Summer is coming! Will you be ready? Schools will be out soon, do you have vacation plans and if you have kids, how will you keep them occupied once the allure of sleeping in losses its luster? We’ll share some ideas sure to keep the fun going.
June is the wedding month and if you live in Pittsburgh, I’m sure you’ve seen your share of cookie tables. If not, we’ve got you covered. We’ve consulted some local experts. We’ll tell you how the tradition of the cookie table started, how many cookies you need per guest and how to give your table the wow factor.
The flowers are in bloom and we’re taking an in-depth look. Which flowers are native to which continent? What flowers are pet safe vs. the ones we shouldn’t plant or bring in the house if we have pets?
Linda Cahill will be back with some delicious salad recipes from the Pampered Chef and I’m on the hunt for a new barbecue grill, so we’ll we talking about what to grill this month.
Orlando Barton will be back with something brilliant and Tanya Bashor of Gypsy Artistry will be having some fun workshops for summer crafts.
I haven’t decided which book I’ll be reviewing, but I have some great ideas. Also we’ll have some ideas for healthy eating, fun exercise and living greener. And there will be a quiz.
See you next month!
Fran
Answers to the ABC Mystery Author Quiz:
Sarah Andrews Bone Hunter - an Em Hansen Mystery
Lilian Jackson Braun The Cat Who Ate Danish Modern – The Cat Who…Mysteries
Agatha Christie Murder on the Orient Express - A Hercule Poirot Mystery
Annette Dashofy Fair Game – A Zoe Chambers Mystery
Janet Evanovich Twisted Twenty-Six – A Stephanie Plum Mystery
Gillian Flynn Sharp Objects
Tess Gerritsen I Know a Secret – A Rizzoli & Isles Mystery
Dashiell Hammett The Maltese Falcon – A Sam Spade Mystery
Michael Innes Death at the President’s Lodging – An Inspector Appleby Mystery
P.D. James The Murder Room – An Adam Dalgliesh Mystery
Jonathan Kellerman The Wedding Guest – The Alex Delaware Series
Laura Lippman The Girl in the Green Raincoat - The Tess Monaghan Series
Ross Macdonald The Drowning Pool – A Lew Archer Mystery
Fuminori Nakamura The Thief
Joyce Carol Oates A Fair Maiden
Sara Paretsky Fallout – a V. I. Warshawski novel
Ellery Queen The King is Dead – An Ellery Queen Mystery
Ian Rankin In a House of Lies – featuring Inspector Rebus & Malcolm Fox
Julia Spencer-Fleming Through the Evil Days – A Clare Ferguson & Russ Van Alstyne
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James Twining The Double Eagle- featuring the art thief, Tom Kirk
Arthur W. Updike The Breakaway House
Elaine Viets Ice Blonde - Angela Richman, Death Investigator Series
Patricia Wentworth The Girl in the Cellar – A Miss Silver Mystery
Qui Xiaolong Death of a Red Heroine – A Chief Inspector Chen Cao Mystery
Seishi Yokomizo The Murder in Honjin
Anthony E. Zuiker Whodunnit? Murder on Mystery Island