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• 2009 Fontezoppa Rosso Marche Review

  

  2009 Fontezoppa Rosso Marche Review:4 out of 5 wine glasses for the money ($10-$15)2009 Fontezoppa Rosso Marche (an Italian wine – duh) is another one of our... Read more

  Posted on 10 January 2014 FAMILY, HUMOR

• An Eating Tour of Charleston Restaurants

  

  I have a secret about Charleston Restaurants.It’s pretty shocking, so you should get your self some smelling salts. You’ll have to travel to a 1940s screwball... Read more

  Posted on 09 January 2014 FAMILY, HUMOR

• When Two Brains That Operate as One Are Separated

  

  My husband Mike and I recently stayed at the Planter’s Inn in Charleston, South Carolina. The Planter’s Inn has a main building and an auxiliary building... Read more

  Posted on 08 January 2014 FAMILY, HUMOR

• Review: The Planters Inn – Charleston, South Carolina

  

  Planters Inn Review: 4 out of 5 wine glasses:My husband and I didn’t plan to stay at The Planters Inn – we’d made reservations at The French Quarter Inn for... Read more

  Posted on 07 January 2014 FAMILY, HUMOR

• Writers Join the Shia Slam! Original Responses to Shia LaBeouf’s Plagiarism

  

  Shia LaBeouf plagiarized a writer’s work. But it gets worse.And as a writer, I’m pissed.A young Shia LeBeouf actively not having an original thought.Actor Shia... Read more

  Posted on 04 January 2014 FAMILY, HUMOR

• Wine: Fattoria La Valentina Montepulciano d’Abruzzo 2010

  

  Fattoria La Valentina Montepulciano d’Abruzzo 2010 Review: 4 out of 5 wine glasses for the money ($11-$15)Sorry this is a little blurry. I may have already had ... Read more

  Posted on 02 January 2014 FAMILY, HUMOR

• Drinking Makes You a Comic Genius

  

  Mike and I stayed up until midnight last night for the first time in years. No particular reason. I guess because Jenny McCarthy was a train wreck and we... Read more

  Posted on 01 January 2014 FAMILY, HUMOR

• 11 Christmas Lights Dos and Don’ts

  Storify is a service that lets you comb social media and drag and drop together a collection of images and posts. I thought I’d give it a try to create this... Read more

  Posted on 21 December 2013 FAMILY, HUMOR

• You Have No Idea What You’re Doing to Your Children

  

  Canadian bacon can piss off, too, while we’re at it.In the Parents Lottery, I did pretty damn well. I am not complaining. They’re still married (nearly 50... Read more

  Posted on 18 December 2013 FAMILY, HUMOR

• Butter Rum Pancakes Recipe (FlapMikes)

  

  Who needs butter rum sauce when you can make butter rum pancakes?Mike decided to surprise me and make me pancakes with a butter rum syrup. He clattered around s... Read more

  Posted on 17 December 2013 FAMILY, HUMOR

• Cell Phone Crashing Video

  This made me laugh out loud – this guy cozies up to people who are talking on phones and answers them as if he is the person on the other end of their line…... Read more

  Posted on 16 December 2013 FAMILY, HUMOR

• Goats Spring from Avalanche

  This made me laugh this morning – when you’re having a bad day, just spring Aphrodite-from-the-waves-like, like these Chamois goats caught by an avalanche on th... Read more

  Posted on 13 December 2013 FAMILY, HUMOR

• T-Fal ActiFry Review

  

  T-Fal ActiFry Review: 4 out of 5 wine glasses:Mike and I eat a LOT of potatoes. If we’re eating anything other than a sandwich or pasta, chances are there is a... Read more

  Posted on 12 December 2013 FAMILY, HUMOR

• Trapeze School & the Angry Snatch

  

  My friend Kara, my sister-in-law, Heather, and I went to trapeze class in Washington, D.C., a city well-known for its clowns. I found the school through Living... Read more

  Posted on 11 December 2013 FAMILY, HUMOR

• Is It Time to Reevaluate Your Impressions of People?

  

  The other day I saw a poster of a boat going through a huge wave and I thought: “Derek (my brother) loves photos of boats going through waves.” (Except that par... Read more

  Posted on 04 December 2013 FAMILY, HUMOR

• The Real Family Thanksgiving Turkey

  

  Introducing Real Family™ Thanksgiving Turkey *Tired of trying to please everyone in your family with that same boring turkey? Now you don’t have to! The new Rea... Read more

  Posted on 25 November 2013 FAMILY, HUMOR

• Sex in Advertising: 10 Strangely Sexual Booze Ads from the 1940 – 50s

  

  Sex in advertising once had to be subtle.You didn’ t sell hamburgers using half-naked girls twerking in 1950, yet you were totally allowed to sexually harass th... Read more

  Posted on 20 November 2013 FAMILY, HUMOR

• Worst Birthday Clowns #birthdayfail – Win Hallmark Cards

  

  Birthday Clowns = #BirthdayFailWhen Hallmark and their #BirthdayFail campaign asked me to write about a #BirthdayFail, I racked my brain for funny stories... Read more

  Posted on 19 November 2013 FAMILY, HUMOR

• My Movember Manly Bucket List

  

  One of my favorite bloggers, travel writer Raymond Walsh of Man on the Lam. tagged me in his very manly post raising awareness about Movemeber and men’s health... Read more

  Posted on 12 November 2013 FAMILY, HUMOR

• My Under Desk Bike is Making Me Gorgeous

  

  My under desk bike is turning me into a super model.Ok. That might be a stretch. But I will tell you my DeskCycle under desk bike the best thing I’ve bought in ... Read more

  Posted on 07 November 2013 FAMILY, HUMOR