Le Fabuleux Destin d'Amélie Poulain (also known simply as Amélie ) is not only my favorite film of the decade… but is also my favorite ...

Dear Readers, I will be spending New Years in Barbados this year. I haven't mentioned this earlier because it seems that every time I m...

Woody Allen’s 2005 thriller Match Point , starring Jonathan Rhys Meyers and Scarlett Johansson is my second favorite film of the decade. I ...

Wishing you and your family a very Merry Christmas and a happy and prosperous New Year, from all of us at The Daily Connoisseur (and by all...

I generally love the holiday season- (not necessarily more than any other season, mind you, as I try to enjoy every day of my life- the holi...

Every year around this time my elderly neighbors in the apartment across the street place two lighted menorahs in their windows- the glow of...

By now many of you know that I am writing (and nearly finished with!) my first mystery novel. I consider myself to be not only a daily conn...

For the past nine months I have been cleaning the house sans help. We are doing this partly to save money and partly because the wonderful...