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Airstream Living Contest Winner!

Winner of the “Where you’d love to park an Airstream” contest is Sandy, who wrote: “why park it anywhere- travel and discover the beauty of the outdoors and well as the people and food of North America. Hit garage sales … Continue reading

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Gossip – We are the World Remake

Here’s some chatter: “We Are The World: The Remake” will premiere at the opening ceremonies of the Winter Olympics on February 12th with proceeds going to Haitian relief. The complete list of, um, “singers.” I mean, really, Vince Vaughn?!? In … Continue reading

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Dinner Party Talk – The Oscars

It’s that time of year again…awards season! The official Academy Awards nominees were announced this morning, hot on the heels of the Golden Globes and the Grammys. It was an unusual year for movies, and the list of nominees reflects … Continue reading

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Dinner Party Talk – Grammy Glam

Last night the Grammy Awards united current pop queen Lady Gaga with lifetime pop legend Sir Elton John. The performance was glittery, glitzy, and totally amazing, and set the bar high for music’s big night. Beyoncé came out the big … Continue reading

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American Fun – Groundhog Day!

Tomorrow, people all across the United States (and Canada!) will be eagerly awaiting the meteorological prediction of a certain famous rodent. Punxsutawney Phil also stars alongside Bill Murray and Andie MacDowell in the 1993 movie Groundhog Day, in which Murray’s … Continue reading

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Dinner Party Talk – Parenting

Wife at one end of table: “The scary part of your kids growing up is by the time their teenagers you’ve figured out everything you did wrong.” Husband at other end: “Have you seen how hot that J-Woww is on … Continue reading

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American Icons – Elvis Presley

Elvis would have turned 75 this month. One of my favorite songs was “Hound Dog,” and one of my favorite performances was

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Dinner Party Talk – Oops!

While skiing at Sundance in Utah, a friend knocked over a huge glass display in the ski lodge gift shop. Crash! Heads turned, and there we stood, eyes wide, surrounded by broken glass. We were able to laugh it off, … Continue reading

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Not Sundance – Chimpanzee Movie

Back in high school, I won the state science fair on my studies of the Hamadryas baboon. At Sundance, I’ve seen some movies that could have been made by baboons. Now comes, the world premiere of the only movie shot … Continue reading

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Pop Culture – Sundance Cult Classic

Yesterday at #Sundance, I sat through the “live” documentary film “Utopia,” a rather egotistical experiment of a movie “unlike all other movies” in that it can be only one place at a time with filmmaker Sam Green and musician Dave … Continue reading

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