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Year: 2011
Blog posts
Happy Holidays and a Happy New Year!
Sorry I’ve been a bit M.I.A. Christmas is kicking my ass this year because Rich and I are hosting my family on Sunday and then leaving Tuesday for Colorado. I realize that these…
Two Outstanding Stocking Stuffers for the Meat Lovers in Your Life
I feel terrible that I had to take a few days off, but the holiday crush and my anxiety about hosting Christmas this year just seemed to take everything I had. Turns out, you…
Love Songs….Nothing But Love Songs: On Insipid Lyrics and Humble Beginnings
Remember sincerity and sentiment? I do. If you’re under the age of thirty-five you’ll probably have to dig a bit. Try reflecting on the death of beloved pet or the first time you fell…
Fanny Cradock’s Christmas Cookery: “Turkey—let’s face it—is a very dry bird!”
“And who among us will soon forget the violent, staccato pinching of the turkey? It that suggests that, though ostensibly already dead, animals may very well have been harmed during the production of this show.”
She’s Bringing Sexy Back: Barbara Cartland’s Album of Love Songs Sung Especially For You
Barbara Cartland’s Album of Love Songs, Sung Especially For You is a thrillingly awful recording from 1978 that combines several things I love very much: bad prose, the singing voice of an elderly woman,…
“Christmas Melody” is Released!
I’m very proud of Christmas Melody, a new holiday song that I Executive Produced for Syesha Mercado, a young singer that you may be familiar with from her success on American Idol a few…
Eating With The Stars: Mitzi Gaynor’s Tangy Rice Pilaf!
I was thumbing through some lovely recipes for a new Eating With The Stars installment and I found this very tantalizing recipe from one of my favorite hoofers, Mitzi Gaynor. Bear with me on…
The Ugliest Vintage Brooch of All-Time Is Now Available For Purchase in Le Crap!
This is the ugliest brooch I have ever seen. It was given to me as gift in the mid-1980s and I have never worn it. Though it may seem odd, even though it is…
The Worst Cover of Michael Jackson’s “Rock With You” Ever
The Laurie Bower singers were an incredible find! I found this gem in an antique store, very pre-internet, so it wasn’t until recently when I made the difficult decision to sell this seminal easy…
The Beat: Spooky and Sue’s “Swingin’ On A Star” and the Difference Between a “Record” and a “Song”
“Swingin’ On a Star” was written by Jimmy Van Heusen and Johnny Burke way back in 1944 for the Bing Crosby film Going My Way, for which it won the Academy Award for Best…
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