Hurricane Irene is THE hot topic in Rhode Island these days. You can’t turn on any of the local television stations without full coverage of the storm all. the. time. So it’s weird to me that it still hasn’t hit us yet… and it’s not even supposed to until tomorrow afternoon. When my friend Jo-Lynne posted this on Facebook this [...]

Janie and Brian’s Patriotic Pups viewing the 226th 4th of July Parade in Bristol, RI. Could you just melt?

Barry is one of those guys who’s both easy and tough to buy a gift for. On one hand, he never wants anything, yet he loves anything anyone picks out for him. On the other hand, he knows what he wants and loves what he loves… in clothing, athletic apparel, golf stuff, books, etc. So, on this birthday of his, [...]

As we all know, juggling family, friends, career, housework, exercise – and everything else in our lives – is a challenge. Sometimes there are just too many balls up in the air and one (or more) things go on the back burner. For the last few months, I have been a bit sporadic with my fitness routine. Yes, a few [...]

Look at me, I’m Sandra Dee! OK. I stole that from Grease. But Sandra Dee did star as Gidget in the late 1950′s movie, Gidget. And I remember, as a young girl, wanting to be Gidget so much. Gidget had all the fun. Gidget went to Hawaii and Rome. Gidget went Parisienne. Of course, Gidget went surfing. Gidget even went [...]

Grandma’s List… minus 1. Today, I turn 57. Today, I jumped out of an airplane at 10,000 feet and did a 40 second freefall at 120 mph… then my awesome tandem skydive guy Justin at Skydive Newport deployed our parachute at 5,000 feet above the ground for the most spectacular parachute ride over the magnificence of Newport, Rhode Island and [...]