Melanie Benjamin - Author

First glass of w**e on the first day of vacation. Go Cubs!

Well! The Cubs are playing the Padres in San Diego starting Tuesday in the Wild Card round and guess what? I - Cubs Fan Extraordinaire! - will be in enemy territory, just down the road. Elizabeth Letts and I will be in conversation at Warwick's in La Jolla at 7:30 on Wednesday, September 30th. The game starts at 7 PM (Pacific time) so I will for sure be checking my phone for the score during our talk. Go Cubs!

And if you're in La Jolla, come join us!

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How the olds choose w**e: Hubby looks in w**e cellar (actually one small drawer in a sideboard), peruses labels, mumbles something about vintage years, picks one.

“It was the only one with a twist off cap,” he said as presented it with a flourish.

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It’s that time of year!

Folks, as I post less on social media I'm still eager for conversations with readers and women like me. So please consider following me on my (free) Substack! Today I'm talking about those conversations, including how we discover the books we like to read when they're not the books publishers (and influencers) promote. Also - fall booties!!

Booties & Books & Blather Pull up a chair and let’s chat!

Just your typical evening cocktail hour discussing long-term health care insurance, the state of the nest egg, actuarial tables, who’s gonna croak first, likely social security income, which kid is most likely to pull the plug if we name him our health care power of attorney….you know, the usual. Definitely needed a martini for this.

For lots of reasons we couldn’t get to a game at Wrigley before now. Made it just in time! Go Cubs Go!!