Taylor's Ham

where food and music and Taylor Swift collide

Music

  • So Maybe I am a Princess…

    So inspired by Taylor, I am learning the ukulele via Fearless. I know, I know. I screw up a lot. I’m learning. Read more

  • WE HEART TAYLOR.

    I’M NOT A PRINCESS,THIS AIN’T A FAIRY TALE She is and it is. After the villain stole her crown, the fairy godmother returned it to her, unfettered and pristine. The fairy godmother stepped back to watch the princess take her bow. No better ending than that, right? Kanye West and his alcohol swagger stepped onstage Read more

  • IMELDA MAY Love Tattoo At first glance, it’s her hair that strikes you. Then, her wardrobe. Intrigued by a sexy blast from the past. But it’s her voice you want to hear. She hails from Ireland, yet betrays no accent in her raspy, finite delivery of lyrics. If only Imelda May would cross the Atlantic, Read more

  • TAYLOR COUNTDOWN: 5 Days Fine. Go ahead. Joke about how this 25 year-old “adult” adores a tweeny country-pop singer. Ha ha. Sure, like I said, I was a foot taller than all the other Taylor Swift fans in West Virginia. I’m hoping the demographic is slightly more vertically developed this time around. But even if Read more

  • TAYLOR COUNTDOWN: 9 Days* On August 29, Small Hands and I are going to see Taylor Swift at the Bryce Johnson Theater at Penn State University. “Isn’t that far from New York, Nicole?” you might ask. “Why not see her locally?” If you knew anything at all, you’d realize that her Madison Square Garden Show Read more