Have you ever been that person on the plane? You know, the one uncomfortably squished next to someone you didn’t know. Have you ever walked into an elevator followed by one other person and then had the door shut. And suddenly it was just you and a stranger. Awkward silence? Yes – these are…

So what makes it a holiday? Every single week you’re cooking a chicken. So now you’re cooking a bigger chicken?! Maybe it seems different because you leave out the kugel and replace it with a pumpkin pie? Or maybe it’s just nice to be together with family during the week in a nice formal way?…

Did you ever really understand the saying, “One man’s meat is another man’s poison”? Well, this week I think it really came to light in stereo. Actually maybe even in surround sound. It seemed one man’s ‘celebrated winning candidate’ was another man’s ‘nightmare on steroids’. The rejoicing and revolts were of mutual intensity. How should…

  First a short poem:   By the time you read this our world will be a very different place. The White House will soon be hosting a very different face.   Our lives will be changing in ways we can’t foresee. The leader may be leading by executive order alone or constitutionally.   The…

So why is it considered cute on newborns? Slumped over – Cute!  Bald- Adorable!  Chubby thighs- Delicious! Can we try and be that forgiving to everyone else? Obviously it must be the fact that newborns can make such interesting conversation, or are so considerate, and are so other directed! Is that what makes us willing…

  Recipes are the hottest thing!   I grew up flavoring by “feel”.  In other words, if You felt like pouring something in, you did!  Really -my mother has this gift for flavoring things and I just copied that. Which I think she got from her mom. My sister, in fact, once tried to watch…

The bitter sweet joy of a wedding. Some may say, for the parents making the wedding it’s a bittersweet event-having a child move out, verses gaining another child. I say there are much more immediate pulling forces at play. Admittedly, they are more superficial forces, but, many are bittersweet for the person making the simcha,…

Vacation homes! Did that just have a visceral effect on you? If so, then you are probably the proud owner of one! And know exactly what I’m talking about? Yet to make it perfectly clear, I’m going to simply say, oxymoron. This is defined as when two contradictory terms appear in conjunction with one another.…

I passed by this store the other day, Jeannine’s Dream, such a wonderful name. Had such a lilt to it. Such promise. Such fantasy. The thing is, only the name was still there. So what was coming to fill this now empty space? Close your eyes -wiggle your fingers and toes, and I bet you…