Lilliputian Review: Women, Work and the Art of Savoir Faire
From the Publisher: When Mireille Guiliano became a senior executive and spokesperson for Veuve Clicquot, she took the Champagne to the top of the luxury market, using her distinctive French woman's philosophy and style. Now she

At the Intersection of Fashion and Literature
I love to read. I live it. But if there was anything else that could be called my second love it would be fashion.When I was fourteen I drew and cut out all of my clothes/accessories and pasted them on the inside of my wardrobe. That way I could easily decide how to put together an outfit before getting dressed every day. I lived to go into the city to see the latest at Le Chateau (yep, Halifax was a big fashion capital) and for my issue of Seventeen that landed in our mailbox every month.I'm still obsessed with fashion blogs, magazines and, of course, the real thing (though my budget forces to me to be more of an admirer than a partaker. St

Literary Houses: Feast Your Eyes!
I promised you house porn? You get house porn.Following along the lines of November's general theme of literary homes, I've culled photos of a few of the most jaw dropping estates used in film adaptations. It's all Austen today and it's all exteriors. Get ready for perfectly manicured gardens, columns columns columns and that lake where Colin Firth emerged dripping wet in the 1995 Pride and Prejudice BBC remake. You know what I mean.Pride and Prejudice (2005): The home of the Duchess of Devonshire (Chatsworth House) was used for the exterior shots of 'Pemberley'

Five Books to Read If You Loved Cairo Time
I just saw the brilliant new film, Cairo Time, starring Patricia Clarkson and directed by Canadian Rubba Nadda. It's the story of an American woman who visits Cairo in order to see her husband. He is delayed in the UN-run camp in Gaza where he works and she is left to her own defenses. A man, Tareq, who once worked w

The Portrait of a Lady: A Cautionary Tale for the Unarmed & Ambitious Woman
One of my all-time favorite books is The Portrait of a Lady by Henry James. I confess that it is foremost in my mind not because I have taken the time to re-read this formidable classic but because I recently re