Queenkv’s Brainpickings

So many lovely memories of Paris floated back for me when I saw this shot of the President Obama and Malia inside the Pompidou Centre. P060709PS-0023, originally uploaded by The Official White House Photostream. This is a charming shot. I hope Malia and her sister treasures their memories of this family trip in Europe. Our [...]

Hello May. I’m quite happy Vacaville got rain overnight. My veggie garden can use it and it syncs up nicely with my Saturday morning watering schedule. I’m also following all things about gardening, including the First Lady’s green efforts at the White House. I think Michelle Obama’s amazing. She’s a style icon, dressed in fashion-forward [...]

I co-produced our live coverage of the Inauguration. I gave cues to our photogs at the watch parties, letting them know we’re taking their live pictures of locals watching the ceremony in D.C. Lots of tears and cheers from our watch parties.

I think my dad is going to be tickled that I posted this video clip. I wanted to upload this file after Elections because I didn’t want to jinx anything. Plus, Election Day and the results kept me crazy busy in the newsroom. January 3, 2005 from Kris Vera-Phillips on Vimeo. I had to sleep [...]

[from the Huffington Post] I stumbled on this brilliant video of all 3 Presidential Debates from laughingsquid.com. Get the latest news satire and funny videos at 236.com. Pretty much the same arguments plus the same attacks. Now 23/6 has all the debate coverage edited into one amazing clip.

When I worked on the Noon Show on Monday, I saw Andrea Mitchell’s weekend wrap on the political news. She played a clip from a SNL parody on last week’s CBS Interview with Governor Palin. And she played it side-by-side, with the real interview by Katie Couric. [Image from: From: http://www.theimproper.com/] Bottom Line: Tina Fey [...]

Viva my weekend. I’m taking it easy for these last days of being 29-years-old. originally uploaded by queenkv. Last month, we ended up in Lodi after the Stockton Asparagus Festival. An air-conditioned wine tasting at the Lodi Visitor’s Center helped revive us. The festival was fun but we were wiped out from walking through 100-degree [...]

Daisy monopolized Mark’s lap and I had my head on his shoulder as the President delivered his 6th State of the Union address last night. After clicking through Gibson, Schieffer and Williams pontificating with other journalism talking heads….giving play-by-plays on Bush’s vespers with Congressmen and Senators, Mark settled on C-SPAN coverage. It’s always refreshing to [...]

“Making your mark on the world is hard. If it were easy, everybody would do it. But it’s not. It takes patience, it takes commitment, and it comes with plenty of failure along the way. The real test is not whether you avoid this failure, because you won’t. It’s whether you let it harden or [...]

can anyone see me? need to clean-up the basement…it’s nice to have clothing inside a closet and to stop living out of a suitcase….but I need some order in my life….it feels like I don’t have any order in my life….just trying to keep up with the news in DC. Read more… or Read more [...]