Food in South Florida

This place made Publix look like a shanty market in an impoverished neighborhood.

How To Travel Light

With summer vacation plans underway, it’s time to pack away the bulky sweaters and start thinking about exposing our pasty legs to the world.  If you’ve worked hard  to get your body ready for the beach, you don’t want to blow it with travel fare.  No one wants to come home a few pounds heavier,… Continue reading How To Travel Light

Week 3: The One Thing Challenge

I’ve done a little leg work for you. If you feel like you must hit a fast food drive through for your morning nosh, here are the best choices from the most frequently visited take away spots:

The Calories, Fat, Sodium & Sugar in These Foods Are Shocking!

Some of the meals on this list for 2018 contain almost four days’ worth of the recommended fat content. Among the nation’s unhealthiest dishes is a 1-1/2-pound pretzel that contains 1,920 calories.

Seattle Eats

If you’re a people-watcher and a foodie, this is the city for you!  Our first kid-free vacation in three years.  Probably a good choice, as there are many spots in the city that allow dogs to eat with you but, not children. After sleeping in until 9:30 for the first time in three years, we… Continue reading Seattle Eats

Getting Smart with the Natural Life

Where do you draw the line between what is natural and positive, and unnatural and negative?

How To Make a Healthy Salad Taste Good

I have a pretty long list of dishes to take to social events.  I can pretty much pull a recipe from my butt (as my Mom might say growing up, but more eloquently written, repertoire) according to request.  We have a friend in town on a vacation from the Airforce.  She and her fiancé won a… Continue reading How To Make a Healthy Salad Taste Good

A Day in Philly

A lesson on America’s history.  A view of the liberty bell and a tour of Independence Hall.  I guess the tour guide’s mustache muffled his voice because I didn’t hear a word! Coupled with the chasing around of the two youngest monsters trying to stuff liberty bell cards down the antique vents, it was impossible… Continue reading A Day in Philly

Pretzels in Pennsylvania

Julius Sturgis founded the first commercial pretzel baking company in 1861.  The pretzels were hand twisted until the 50’s.  Most pretzel twisters were able to twist 50 pretzels a minute.  In about 2 minutes, I was able to roll out and twist one.  This was an entertaining tour! They still had most of the wooden… Continue reading Pretzels in Pennsylvania