When I say "I Heart NY Y'all" I mean it! As a Southern transplant to Yankee territory, there's plenty that I know I haven't seen or done yet. When I read about the 2010 Pride of...
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Movie Review: “Tanlged” Set to Snare Kids
Finally, my husband got to see his first 3D movie! And he was super pumped it was a Disney cartoon...after all, what 30-year-old man doesn't flip habitually back and forth between ESPN and the...
New York Election 2010 a.k.a. SNL Casting
My husband and I spent many years working in television news. I can promise you, the one thing we don't miss is election coverage. Most folks don't realize election day is like the Olympics...
Life’s a Scream for Halloween
Halloween has always been my favorite holiday. I love dragging out the decorations in mid-September and almost cried when my fogger didn't work this year. I love making little bags of candy for the...
From Pumpkin Guts to Glory
This Halloween season, plenty of families are sitting down together, watching It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown and laying out the newspaper getting ready to carve up their holiday jack-o'-lanterns. As a child, my...
Movie Review: Mega Funny “Megamind”
Ok...I can safely say that I am certain I am not the last person on Earth to see a 3D movie. I know for a fact that my husband hasn't been to one...
Walking waaaaay over the Hudson
With the Garrett grandparents in town and my husband out of town for a business meeting, I was on my own for entertaining. Thankfully, we haven't had a lack of things to do since...
FDR: What a Great Deal!
When my husband's 80-year-old grandparents announced they were flying from Abilene, Texas to visit us in Albany, I started racking my brain for what they might be interested in seeing while they were here. ...
History Lesson on the Hudson
When it comes to big rivers, we've seen it. Sorry, folks but you're gonna' have to put up or shut up to impress us. Don't forget these small town Southerners have pretty close ties to...
Giving Back…One Donation at a Time
"Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does." -William James On May 5, 1979, my grandfather James Flanigan was flying his crop duster when he unexpectedly crash landed in a field in Clay...