Holiday Weekend Links

 Happy Thanksgiving week, everyone!!  I just turned in final revisions on the next book, and am getting ready to make pies for tomorrow.  I hope you're having a lovely autumn!  In the meantime, here are a few distractions...

5 ways to support a small business during the holidays (from Everyday Parisian, which is a wonderful site!)

What wine goes with your holiday meals

The best Thanksgiving cocktails

A royal wedding on November 20, 1947

Weekend Links and Book Giveaway

 

Happy almost-Thanksgiving, everyone!  If you're already in the holiday spirit (I had my first peppermint mocha today!), check out Regency Gaming Hell Christmas, volume 1, which is free this week.  (Volume 4 is out December 3).  I loved working on this project with Kathy L Wheeler, my writing bestie, and I love it when holiday novella time rolls around...

What I'm reading right now: Hong Kong Widow (so spooky)

What I'm watching: Wicked part one, getting ready for my tickets to Wicked: For Good on the 22nd!

And here's some fun reading for the weekend...

A Frida Kahlo self-portrait is going up for auction

How the production team of "Hamnet" built a Globe replica in record time

The death of Princess Charlotte of Wales on November 6, 1817

Upcoming exhibit I'd like to see!  "Queen Elizabeth II: Her Life in Style"

Jonathan Bailey is the sexiest man alive (this tracks)

The gold heart necklace of Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon

Actress Prunella Scales (aka Sybil Fawlty) has died

A history of Guy Fawkes Day (remember, remember, the fifth of November!)