No Boom, No Rose!
One of the wonderful things that the Internet allows you to do is to keep up with the news from home while you are traveling. While we were away, I read in the Chapel Hill News that they gave the Town of Chapel Hill...
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What Animal Does Your Child Want to Be?
Posted by Staff | Jul 13, 2011 | Uncategorized
Beetles. I’m guessing beetles. My four-year-old gets them and I get the goose bumps if I don’t get to her first. She’s like a mad scientist, with her swim goggles, messy hair, flipping over rocks in her search for beetles....
Read MoreMeet Me at The Aloft Hotel
Posted by Staff | Jul 13, 2011 | Uncategorized
I’ve left you waiting long enough. I recently wrote about parking and then led you on by promising more. If you have no intention of meeting any time soon, no need to keep reading. But if you do, I can tell you that you...
Read MoreHow to Better Photograph Your Family- Tip Three
Posted by Staff | Jul 12, 2011 | Uncategorized
TIP 3: GET UP. GET DOWN. GET MOVING! When you photograph your family without being intentional about it, most of your photos are taken from the same eye level. While some photos are great taken from that level, if all are taken...
Read MoreCommunity Potluck at Johnny's!
Posted by Staff | Jul 11, 2011 | Uncategorized
Like many readers in Chapelboro, I relocated here from NYC in the not too distant past. When visitors from the Big Apple make the effort to visit me during the summer months to escape the city, I make the effort to show them the...
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Posted by Staff | Jul 11, 2011 | Today's Business
Hickersonization
Posted by Staff | Jul 9, 2011 | Uncategorized
“Mom! Can Sergio spend the night? Pleeeeaaaase! We promise not to wreck the upstairs!” “Well . . . I guess that’s okay,” I answered, watching the boys’ faces light up. Jacob and Sergio had been together since 9:00 that...
Read MoreShort and Simple Skin Care Tips for Men
Posted by Staff | Jul 8, 2011 | Uncategorized
Think skin care is only important to women? Not in today’s world. More men are discovering the benefits of good skincare, but I have found that most men do not want to spend much time nor a lot of steps applying products. Men...
Read MoreTomatoland
Posted by Staff | Jul 8, 2011 | Uncategorized
The drippy, seedy guts that explode out of a tomato used to seriously disgust me when I was a kid. I found them highly suspicious, I just didn’t trust them. Cherry tomatoes in the salads at fancy restaurants were the...
Read MoreA Quiet and Prudent Holiday Sky
Posted by Staff | Jul 8, 2011 | Uncategorized
While I do consider myself a Savvy Spender, no one who knows me would dispute that I have no problem spending money on fun. Trips, parties, plays, shoes: all good reasons to open my wallet. However I have to give props for...
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