With only 10 months before I enter the Empty Nest phase of my life, I’ve been doing a lot of fantasizing about how I’m going to reinvent myself. I’m the luckiest duck on the planet, since my options are many. Short of starring in a movie with Ray Liotta, I could actually live out […]
Lexington
Bill Collector Blues
I was reading a column in FloridaThinks about bill collectors and I’m not an angry person; I don’t get all in a rage when I read stuff. But I was actually getting a little hot under the collar from reading about debt collectors who harass people about unpaid bills. I myself am fortunate in […]
Crazy for Close-Out Sales
I don’t mean to alarm you but that top is only $7.99 I went to a going-out-of-business sale yesterday. Hoo, boy, I am definitely not woman enough to handle this. It was crazy! Dillard’s in the Creepy Empty Mall in Lexington is closing, bringing the number of stores in that mall to a whopping […]
If Parades Were a Reflection of Our Society
Lexington has a lot of nice things. I’m saying that right up front so you won’t think I’m a Yankee snot, or an elitist Hubbard, Ohioan. I love oodles and oodles of things here. Downtown Lexington has a thing – I can’t really put my finger on it – but it has something to do […]
Thriller! Thriller Night
I was groovin’ to Michael Jackson this week. Not new creepy Michael Jackson; young, hip Michael Jackson. If you’ve ever seen the Thriller video – and if you haven’t, you’re either just emerging from a Unibomber shack in the woods or you’re 4 – look at one of the zombies dancing behind Michael. That […]
Picnic With the Pops
My husband and I were at the Picnic with the Pops last Saturday night. For those of you who have never been there or who are not familiar with this Lexington end-of-summer tradition, Picnic with the Pops is an outdoor concert at the Horse Park, featuring the Lexington Philharmonic and a featured musical guest, this […]