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He's Chillin' While She's Grillin'

Are You Ready For Some Football? Hold on female readers, don’t start sulking because I mentioned the word football.  Whether you’ve been following my blog from its inception or you’ve only recently stumbled upon it, the one thing that remains constant is that I am in fact, unpolished.  That said, it can’t be much of … Continued

A New Year's Eve Blog…A Predictable Juxtaposition

Yesterday I got put on the spot.  I got a text from one of my friends that read,  “No New Year’s Eve blog? To which I replied, “I should do one, huh?” To which he then replied, “Unless you want your readers to think you died!” To which I didn’t reply at all because I … Continued

It Was Love At First Bite… But It's Over Now

If you’ve ever experienced a breakup where you really didn’t want the relationship to end but you knew it had to be done because it was for the best, then you know how painful it can be. Over the last week I’ve been getting over a difficult loss.  I’ve been mourning the end of a … Continued

I Won't Tell You Eight Things, But I Will Tell You One

The new shtick on Facebook seems to be listing a number of things about yourself that other people most likely would not know.  I have thoroughly enjoyed reading every single one of these interesting albeit random, tidbits.  I’ve learned a lot about my friends, mostly that I didn’t know some of them quite as well … Continued

#Hashtaghuh?

Remember When # Was Just A Pound Sign? Let me start off by saying I probably should have published this post ages ago.  I didn’t because I was boycotting the whole hashtag hysteria.   I thought it was weird.  I still kinda do.  However, since it’s obviously not going away anytime soon I’ve decided there’s … Continued

If You Have To Eat Crow… Do It With Grace (And A Glass Of Wine)

A special friend reminded me that “there are no mistakes in life… only lessons.”  Her advice couldn’t have come at a better time considering I recently made what felt like a mistake. Sticks & Stones Blah Blah Blah… But Words? They Hurt Too Last week my opinions on a specific subject directly hurt someone’s feelings. … Continued

The Dinner Party

As a Self Proclaimed Foodie… I base that statement solely on having everything to do with my love for food and nothing to do with my unpolished palate.  Regardless, I recently decided to host a small dinner party at my home. I hired Stephanie*, chef and owner of Chef’s on Time*, a personal chef service, to cook … Continued

Observing The SIGH Holidays… I mean The HIGH Holidays

Baruch Atah Adonai… I Need To Let Out A Sigh. There is a lot about my childhood that I don’t remember, but memories of the Jewish High Holidays I would never forget.  As a kid, going to Temple for Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur was not negotiable.   Attendance was mandatory.  According to my parents, … Continued

If It Ain't Broke… Don't Fix It

Creatures of Habit Do Not Conform You can call me crazy.  You can call me old fashioned.   You can even call me a martyr.  I call myself a creature of habit.  I dance to the beat of my own drum and I don’t conform easily, if at all.   I have a method to … Continued