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| My research for the December issue involved hunting down experts to solve entertaining dilemmas--from a seating shortage to how to send home leftovers stylishly*. |
Was on Cape Cod on vacation with H. and Figgy in August when it started, balancing my notepad on top of my beach bag near the lighthouse in Chatham, breeze blowing, sun baking, cell phone pressed to my ear, to set up the interviews with the experts who shared inside advice for an article on page 38 called Ready for anything! Quick Fixes for Spills, Stains and Other Party Snafus. Because if you don't take the first step, and line up the interviews so that you can get your answers and write your story to meet your deadline, you're sunk before the ship even leaves the port. All glory comes from daring to begin.
You can find the issue @ Barnes & Noble; I also found it in Shop Rite. Links: www.shopsmartmag.org and http://gifts.barnesandnoble.com/Consumer-Reports-Shop-Smart-December-Issue/e/9780594010135#TABS.
*Use Chinese takeout containers, my sources said.
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Chinese take-out idea is cute. We always buy foil pie tins and fill those up and cover with foil, but the take-out is really cute. I'd love to read your article. I'll keep an eye out! The whole mag looks like fun, what I could see of it online.
ReplyDeleteWill definitely pick up the magazine for your article, and of course pass it along to your biggest fan, my mom. Love, Linda
ReplyDeleteHi Kim--the entertaining-book authors I interviewed said you can find Chinese takeout containers in pretty colors, and I think to get the waxed ones so food doesn't seep through. have a great holiday! Lin, it's b/c of you and Aunt Edith that I put up this post. Thank you for caring. Oh, I should have said that this mag does not put author's byline on articles--instead, writers are listed under contributors on masthead page. love alice happy thanksgiving running to visit Papa with some baby Swiss cheese and apple bread now.
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