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Decorating – Gingerbread Houses

When I was a kid growing up in South Carolina, I always insisted on making a gingerbread house as the centerpiece of our holiday table. Each year, I did my best to recreate the witch’s house in Hansel & Gretel and inevitably my brother would pick off some of my gumdrops, leaving a hole [...]

Bruce on CBS Early Show

One of my favorite holiday traditions: looking at Christmas lights! For my book, Merry Christmas, America! (on sale at Amazon) I toured the country and climbed up ladders with America’s best Clark Griswold’s to find out why they do what they do. I stopped by the CBS Early Show a few year’s back to [...]

Holidays – Gifting 101

I stopped by WGN-TV in Chicago to help host Steve Sanders with his holiday list. Check it out here. Three gifting DON’Ts: #1 DON’T give a fruitcake unless its a gag gift. #2. DON’T give anything that poops or pees. #3 DON’T just throw it in a gift bag. Three gifting DO’s: #1. [...]

Dinner Party Talk – “Oops” for your weekend

Oops. Let’s just call it the word of the week. Fall cleanup. No, I’m not talking leaves. I’m talking political signs. They aren’t pretty. We don’t want to see you anymore. So, if your name is out there, get off the couch and go clean them up. Then, winners get to work. Losers get [...]

Life 101 – Bye big bank!

Today, I closed my accounts with the big bank (Citibank) and feel like a million bucks. For years, I’ve put up with bad service, hassles and fees. My small bank, Ulster Savings, in Ulster County knows me: they send me a Christmas card (handwritten including my dog’s name on it!), always greet me with [...]

Dinner Party Talk – For your weekend

Ah, November… After Snowtober, I’m expecting you, dear month, to be kind and gentle to us. I promise to spend your days finding things to be Thankful for. Hmmm, where to start? I’m going to be thankful I’m not one of the 45 million turkeys currently wiggling their wattles and awaiting their doom. Wattle. [...]

Happy Halloween!!! (Oh, horror!)

Okay, okay… imagine you’re a kid and you open the door to THIS! (It’s my ultimate last minute Halloween costume that beautifies while horrifies.) Let’s call it the spa package: facial, head wrap, and robe. It took me all of three minutes and is giving me HOURS of FUN! (But will they accept me [...]

Life 101 – Create a memory

One of my greatest childhood Halloween memories (besides winning the local costume contest as a dog catcher) is opening our door to the “Trick or Treat” of a golden-aged couple wearing Luke Skywalker and Princess Leia masks. “Aren’t you a little old for this?” my dad asked the pair. Luke and Leia shook their [...]

Life 101 – Halloween candy

Halloween is a dentist’s favorite holiday. Why? Would you believe that over $2 billion is spent each year on Halloween candy?! That’s a whole lot of scary cavities. But since you’re going to run out and buy some (and be judged by the kiddies), let me tell you that chocolate candy bars are rated [...]

Holidays – Halloween in 1 Week!

So, Halloween is one week from today. And… I’m sure you have your costume, right? Okay, okay. Calm down. Let me think…. The whole costume thing came from the tradition of Celtic young men dressing up in white costumes to humor evil spirits. So, blame them. Life 101 question is: Are you going to [...]

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