

Would you like some Birthday Mallomars?
In addition to our awesome night where we met Laura Osnes and Rose Abdoo (GYPSY!), I celebrated Shubert Alley Cat's birthday with the following awesome gifts. I wanted to make sure, as you finish up your last minute holiday shopping, that you are aware that these two Etsy shops exist! Firstly, the amazing card. Made by the even more amazingly named She Can Lift a Horse on Etsy. Gilmore girls references all over the place! Buy your own Birthday Mallomars here! And then it wa


morning coffee at luke's | Happy Happy Jane!
December 16, 2014 Jane Austen is looking good for 239 years young! And to celebrate it, I think it's time for another viewing of something that gives me life... THE LIZZIE BENNETT DIARIES! #janeausten #birthday #morningcoffeeatlukes


morning coffee at luke's | Me Gusta-ve Flaubert
December 12, 2014 First of all, let's take a moment to acknowledge that I TOTALLY nailed that post title! Secondly, happy birthday to the author of Madame Bovary. To celebrate, let's meditate on one of my favorite quotes of all time by: "Do not read, as children do, to amuse yourself, or like the ambitious, for the purpose of instruction. No, read in order to live." -Gustave Flaubert #gustaveflaubert #madamebovary #birthday #morningcoffeeatlukes


morning coffee at luke's | Candide Indeed!
November 21, 2014 Happy Birthday, Voltaire! To celebrate, I'm going to share some great quotes from the birthday boy... "Every man is guilty of all the good he didn't do." "It is difficult to free fools from the chains they revere." "God is a comedian playing to an audience that is too afraid to laugh." And too perfect not to include... "A witty quote proves nothing." #voltaire #candide #birthday #morningcoffeeatlukes


morning coffee at luke's | We've got us a Pippi virgin!
November 14, 2014 Happy Birthday, Astrid Lindgren! If the author of Pippi Longstocking was alive today, she'd be celebrating her 107th birthday! To honor that, I'm sharing with you a scene from Gilmore girls in which Lindgren's beloved ginger is featured prominently. #morningcoffeeatlukes #pippilongstocking #astridlindgren #birthday


morning coffee at luke's | Birthday Treasure
November 13, 2014 Happy Birthday, Robert Louis Stevenson! Did you know? The Royal Bank of Scotland issued a £1 banknote featuring Stevenson's likeness in 1994 heritagearchives.rbs.com When first published as a serial in Young Folks magazine, Treasure Island was titled The Sea Cook courtesy of mental_floss RLS was a teenager once too, and like any teenager... he routinely asked his parents for money. Here is how he did it: “Every year I have cost you an enormous — nay, elepha


mornng coffee at luke's | Breakfast of Champions
November 11, 2014 Happy Birthday, Kurt Vonnegut! And here's some interesting reading to celebrate! Open Culture: Kurt Vonnegut Explains "How to Write With Style" Flavorwire: The Greatest Life Advice from Kurt Vonnegut mental_floss: Kurt Vonnegut's Story Diagrams #morningcoffeeatlukes #kurtvonnegut #breakfastofchampions #birthday


morning coffee at luke's | Not at all Better than Ezra
October 30, 2014 Happy Birthday, Ezra Pound! What says "birthday" more than a mugshot followed by some earnest poetry? The Tree I stood still and was a tree amid the wood, Knowing the truth of things unseen before; Of Daphne and the laurel bow And that god-feasting couple old that grew elm-oak amid the wold. 'Twas not until the gods had been Kindly entreated, and been brought within Unto the hearth of their heart's home That they might do this wonder thing; Nathless I have be


morning coffee at luke's | The Importance of Being the Birthday Boy
October 16, 2014 Happy birthday, Oscar Wilde! And to celebrate, I'm sharing with you something that has brought me much joy. The Broadway cast of The Importance of Being Earnest (including the beloved, Santino Fontana) recreating scenes from Jersey Shore delivered in the style of Oscar Wilde. Enjoy! And here are parts 2-5 to continue the fun: Jersey Shore Gone Wilde- Part 2 Jersey Shore Gone Wilde- Part 3 Jersey Shore Gone Wilde - Part 4 Jersey Shore Gone Wilde- Part 5 #morn


morning coffee at luke's | Take the gun, leave the cannoli
October 15, 2014 Happy birthday to Mario Puzo! Bear Allen tidbit: I've never seen The Godfather but have read the book, along with most of Puzo's other works. I know this fact would have me killed in a lot of circles. As the wife of a Sicilian, I'm lucky I'm still married. And some interesting articles: Vanity Fair: The Godfather Wars The Wall Street Journal: What Puzo Godfathered 40 Years Ago The Guardian: The Godfather by Mario Puzo- Review YouTube: Mario Puzo and Franci