Veteran journalist Barbara Falconer Newhall reports from the scene on books, writing . . . and life as she knows it.
The Killer Shoes: Silver satin with with 4 1/2-inch heels and a funky zipper up the back. By Glint, at Nordstrom, $129.95. Photo by BF Newhall
By Barbara Falconer Newhall
Jon picked out his wedding attire in a half hour. I’ve devoted several all-day shopping trips to my wedding outfit and I’m still not done.
Jon feels sorry for me. All that shopping. So many trips to the mall. So many trips [Read more...]
My Aunt Glamorous came from this small country town in the Midwest.
By Barbara Falconer Newhall
The last of my aunts and uncles died two weeks ago at the age of 98, but not before passing on some last minute womanly advice to me.
My aunt – I think of her as my Aunt Glamorous – was tall, red-headed, blue-eyed, self-sufficient and cosmopolitan at a time and place when most women in her hometown wanted nothing more than to get married, have babies and put up green beans and blackberry jam. [Read more...]
A few months before she died, my mother celebrated my birthday with a chicken, berry and candied walnut salad at the Nordstrom Cafe. Photos by BF Newhall
By Barbara Falconer Newhall
My mother’s last words to me were nothing much. No parting words of love. No heartfelt messages to the grandchildren.
Two days before she died, as I was about to leave her hospital [Read more...]
Hand-blown lamp by Lindsay Art Glass; shade by Sue Johnson. Photos by BF Newhall
By Barbara Falconer Newhall
On Solano Avenue in the far north reaches of Berkeley, California, a modest storefront softly glows, luring me in every time I try to pass it by. It’s Sue Johnson’s custom lamp and shade store. [Read more...]
