Jogging barefoot across Ocean Beach, Belinda stumbled and felt a slight pop in her right foot. She was worried because she had been training for a triathlon. She so she went to the ER the next day, just to make sure everything was okay. “Just a sprain,” the ER doctor told him. A week later, she sat in the foot […]
About a year and a half ago a new Italian restaurant opened in my town. Almost everyone tried it and it was so crowded it was hard to get in. The food was good, but the menu was nothing special. You can get the same dishes at other places in the area. In about two months the crowds got smaller […]
I recently asked my daughter and family to move in with me. To my joy they said yes. In doing so, I have access to my grandchildren, two lovely dogs, and as a bonus their Presto Pizzazz pizza oven. I had never seen one, as I eat very little pizza unless someone else cooks it. The first night my grandson […]
I’m back from my most recent Walt Disney World vacation, and I’m so excited to share with you all some information, tips, and a little bit of magic dust I’ve collected along the way. Let’s talk planning. It may not be the most glamorous part and it certainly isn’t the best, but it is the most important part of having […]
When the Soviet Union fell in the early 1990s and Boris Yeltsin’s government began to promote democracy and cooperation with its former Cold War enemies, primarily the United States, we discovered many surprising and instructive things. It quickly became clear that our decades of fear and competition with the communist titan were based on faulty assumptions. Russia was actually a […]
If you’re looking for a travel destination, one of the most coveted and well-known is a small group of islands in the South Pacific known as Fiji. A census showed in 2012 that three-quarters of the people who went to Fiji did so for holidays, so it’s time to see what you’re missing! Interestingly, of the multitude of islands that […]
Not long ago, CBS’s “60 Minutes” aired a story about e-waste and global dumping. Reporters followed a trail of electronic recycling items from a Denver-based company to Hong Kong, China, and caught the so-called “recycling” company red-handed engaging in the global dumping of electronic waste. With over 80% of recycled computer and electronics ending up as high-tech e-waste in developing […]
Is there a difference between packaged and homemade sauces? If you love pasta sauce, then you know there’s an ongoing debate about whether jarred pasta sauce is as good as homemade. This is a debate that just goes back and forth, with people choosing one side and then another. Of course, there are some definite advantages to homemade salsa, but […]
Do you have to clean your dog’s eyes three times a day, and despite all the cleaning, he still has yellow-green stuff in the fur around his eyes? Of course, you don’t need to wipe your eyes three times a day, but as I’m sure he knows, yellow things can smell quite a bit, as they are a breeding ground […]
Every year, many families decide to take time out of their routine lives and go on vacation to a place where there is no stress. But how does one decide where to go? If you’re looking for the perfect family vacation, look no further than the Bahamas! The Bahamas is made up of 700 beautiful islands that have so much […]
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