By: Mary Fran Bontempo I actually feel sorry for them. And by "them," I mean the breasts attached to the young lady at left. The image is courtesy of Victoria's Secret and features a bra from their "Bombshell" collection, which promises to amp up your "girl" power by 2 cup sizes, apparently by contorting your boobs into unnatural, and by the look on the model's face, painful, positions. Now, I don't have [...]
By: Mary Fran BontempoTo hear an audio version of this post, click the play arrow below.It’s Memorial Day! The unofficial start of summer. Is everyone ready for the beach?I’m almost there. Got the sunblock, the beach chairs and the book. I just need to do a few more things before our little beach house is ready for the sun, the sand and the revolving door.Vacuum all rugs, furniture and beds. Wash eight sets [...]
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 [...]
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 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 [...]
By: Mary Fran BontempoTo hear the audio version of this post, click the play arrow below. Mark Cornelison, Lexington Herald-Leader / MCT / 4/2/12 I have always had a crush on Ashley Judd.Yeah, yeah. I've been married for 30 years now, three kids and all that heterosexual stuff. But we're talking Ashley Judd here. Can you blame me?The woman is gorgeous, a kick-ass actress (literally--have you seen her new show, Missing?), Harvard educated and [...]
By: Mary Fran BontempoTo hear an audio version of this post, click the play arrow below.They really should put up a new sign—one that says what they actually mean.The venerable Augusta National Golf Club puts on a good front. The holy grail of the golf world and home of the Masters Tournament is pristine, sophisticated and elegant. The sign out front of the club announcing that you are entering Augusta territory is understated, [...]
