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Drive 117 miles south from NYC down the New Jersey Turnpike, turn right onto Route 40, and you’ll see a vestige of America’s western heritage – the Cowtown Rodeo. Every Saturday night from May through September of each year, over a 1000 spectators come to watch cowboys get bucked and
Barry Lubin, aka Grandma, will be returning to the new Big Apple Circus in October 2017. For many years the face of Big Apple, the artist has been silently, sympathetically silly his entire professional life. What makes a good clown? How did this one cut a path to laughter and
Spoiler Alert: What follows is not a parody of one of my favorite Turner Classic Movies offerings. Nor does it suggest that an Aunt is a victim of multiple personality disorder, a sort of Aunt Sybil. “Debrett’s Peerage” is described by its publisher as follows: “The Peerage is a hierarchy of titles
Tina Fey is drawing heat from her appearance Thursday night on NBC’s Weekend Update Summer Edition for digging into a massive sheet cake with the American flag on it, her way of dealing with the aftermath of Charlottesville. A graduate of the University of Virginia, Fey was obviously upset by
It never ceases to amaze me that a week’s worth of events, upon reflection, seem to insist on coming together and to show themselves united by a single theme. The week just past proved the point and left me with no alternative for the title of this Street Seens. Please
Chapter 10 – Launch When you’re ready to launch your business, you should celebrate. Mark the occasion, even if it’s simply with take-out. Get used to recognizing milestones, and do this for others who work for you. Now there are obviously many details to look after along this journey, and once
In that order, the first two unlikely nouns of the title, capture one of the unique and memorable elements of a love story that took place in the 20th Century. “The girl,” was, in fact born in the year 1900. “The boy” was just five when the new century began.
One month plus four days ago my husband of almost 60 years and I moved from our beloved Happy-Ever-After home that we built to a dear Cottage in a wonderful full service Richmond Retirement Community. It was a difficult decision, a harder task to downsize from 4700 square feet to
Drive 117 miles south from NYC down the New Jersey Turnpike, turn right onto Route 40, and you’ll see a vestige of America’s western heritage – the Cowtown Rodeo. Every Saturday night from May through September of each year, over a 1000 spectators come to watch cowboys get bucked and stomped, and try to stay aboard a bull or “bronc” till the buzzer sounds. Cowtown is a legend around these parts. It has been in
Barry Lubin, aka Grandma, will be returning to the new Big Apple Circus in October 2017. For many years the face of Big Apple, the artist has been silently, sympathetically silly his entire professional life. What makes a good clown? How did this one cut a path to laughter and distinction? The Cast Top Row left to Right: Paul Binder (Bertrand Guay), Michael Christensen, Jeff Gordon (Patricia Lanza) Jimmy Tinsman Bottom Row: Joel Jeske, Todd Robbins,
Spoiler Alert: What follows is not a parody of one of my favorite Turner Classic Movies offerings. Nor does it suggest that an Aunt is a victim of multiple personality disorder, a sort of Aunt Sybil. “Debrett’s Peerage” is described by its publisher as follows: “The Peerage is a hierarchy of titles of various ranks conferred by the Sovereign upon his or her subjects, which has its roots in feudal times.” Quaint, perhaps anachronistic, but you get
Tina Fey is drawing heat from her appearance Thursday night on NBC’s Weekend Update Summer Edition for digging into a massive sheet cake with the American flag on it, her way of dealing with the aftermath of Charlottesville. A graduate of the University of Virginia, Fey was obviously upset by what happened on her alma mater’s campus. And like the rest of us, she’s finding a way to cope. What do we do when the
It never ceases to amaze me that a week’s worth of events, upon reflection, seem to insist on coming together and to show themselves united by a single theme. The week just past proved the point and left me with no alternative for the title of this Street Seens. Please note that this theory is being espoused by someone you’ve heard say, over and over: “There are no coincidences in life!” So, join me in
Chapter 10 – Launch When you’re ready to launch your business, you should celebrate. Mark the occasion, even if it’s simply with take-out. Get used to recognizing milestones, and do this for others who work for you. Now there are obviously many details to look after along this journey, and once you’re open it only becomes more complex. You will need to be passionate, but also willing to learn if you want even a chance to
In that order, the first two unlikely nouns of the title, capture one of the unique and memorable elements of a love story that took place in the 20th Century. “The girl,” was, in fact born in the year 1900. “The boy” was just five when the new century began. But one of the legendary stories about their meeting, courtship and lifelong love story cast them as players in a drama that rivalled his best
One month plus four days ago my husband of almost 60 years and I moved from our beloved Happy-Ever-After home that we built to a dear Cottage in a wonderful full service Richmond Retirement Community. It was a difficult decision, a harder task to downsize from 4700 square feet to 2100 square feet, a daunting challenge to make radical decisions as to what to keep, what to try to sell, and what to donate. We
