Board games for young kids
by The Flamingo What to do at home with a bored small child days in a row? After almost a week, I personally feel like I’m going crazy, because this doesn’t feel like a vacation at all. On vacations we…
Reading time with kids (part 1)
by The Flamingo This article is dedicated to my son and his literature preferences. Most of us, wherever we are in this world, are secluded at home with our kids for a long period of time, due to this “which…
A Rainy Day in New York – a movie review
by The Flamingo I began the new year with Woody Allen’s latest movie. He is one of my favorite directors, so every year I eagerly anticipate each new movie he writes and directs. His movies are nowadays released outside the…
Flamingo’s top 20 movie choices
by The Flamingo The holidays are drawing near and that means a little more free time for family and friends, but also for ourselves. I always loved cinema, I love spending time watching something good, whether “commercial” movies or not…
L’art de la Délicatesse
by The Flamingo This topic may be considered by some pretentious or snobbish, but I assure you it’s very natural and simple at its core. The latest read by Dominique Loreau unraveled my contemplative nature a bit. This is not…
Wonder wheel – a movie review
by The Flamingo It’s no secret that I am a huge Woody Allen fan. I love all of the movies he has directed and written and I’m trying to keep up with his new works every year. I stumbled recently…
Favorite contemporary authors
by The Flamingo It’s not a coincidence that my top five authors of contemporary literature are all women writers. I find their style very delicate and they stir emotions in me that a male author couldn’t succeed…well, except Tolstoi, but…
The meaning of Mary Poppins
by The Flamingo Most of you, dear readers, have heard of Mary Poppins, either from the novels or films. For those of you who haven’t…blasphemy! You should fix that right away. Recently I watched the last Disney movie with Mary…
In memoriam Michael Jackson
by The Flamingo It has been 10 years since his death. Hardly a day goes by without me thinking of him. I remember the day he passed like it was yesterday. My husband was totally bewildered by my grief, didn’t…
The elegance of the Hedgehog – a book review
by The Flamingo The French author Muriel Barbery is my new discovery this past year and her book “The elegance of the hedgehog” has opened my mind to another writing style, one I would never have thought, I would savor.…
