No, But…
It is totally fine to say no, but much better to just say yes first. Sometimes however, there is a negative before the positive. As in, the answer we received to our posed inquiry, “does that come with whipped cream?” Read More …
Category: food
Try It First
A lot of online retailers now are offering for you to try it first before you commit to the purchase. They offer no obligation, free returns, so you don’t feel like you paid more to order it online. If it Read More …
All Quiet
Tonight, it is all quiet on the southern front – in our family that is. We are, by far, the southern-most dwellers if you can believe that. Hoping it is the same everywhere else south, east, north and west tonight…but Read More …
One Thing
Often, one thing leads to another. One mention of an idea, for example, a new way to serve hot dogs. Boom, gourmet hot dogs are everywhere…Sure it was on the cover of a magazine, right before the summer kicked off Read More …
It Could Be Worse
Life is great, but it could be worse. I could really love to make my family happy and do special things for them…like: Buy their favorite snacks (chocolate covered pretzels, soft pretzels and doughnuts are fan favorites.) Take them driving Read More …
So Many Options
How do you decide what to do when there are just so many options? This morning was an early run, waking before 5am (not my finest hour) and driving my husband to the airport. Yes, we still do things like Read More …
Beware of…
Beware of geeks bearing food said no one ever. Yesterday, my mom offered to come to our house for the holiday, with filet, NY style bread and homemade wine and this is how it went… “Is it ok if geeks Read More …
Your Own Party
Sometimes, it just isn’t the right time to spend the evening with 350 (or more) of your “closest” friends at a banquet. Especially after many long weeks of late practice, hard work and back to back weekends of performances. So, Read More …
Don’t Ruin It
I am sure I know what my son (and plenty of other meat-a-tarians that we know and love) would look at this picture and think “don’t ruin it“. Too often we take a perfectly simple and good thing – even Read More …
Art or Life
What rules – art or life? They say that art imitates life. The artist paints or sculpts what they see, how they feel and what they think…who they love. Singers sing songs about their experiences and certainly about who they Read More …