It’s National Wine Day – No Whining Please

Today’s the day to celebrate the grape! Nectar of the gods, fruit of the vine, delightful, delectable and divine is WINE. I grew up in an Italian household so drinking red wine with meals was de riguer and when I was married the first time, we drank red table wine every night with our dinner.  [...]

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A Milestone Birthday – A Charming Story Told

Well I just celebrated the BIG ONE and I mean BIG!  I may have even slipped past being a woman of a certain age…well let’s not go that far! My husband gave me several pieces of jewelry and while putting them away, I came across a red velvet bag.  Of course I knew what was [...]

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Mothering Sunday

Well that’s what they call it in England and other parts of Europe and they’ve been celebrating the holiday since the 16th Century! Our own American Mother’s Day is fairly recent.  In 1912, a woman named Anna Jarvis from Grafton, West Virginia declared the first Mother’s Day in the United States. Well here it is, [...]

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How Old Is The Lead In Your Pencil?

Did you ever see an old pencil?  Well of course you did… you could tell it was old because it had advertising on it and and the phone number was DIamond 436-6871.  Diamond?? Yes kids, telephone exchanges used to be designated by words.  Usually just the first two letters or sometimes three letters of the [...]

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OCCUPY WALL STREET Protesting ……Everything!

This may turn out to be a whole week of FAB FOTOS.   Well, you know there is just so much to see and do in NYC and Murray has been zipping around snapping fantastic photos as usual. Today, yes May Day. brought the OWS troops out in full force.  They were in Union Square, they [...]

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May Day – May Day

This is a two for the price of one blog post!  MAY DAY, MAY DAY is an international term used to seek aid or help.  You’ve heard it in the movies, on television and hopefully not ever on a ship, boat or plane on which you were traveling.  The origin of this universal plea for [...]

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When We Love…..

Last month in the New York Times, there was an article titled, The Brain on Love.  Very interesting – I thought I would paraphrase a few of the ideas, theories and data in it for my readers. As we mature and forge relationships, fall in love, find a soul-mate, our brains remember the oneness we [...]

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Chametz?! Today is one of those “first day of your life” days!

Do you know what chametz is?  I’m not even sure myself – my sister-in-law, Stacey told me it is the stuff you rid your house of before Passover.  She mentioned something about food stuffs that are not part of the Passover meal or week-long celebration, are thrown out. Well today was ONE of those days! [...]

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Easter Sunday-Fifth Avenue-New York City

It takes a couple of days for the photos to get up and online.  Today, our friend, Helen, posted her photos and I have snagged a few to show my readers.  She was much better than I was at taking pictures!  And I’m happy that there is one of her in the bunch because I [...]

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Easter Hats on Parade

If I had the money, time, where-with-all, materials or money to buy one of these FABULOUS hats, you would have seen me on The Avenue yesterday parading like a peacock.  These fantastic creations are by Dee’s in Kentucky where these hats are created for the Kentucky Derby.  I realized as I was scrolling through the [...]

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