Share This:Remember when you were little and your dad was the strongest man in the world? If it needed to be built, fixed, lifted or carried, he was your guy – the strongest man in the world. This was back when mastery of the remote control belonged to him alone because he was he King…
Share This: A trip to Walt Disney World ranks as the highlight of every childhood, while simultaneously topping the list of vacations-that-aren’t-vacations for most parents. Having taken 4 trips there in my childhood, I have been anxiously awaiting the opportunity to return with my little ones in tow, but it turns out that visiting Disney…
Share This:By popular demand, the recipe for the delicious and refreshing cocktail my Sweetpotato whipped up for me last night! And here I was all worried that I wouldn’t be able to use all the fresh basil from the 3 plants on our porch….but since we discovered this recipe we’ve pretty much picked ’em clean!…
Share This:This is a plea to all human occupants of this world to GET YOURSELVES TOGETHER! Look, I don’t have crazy expectations that everyone turn themselves out at 8am perfectly pressed, coiffed, bejeweled and wardrobed every single day. I can appreciate a low-maintenance look, and I completely understand the battle to remove your morning gym…
Share This:For my mother, my first best friend: I always thought of my mother as a crazy person – a slightly disorganized, chronically late, constantly nagging crazy person. She’s the kind of person who has a cabinet full of thank you notes that will never actually get mailed and craft projects that are always…
Share This:My mother loves a Crock-pot. I mean luur-ur-rves a Crock-pot. Throughout my childhood, this 1970’s ceramic idol sat atop our Formica counter at least twice a week, presenting meals I’ve spent the last 30 years trying to forget. The most infamous of the Crock-Pot creations were Hobo Beans (a gassy concoction of pork-n-beans, ground chuck,…
Share This:I’m not saying I’m not guilty of giving my kids all these things, but I’m looking at how folks are turning out these days and I’m just not impressed. Kids today get given every damn thing they want and have the emotional baggage to show for it. Y’all do what you want with your…
Share This: Dear Teenage Grocery Store Clerk, I think we need a little etiquette lesson, my friend. I had just loaded my Bota boxes of wine onto the conveyor belt and was reaching in my bag to find my I.D. when you hit that little button and the screen read: Cashier Has By-passed Age Validation…
Share This:Dear Queenan, I travel often for work, always dressed for my next meeting, and I am appalled at the wardrobe of my fellow passengers. I was raised to dress professionally for all travel, but I was sitting in the business-class lounge beside this woman in sports gear. Am I just out-dated in my thinking…
Share This:For those of you just meeting me, I want to be clear that I am not now, nor have I ever professed to be a great cook, a good cook, or even one who cooks. My singular domestic skill however, is baking delicious-and-never-low-fat items. My specialties involve anything made with sugar, butter, and eggs…
