By: Mary Fran BontempoTo hear an audio version of this post, click the play arrow below.“Enter At Your Own Risk.”Despite valiant efforts brought on by spring’s annual “urge to purge,” certain rooms in the Bontempo residence have become so overrun with “stuff” that I’m considering posting warning signs. Anyone brave enough to enter should do so only sporting hardhats and hazmat suits. Safety cords firmly attached to something outside the room in question [...]
How true, how true!From someecards!
By: Mary Fran BontempoTo hear an audio version of this post, click the play arrow below.In yet another effort to further its plan of world domination, Costco is now offering members the opportunity to add a mortgage as well as giant jar of mustard to their shopping carts. I’m a recent Costco convert, as the big box giant just opened its first store in my area. For the uninitiated, Costco is akin to [...]
By: Mary Fran Bontempo There’s nothing quite like seeing a play on Broadway. Of course, there’s nothing quite like the price of seeing a play on Broadway, either.If you’re close enough to get to New York, travel, whether by train or car, will set a couple back at least $70 to $100. Add several hundred for theater tickets and throw in a pre or après theater meal and, cha-ching! Count on a $400-$500 outing.Which [...]
By: Mary Fran BontempoTo hear an audio version of this post, click the play arrow below.I want a macaroni Mother’s Day.You know the ones. A little cherub-faced tot gifts mommy with a macaroni necklace and picture frame lovingly crafted in preschool along with a hand scrawled card proclaiming that you’re the “Best Mommy in the Whole Wide World!”It’s not that I crave a macaroni necklace. And I’m pretty sure I still have every [...]
I don't care how "thick" the plexiglass is--GET THE KID AWAY FROM THE LION!!!!There's funny and there's OH MY GOD! This definitely falls into the latter category....
By: Mary Fran BontempoSparkly jewlery, skin care products, adorable clothes, sweet treats and a $10 dinner entree (grilled salmon with mango salsa served on a bed of rice-mmmm!), complimented by a Skinnygirl pina colada. Stir in women entrepreneurs and you have all the fixin's for a great evening on an otherwise unremarkable Monday night.Say the words "Ladies' Night" and the picture that once sprang to mind might have been that of a group of frustrated [...]
