By: Chrysa Smith Welcome to Hershey, Pennsylvania--where the air smells sweet and at every stop in town, someone is handing you chocolate bars, kisses and the potential to pack on some pounds. I arrived for a conference. Not very exciting stuff. But with some hours to kill, I dragged my husband back to the Hershey tour--something we hadn't done since my son was a little boy (now 23). And sweet, fattening chocolate bar! [...]
By: Chrysa Smith If we said it once, we said it---well at least twice. One way to jazz up, fashion forward, youth up your wardrobe is with some fun fashion accessories. So this week, that's what I did. When I went for my regular haircut, one of the hairdressers was dressed all in black. Big surprise, huh? Although it's classic, whether you're wearing the infamous little black dress or a top with leggings, [...]
By: Chrysa Smith Been to a trade show lately? It seems that whatever you’re selling, whoever you’re selling to, wherever you’re doing the selling you can count on one thing. There will always be at least one jewelry vendor. Because after you’ve looked at all of the products, people and programs, you need something pretty. Something aesthetically pleasing. Something to delight the senses. Usually I don’t find it. At least not until [...]
By: Chrysa Smith Despite the runny nose and sneezing, this is my favorite time of year. Because now that the weather has improved I can spend time out in my yard planting and admiring my garden. Several years back, when the economy brought us some success, we turned our attention to our boring backyard. We hired a landscape designer to install a hot tub, deck and surrounding landscape that brought us some year-round [...]
By: Chrysa Smith How do you make two spinsters from the 40's relevant in 2014? You remake them, which is just what the producers did in the latest version of Arsenic and Old Lace. Truth be told, I wasn't too excited about going to see the old show. Well, maybe if Cary Grant was still around. But I've been there, seen that. However, it was one of the shows in the theater subscription [...]
By: Chrysa Smith I'm officially old. While cleaning, I found one of those birthday cards that talks about what happened the year you were born. Let's see---the Douglas DC8 was advertised as the world's most romantic jetliner, "Dinosaurs" was playing in "Cinemascope," the "Comet" was the hip car of the day--and yah, the average income was $5199/year. The year was 1960---54 years ago, and what struck me most potently was not that bacon [...]
By: Chrysa Smith My hairdresser changed shops. Moving from Jenkintown to Ambler, I had to rediscover roads and towns along the way. And I found the later to be the most quaint, little borough. Where the commuter train stops. The theater plays arts films. And several newer restaurants promise great tastes. So, being ever curious, I made us a reservation at Bridget's Steakhouse, right on the main drag. And it's now gone on [...]
