Tag: Culture

• Mexico Kaleidoscope: Myths, Mysteries and Mystique

  Oenophiles might be surprised to learn that the oldest winery anywhere in the Americas is Casa Madero, formally established as long ago as 1597, located in Parras de la Fuente, a small town in the northern state of Coahuila. “In 1549 the Spanish priests and soldiers who explored this region discovered native vines growing wild…

  Jane Simon Ammeson

  February 8, 2024

  #books, #BookTok, Adventure, Culture, Food History, History, Mexico, Mexico Travel, Travel, Wine

  Coahuila, Culture, History, MexConnect, Mexico, Mexico Kaleidoscope, Mission of Santa Maria de Las Parrras, Parras de la Fuente, Travel, Valley of Parras

• If Walls Could Talk: Lake Chapala’s historic buildings and their former occupants

  

  Now one of the most popular retirement area for Americans and Canadians, the Lake Chapala Region, nestled in a valley almost a mile high in Mexico’s Volcanic Axis,  has long been a draw for ex-pats and vacationers, lured by its almost perfect climate and beauty. In his book If Walls Could Talk: Chapala’s historic buildings…

  Jane Simon Ammeson

  January 23, 2023

  #books, #BookTok, Adventure, Culture, Food, Food History, Historic Architecture, History, Mexico, Mexico Travel, Recipes, Travel

  Cookbooks, Culture, Food, Historic Architecture, Historic Preservation, History, Lake Chapala, Literary, Mexico, Recipes, Road Trips, Tony Burton, Travel

• Dreaming in French: The Paris Years of Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy, Susan Sontag, and Angela Davis

  

  A compelling look at three talented women and their youthful time, separately, in Paris and the great city’s influence on their lives.

  Jane Simon Ammeson

  May 7, 2022

  #books, Biography, Culture

  "Dreaming in Paris", Alica Kaplan, Angela Davis, Biography, Culture, expatriate literature, Jackie Kennedy, Paris, Susan Sontag, Yale University

• Luckiest Girl Alive book review|Lainey Gossip Books

  

  If You’re not following Lainey Gossip, may I suggest that you do. It’s all about pop culture including books, fashion, movies, celebrities, etc. with lots of fun videos including this one of Tom Cruise thanking people for seeing his latest movie Top Gun: Maverick while free falling from an airplane and talking on his way…

  Jane Simon Ammeson

  February 18, 2022

  #books, #BookTok, Authors, Autobiography, Culture, Female Voices, Fiction, Gossip, Psychology, Social media, Women

  "etalk", "Listening to a Squawking Chicken", "The Social", Autobiography, Culture, Elaine Lui, fun, Gossip, Humor, Lainey Gossip, Lainey Lui, Listen to the Squawking Chicken, Memoir, Pop culture, Reece Witherspoon, Tom Cruise, Top Gun: Maverick

• An American Summer: Love and Death in Chicago by Alex Kotlowitz

  Chicago author Alex Kotlowitz has always been willing to tackle the big issues that impact our society and in his book An American Summer: Love and Death in Chicago, he looks at one summer in Chicago to tell the story about violence throughout the United States. Kotlowitz discussed his book with Northwest Indiana Times correspondent…

  Jane Simon Ammeson

  December 5, 2021

  Audiobooks, Chicago, New York Times Best Seller, Politics

  Alex Kotlowitz, An American Summer, Chicago, Children, Culture, Non-fiction, Social Justice, Social problems, Society, Violence

• President Obama’s Annual List of Favorites

  “As 2020 comes to a close, I wanted to share my annual lists of favorites,” Barack Obama, the 42nd President of the United States, tweeted to his 127.5 million followers. “I’ll start by sharing my favorite books this year, deliberately omitting what I think is a pretty good book – A Promised Land – by…

  Jane Simon Ammeson

  December 28, 2020

  American History, Audiobooks, Autobiography, Barack Obama, Culture, Family, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, Fiction, Hachette Book Group, HarperCollins, History, MacMillan, New York Times Best Seller, PenguinRandom House, Politics

  Barack Obama's 2020 Book Picks, Culture, Fiction, History, Memoir, Politics

• Gretchen Carlson’s “Be Fierce: Stop Sexual Harassment and Take Your Power Back”

  

  Gretchen Carlson shows how to fight back.

  Jane Simon Ammeson

  November 11, 2017

  Authors, Center Street Publishing, Culture, Women

  “Be Fierce”, Culture, Empowerment, Gretchen Carlson, sexual harassment, Stop Sexual Harassment, Women, Women Empowerment