‘Tis yet again the season when fair, and not-so-fair, maidens and men in tights gather together to eat questionable food, watch acts of questionable talent, and buy goods of questionable quality. Ah, memories.
Every late summer in Minnesota, as television commercials of a fat king gnawing on a turkey leg are aired and traffic […]

I was prepared for long. I was prepared for boring. I was prepared for uncomfortable. I was NOT prepared for long, boring, and uncomfortable while on my feet.
It was the first Greek Orthodox wedding for me so I had no idea what to expect. I certainly was not aware that we […]

Off to Cleveland!
If you get bored, consider spending some time with this and your telephone.
But lose my number first.

Oh, what foul cosmic vengeance is this?
Three weeks of planning, prepping, and preparing!
It’s the day before I leave for Cleveland and I have bumps on my lip from a wax I had convinced myself I needed (even though my esthetician told me I didn’t) and heat rash from the tanning bed.
Here’s the new angle for […]

This week my mother’s family participated in the strange ritual of the non-holiday family reunion. Aunts, uncles, and cousins of all degrees of “removed-ness”, met for a week in Colorado. And those of us who have blown their vacation time on trips to Cleveland throughout the year were left behind to take care […]