The Answering Machine Message
Dan and I came home the other night to this casual message on our answering machine: Hi Dan & Deb, this is D. I’m in the hospital. W. says I woke her up in the middle of the night with … Continue reading →
PhotoHunt – WARM
It’s nice when your parents own Exclusive Events, Inc., an event production company. They have all kinds of cool stuff hanging out in their warehouse. Let’s say your birthday is in the summer. Too WARM to have snow at your … Continue reading →
Allora – Solution
Thanks to all of you for your suggestions. For now I’m going to do the easiest thing. I’m going to frame it and hang it on the wall. I have this little bit of wall in my home office. It … Continue reading →
The Oldest Bookstore In the Western World
When we were in Lisbon a few years ago, one of my must-dos was to visit Livraria Bertrand. It was almost a religious experience for me to walk through the door of a bookstore that was established in 1732. Although … Continue reading →
Allora
Missouri has changed the style of its licence plates. That means I have to get new plates in May. They tell me I can have my same personalized plate name in the new style. That’s good. They also are encouraging … Continue reading →
Hurry Up August
I’m sitting here on a cold February day, thinking back on August and the wonderful foods I enjoyed at the Festival of Nations. Sponsored each year by the International Institute of St. Louis. I wasn’t able to sample all of … Continue reading →
The Letter “L”
Kim tagged me with the letter “L”. So, now I must list 10 of my favorite things that begin with that letter. Number one on the list used to be one of the things I hated most, my middle name: … Continue reading →
YouTube of Last Night’s Valentine Party
Again this year, we went to Viviano’s Festa Italiano, our little local Italian Deli/Market for a very fun, funky Valentine’s Day party. This is NOT your average romantic evening for two. This is a rowdy, happy gathering of our little … Continue reading →
Reading Goal
The other day, all of the calendars in the store went on clearance for $1.00. There is one calendar in particular that I like to get every year. But I’m too cheap to pay even my employee discount price, so … Continue reading →
PhotoHunt — Nautical
nau·ti·cal : \ˈnȯ-ti-kəl, ˈnä-\ : adj : of, relating to, or associated with seamen, navigation, or ships In 1890, a British gunner ship, the HMS Serpent, on its way to Sierra Leone ran into stormy weather on Galicia’s Costa da … Continue reading →