Links of the Week

This week links for the week are a pretty diverse lot….

Let’s start with Farecast. This is a web sit that can help you predict airfare changes. I like to use it in conjunction with either Expedia or my airlines website. For me, often I know that I have a block of days that I want to travel, and I typically want to get my ticket as early as possible, but this helps me decide if I should wait a bit or not. A great example is that if I wanted to go and visit J the first week in August, it predicts an 80% the fare will rise, so I should buy now… I think that is great to know and it has worked for me so far…

Next is The Pioneer Woman Cooks. Now this is not for those on a diet, and something makes me think that this site will soon become a best selling cookbook, and maybe even a show on Food network, however, this gal can cook! And I’m not taking a Rachel Ray, jazzed up, 30 minute rendition of an old family favorite, I mean down home, takes a long time, cooked mostly from scratch, yummy recipes. I love the detailed pictures that are well shot and actually informative.

Third on this list is Not For Children Books. I have obsession- children’s books, I collect them from just about all of our travels (even travels to the local bookstore) and signed books are a priority (by author or illustrator). But I have no kids, so I have a growing collection of books that look lie children’s books and sound like children’s books, but are books that I wouldn’t read to a child. And believe me, after just a few trips into this web site, the baby’s are gonna be all mine one day!
And for one I just found this morning and am still exploring... try the Very Short List. This is a daily email (or just check the web site daily) about books, movies, music, videos, and generally just some culturally entertaining things. I have a feeling that some of their daily finds will end up on this list soon enough