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Start spreading the views – Part One

Posted on October 12, 2018 12 Comments

Well, from one glorious city to another. Here we are in my hometown, New York City. I grew up in Manhattan on Sutton Place and my parents had a house at the Jersey Shore. So, this trip was a homecoming. I plan to cover this epic celebration in three parts. By the way, I didn’t […]

Gilty pleasure

Posted on July 8, 2016 20 Comments

For some reason, the Santa Clarita Valley where we live has three glossy magazines about living here in shangrila. Things like Inside Santa Clarita or Elite Valencia, of all things, Seasons, now that’s rich (we really have only one). A couple of weeks ago, as I was thumbing through them for once (instead of instantly […]

Ox tale soap

Posted on April 15, 2016 27 Comments

On April 1 I saw this headline in our local rag sheet. As is often the case, it dovetailed perfectly with the post that had been swirling in my head for today. If you only knew Stepford-like Santa Clarita, you would be rolling in the, well, wherever you are and could be rolling around, doubled […]

Island whirld

Posted on March 4, 2016 14 Comments

First off, I have to apologize to all of you for my being MIA last week. I am overwhelmed with a project that takes me all through March. I may have to post every other week until it is done. In order to keep this cool and upbeat, I am focusing on the pleasant aspects of […]

Does not compute

Posted on September 19, 2014 22 Comments

I don’t know what your week was like but mine was strange. It started with the home invasion scare (all this time later, nothing new, except we changed all our locks to key only and are just paying more attention when we are outside). Then I had the silliness with magazine subscriptions. Next, as I […]