia Melucci, was a mildly amusing and self-indulgent memoir of meals cooked and boyfriends lost over twenty years. Melucci’s reading was easy to listen to – though I wouldn’t recommend listening on an empty stomach. The book would have been more interesting…
Redwood City Dining
Go Fish Poke Bar Green Leaf Asian Curry Wrapper’s Delight Bravo Taqueria Broadway Masala Oh Baby Sushi Squeeze In Ike’s Lair of Redwood City I Dumpling Zadna Restaurant Vesta San Carlos Sirayvah Organic Thai Panda Dumpling The Toss Kamakshi’s Kitchen Kabul Afghan Cuisine Asya Rangoon Ruby Belmont Falafelle
Judith Fertig
The Cake Therapist Judith Fertig’s first venture into fiction stays well within the realm of baking: the protagonist is an innovative baker who uses her somewhat mystical ability to associate flavor preferences with emotions and experiences to evoke transformative responses in those who eat her confections. The story shuttles between a contemporary timeline with Neely…
Sherry Thomas
Sherry Thomas s The Fitzhugh Trilogy Ravishing the Heiress by Sherry Thomas is the second book in an intertwined trilogy telling the stories of twins Fitz and Helena and their older sister Venetia over a period of more than eight years. In this book 19-year old Fitz, Eton student turned impoverished earl, marries 16-year old…
Carly Phillips
Cross My Heart Cross My Heart is a contemporary romance with skullduggery and redemption to drive along the plot. The reading by Marie Caliendo works well for the central couples but is a little off for the older characters, especially the mothers. The hero and heroine have been emotionally static since they were separated in…
Kristen Callihan
Darkest London series Regency romance thrillers with paranormal elements. Firelight I liked the story – but I would have preferred the heroine to be a little less invincible and a little more trusting; and the hero to be a little less like Beast. Callihan makes creative use of the restrictions of the couple’s secrets in…