I was one of the lucky recipients of the latest hacker email scam – the friend who went to Spain and lost all his money and would so appreciate it if I, one of his 750 email contacts and somebody he barely knows, would send him €2,124 so he could get back home, […]
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It’s Always Wacky in Philadelphia
I recently got a message from a friend saying she had a couple of days to spend in Philadelphia and wanted to know if I could recommend things to do. I was happy to share my ideas and opinions on Philly. It’s only my favorite city. We lived outside Philadelphia for four years, during […]
No Souvenir For You
I am the worst souvenir shopper ever. I’m not the best regular shopper anyway, but I really set some records in buying things as mementos from trips. Or, should I say, not buying things as mementos from trips. Once again I went on a fabulous vacation and bought hardly anything. I bought 15 postcards […]
What Big Brothers Do
You can almost see the terrifying story forming in his head, can’t you? The first blog I ever wrote was three years ago on my son’s 21st birthday. So I thought it was fitting to write about my son Mike turning 24 today. In my family, when it’s your birthday, we all tell stories […]
Unplugging: So Simple a Cavewoman Could Do It
I took a rare, long vacation overseas and decided to unplug. And by unplug, I don’t mean that I waited until I got over there to realize that the Italians and the French don’t have normal electrical sockets. (They don’t, by the way, but I arrived prepared with six adapters and two converters, yet […]
Makeup Mirror on the Wall, Where’d You Get That Big Face?
“Be careful what you wish for,” a little voice said to me as I grabbed the makeup mirror off the shelf at Bed Bath & Beyond and took it to the cash register. (Along with my 20 percent off coupon. What, do you think I’m stupid? Pay full price for something when […]