Phaedra's Adventures

My book club chose Leaving Time  by Jodi Picoult for its January selection.  Picoult can usually be relied upon for an entertaining read (...

I am now actually able to say that I have seen all of the nominees for Best Picture (see my reviews of The Grand Budapest Hotel , The Im...

Saturday morning I drove up to Mill Creek Canyon for another snowshoeing adventure.  The conditions were not as great as I would have hop...

I moved on to the Best Actress nominees last night with a screening of Wild  to see Reese Witherspoon (see my commentaries on Rosamund Pi...

I have been having a lot of fun viewing the Best Picture nominees so I decided to expand into the Best Actor category.  The only nominee ...