By: Mary Fran Bontempo To hear an audio version of this post, click the play arrow below. Talk about poetic justice. With the advent of the internet, smart phones, texting, Twitter, and all other manners of electronic communication, I was barely keeping up. As a woman in life's "middle ground," it's almost a given that I'm going to be behind--that the wonders of ever-advancing technology have made communication the province of the young. [...]
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By: Mary Fran Bontempo Okay, how fabulous are these? According to the calendar, although not the 22 degree temperature we were cursed with here in Philadelphia yesterday, spring is almost here. And what better way to celebrate the colors of the season than with bright, beautiful, awesome jewelry? (Actually, what better way to celebrate anything than with jewelry? But I digress....) Costume jewelry is my weakness. I love it, I covet it, and [...]
By: Chrysa Smith Where's a good beach house when you need one? It's a question I ask whenever I try to stay or rent at the shore. Because short of shelling out $5000 a week, the accommodations tend to be tired, lackluster, even seedy. And I have a firm motto when it comes to vacation lodging: it's gotta be at least as nice as my house or why am I paying to go [...]
By: Mary Fran Bontempo To hear an audio version of this post, click the play arrow below. Well, it's been almost a week now, and anyone who teaches at a Catholic grade school is surely feeling the pain. Lent began last Wednesday, with the ever-uplifting distribution of ashes, the ceremony whereby a priest smears black soot in the sign of the cross on the foreheads of the Catholic faithful while reminding us that [...]
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Ellen DeGeneres ordered pizza for starving Oscar contenders last week. Here, the lucky pizzeria owner and delivery guy gets his moment--and a nice, fat tip! Enjoy! --Mary Fran
