By: Mary Fran Bontempo As a child, I loved "riding the waves" in the ocean at the Jersey shore. Stretching out my body and letting the water carry me into the beach was a thrill ride, without the price of a ticket on the boardwalk.But every once in a while, a wave would come along that would overwhelm, crashing over my head and pulling me down to the sandy ocean floor, where it [...]
by Chrysa Smith In the spirit of NRFGP, this New Year's Eve, I decided that Mark and I would go out. That's right. We'd give up our positions on the couch and the big tv countdown, in lieu of a night on the town. So off we went. Wanting to do a latin restaurant for some time--partly because of the food; partly because of the salsa dancing, we headed into the city. And [...]
By: Mary Fran Bontempo To hear an audio version of this post, click the play arrow below. I’m going through withdrawal. It’s not about smoking, or, heaven forbid, something more sinister, although sometimes it feels like it. It’s about coupons. For weeks—scratch that—months, leading up to Christmas, I was a coupon-clipping maniac. I scoured the newspaper, mail, internet, you name it, for any little scrap of paper that promised an additional discount on [...]
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A little silver-haired lady calls her neighbor and says, "Please come over here and help me. I have a killer jigsaw puzzle, and I can't figure out how to get started." Her neighbor asks, "What is it supposed to be when it's finished?" The little silver-haired lady says, "According to the picture on the box, it's a rooster." Her neighbor decides to go over and help with the puzzle. She lets him in and shows him [...]
Whatever your belief of choice, this video is amazing. Enjoy and Happy New Year! --Mary Fran
by Chrysa SmithIf you're lucky enough to live in a town with theaters that play 'arts' movies, you may have heard or seen Hyde Park on Hudson. In my opinion, a movie well done.In it, Bill Murray plays FDR, president on the verge of WWII. Laura Linney plays his fifth cousin and implied lover, who calms and keeps the paralyzed president at ease in his hectic and harried world. And it all happens [...]
