Real Life As I Know It

I've always been fascinated with one's first childhood memory.  My daughter says she doesn't remember anything before the age of...

So my daughter tells me the other day while in the orthodontist office as we wait to see the dentist, braces being off for the last year, pe...

Come vacation time, I’m always excited to plan a trip.  It's like throw a dart on a map and that is where we'll go!   This year ...

We went to see Mannheim Steamroller at the Palazzo Casino on Saturday.  I thought maybe we would start a new Christmas tradition.  I reall...

Fellow readers, I am taking a sabbatical from blogging. I need to find my inspiration, till then, keep in touch!!

People ask me why is it that I blog. Sure it's some part of an ego thing, but mostly it's because I feel some sense of keeping my se...

I decided to cook a turkey on Labor Day, which my daughter quizzically says, it isn't Thanksgiving. I promptly tell her that turkey can ...

I was cleaning out a closet the other day and found this old photograph of my father and his parents, Frank and Mary. They were from the old...

As we came to the finale of the Greatest American Dog, I stopped to think about all the dogs I have owned and loved. My fellow loving, loyal...

It was another Sunday when I caught Anthony Bourdain in Namibia. This should be good, anything in Africa promises to be an adventure in dini...