by Chrysa Smith What better way to wrap up winter comfort foods than with a favorite, comforting treat: chocolate. Ah yes, the elixir of life. The great comforter. The sweet that makes the winter duldrums just a bit more tolerable. The choice of cupids everywhere.Where did the whole chocolate-valentine connection begin? Well, you can thank the pagans. As with so many present day festivities, the roots began with the feast of the God [...]
by Chrysa SmithCheck out this video, then close your eyes and imagine the best possible explanation for this unusual sight. I began this blog before the media found that it was just a prank played by some Florida college students. But it has such romantic possibilities, I began to fantasize, and I invite you to do the same. After all, it is almost Valentine's Day.Personally, I'd like to be on the deck of [...]
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If you're like me, you couldn't care less who wins the Super Bowl. But the commercials? Now that's another story. Check out this video montage of the best of last year's Super Bowl commercials. Laugh out loud funny! Enjoy!--Mary Fran
ReflectionsManhattan, January 2011Peace Valley, December 2010
by Carmen Ferreiro-EstebanOver the last few months I have returned to one of my first loves in television, PBS Masterpiece Theater. I used to watch it all the time, but then in 2004 came Desperate Housewives (ABC) also at 9 PM on Sundays and, alas!, I fell for the crazy women of Wisteria Lane and their convolutedly crazy lives. Fear not, I have not deserted them, but now, thanks to my savvy new [...]
by Chrysa Smith A tinny Edit Piaf playing in the background, a loaf of crusty French bread, perhaps a glass of Bordeaux and voila! It's almost like being in........Paris.OK, it was actually Philadelphia, but one needn't have a transatlantic flight and digital photos of the Eiffel Tower to feel the comfort of French peasant food. The restaurant was Caribou Cafe; an eclectic bistro on Walnut Street in Philadelphia. Tiny cafe tables, a long, [...]
