I love watching the Food Network and one of the shows I have enjoyed recently is “The Best Thing I Ever Ate.” On the show, chefs talk about what they love to eat and where they go to eat it. It makes me very hungry just watching it! Since I write a lot of the food features for My City, I thought I would share some of my favorite foods that I’ve discovered over the years.
If you volunteered to bring the cheese ball to the holiday potluck or family gathering this year, you’ll probably expect it to fade into the background behind all the other beautiful and exciting dishes on the table. This year, make your traditional “dairy sphere” into a gorgeous centerpiece by taking it out of the round and making it a piece of art.
We all know the lyrics. We all know the melody. We know the man who sang it, way back when. Bing Crosby’s “White Christmas” is perhaps the most iconic Christmas song of all time. It is also the greatest selling single recording of all time according to the Guinness Book of World Records (over 50,000,000 copies). It wasn’t the first Christmas song, but it did help to launch a whole array of notable yuletide tunes. The only Christmas single that has even come close to the impact of “White Christmas” is Nat King Cole’s “The Christmas Song.” Strangely enough, the song wasn’t exactly written to be a hit single. It was written for a movie and initially conceived as a joke, at that.
As a kid ripping the wrapping paper off my Dream Veterinarian Barbie, Barbie Camper or pretty much any Christmas present, I never questioned why.
Why in the name of Jar Jar Binks am I not more excited about “Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker”?
The family plans have been set, party dates chosen … the Christmas season is in full force and the decorations that Hobby Lobby put out in September are finally starting to look appropriate. It truly is a magical time of year – a time for love, forgiveness, unification and celebration. This is a great time to evaluate our finances as we head into the final spending days of the year. Looking back on our annual expenditures to see what we deemed worthy of our hard-earned funds is a practice I would recommend to all MCM readers. I recently heard a speaker say, “if you want to see what you truly value in life, pull out your calendar and your bank statement.” As the holiday season is a time for giving, I encourage reflection on the opportunities we have to share our blessings with others. One of the most amazing emotions we can have is the absolutely contagious feeling of happiness that comes with giving. The positivity and energy that come from focusing on others and meeting the needs of those in our communities is literally life-changing.
The UAW-GM strike that began on September 15 and ended on October 25 was their longest since the 1970 strike, which lasted 67 days. Despite its length, the strike had minimal impact on the national economy. There were 128,000 new jobs created in September, which is similar to the 2019 average of 167,000 new jobs per month. September’s job creation exceeded that of February and May of this year, months when the UAW was not on strike.
“I don’t think this place is ever dry,” my husband says as our little car takes another curve on the winding, nausea-inducing Yorkshire roads. “But, that’s probably why everything is so green,” he continues, taking yet another curve a little too fast for my stomach.
Yes, it’s that Hallmark time of year – as in Hallmark and Lifetime Channel Christmas movies! There’s nothing like watching a good, classic holiday movie, snuggled up on the couch with a cozy blanket and a cup of hot cocoa to get you in the mood for the most wonderful time of the year.
Preparing to write this piece, I decided to research thankfulness, gratitude, gratefulness – you know – the stuff we talk about as we stuff turkey down our throats every November.
