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Updated: June/28/2009
In the summertime, Jacksonville is a hot town - too hot
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When you tell people you are from Michigan when you travel you can expect remarks about our weather. Last week in Florida was no exception. One person asked me if we still had snow. A curious woman wanted to know if I had to buy summer clothes in Florida, and another wisecracker figured I must really be enjoying the high temperatures in Florida compared to what we had back home. Wrong! I hated it.
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Updated: June/14/2009
Interesting trips are just around the corner
You know my travel policy: Get in the car and go. Just do it, alone or with someone, or even with a carload of friends and family. There is much to see and do not far from home, and other than the gas prices messing with our budgets, most travel is uplifting and therapeutic.
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Updated: May/31/2009
Young Eagle Scout inspires patriotism
This is the time of year for invitations from family and friends celebrating milestones in their lives. There are graduations, showers, and wedding anniversary invitations in May, and greater numbers can be expected in June as the wedding season gets into full swing.
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Updated: May/24/2009
For one Toledoan, entertaining and volunteering are in the bag
You may think you have too many tote bags and purses, but in Jeanene Pifer's world there is never enough. Would you believe 600 and still counting - and shopping for more? The hundreds of people who have been the Toledoan's audiences believe it because they have seen 40 and more totes from her collection in her Toledo's Other Bag Lady shows.
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Updated: April/26/2009
Restaurant owner gets Limbaugh on the line
This gypsy at heart is primed and ready for short trips not far from home. Let's face it, we have been faithful to home and hearth through a miserable winter, and now it's time to venture out.
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Updated: April/19/2009
Gracie’s sandwiches still favorites
Once upon a time in the annals of Toledo’s culinary history, the Urban Club in the Toledo Museum of Art neighborhood was a one- of-a-kind place for great food and conversation with Gracie Schutt, the hostess/owner.
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Updated: April/12/2009
Nutrition labels offer food for thought
Imagine an Easter basket filled with celery, carrots, an apple, an orange, and a bunch of grapes. While such an arrangement would appeal to Peter Rabbit or may work well on a ladies' spring luncheon table, it would bring disappointment, tears, and perhaps even a screaming temper tantrum from children and adults.
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Updated: March/29/2009
Signs of spring are just outside the door
Finally, my dog, Digby, can stay outdoors most of the day without shivering from the cold or walking through snow. The kitten that survived winter on the front porch is sunbathing on one of the bales of straw that served as a warm igloo.
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Updated: March/22/2009
Detroit native retires after long Navy career
I suppose it’s a little late to think about joining the U.S. Navy. To turn a phrase, I missed the boat long ago. But an afternoon at a Navy function last weekend made me think how different life could have been if I had signed my name on an application form at a recruiting station and passed the rigorous physical.
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Updated: March/15/2009
Adrian gathering was a walk down memory lane
ADRIAN - The old hometown got a jump-start on spring, if not literally, then at least in spirit and theme when eight downtown businesses in Adrian rallied around a Wine About Winter event to lure customers downtown with wine, cheese, and art.
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Updated: March/01/2009
New Orleans at Mardi Gras: You have to see it to believe it
NEW ORLEANS - No matter how many pictures you have seen or how many stories you have heard about the crowds, noise, and parades on Fat Tuesday here in the Big Easy, seeing is believing. The celebration on the day before Ash Wednesday and the beginning of fasting for Lent is wild. Thousands of people get into the carnival spirit, crowding the streets from early morning until the stroke of midnight.
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Updated: February/15/2009
Little Hawaiian church symbolizes the spirit of the islands
LAHAINA, Maui - There was no way to capture on film the beauty of the sky after sunset tonight. Within seconds after the sun sank behind the island of Lanai, vivid pink ribbons mingling with white clouds painted an incredible picture. Those of us who make sure to be home by sunset don't bother to get out the camera.
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Updated: February/08/2009
Maui's expensive, but its beauty is free
How forgetful am I, anyway? I don't remember prices on Maui being so high. Good grief, $4.29 for a can of soup and $4.71 for two papayas. I thought they harvested them here by the bushel, like we do apples back home.
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Updated: January/25/2009
Whale-watching inspires new thoughts about diets
NUEVO VALLARTA, MEXICO - Whale-watching is a popular tourism sport in Pacific waters, but the adventure here on a sunny 70-degree morning was more meaningful because of information shared by Carlos Reteria Murphy.
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