With the curious departure of the mayor and with six City Council seats up this November, there is - at last - a chance for disgruntled Beach voters to bypass the good-old-boys with their slick campaigns and vote instead for good government.
Terror In The Air
Would you have prayed? Wept? Written a note to your loved ones? Hugged your traveling companion? Looked around to see if anyone needed help?
Travels With My Granddaughter
My granddaughter, the precocious Sawyer Grace, always pretends she knows the lyrics to any song on the radio, so I angled the rear view to see if she was singing along. She was, but when she caught me looking, she stopped and flashed a big surprised smile.
Why Is The New Yorker Hating On Chick-fil-A?
Yep, the opening of Manhattan’s fourth Chick-fil-A location had a columnist for the famously pompous publication fuming.
Why? Well, because the founders of the chain are - sitting down? - Christian. Oh, and Southern.
Left-Lane Laggards Getting Slapped With Fines
Stay to the right and let the drivers in the left lane risk a ticket. If it makes you feel better, you are free to gloat — or blow kisses — as you pass the speed demons a few miles down the road, handing over their licenses and registrations to a uniformed officer.
Pass The Paper Towels
Want me to detail which germs thrive in public restrooms? I didn’t think so. But one of the reasons you scrub your hands with hot water and soap in the lavatory is to rid yourself of such disgusting microbes.
Airlines Shrink Seats While Passengers Expand
It’s up to the airlines to figure out a way to accommodate really big passengers without relying on much smaller ones to roll themselves into little balls.
Traveling? Don’t Miss The Cemeteries
I never miss a chance to wander among the dead. The best way to learn history while getting some fresh air
New Orleans In Pictures
Photo highlights from my girls trip to New Orleans.
Girlfriend Getaway
Girls’ getaway weekends are one of the hottest trends in travel. Don’t take my word for it. Google the term yourself. I got 143,000 hits with suggestions from Lake Placid to Charleston to the wine country of - wait for it - Minnesota.
Proof that girlfriends will go anywhere together.
There’s Something About A Typewriter
It may not mean much to millennials, but to Baby Boomers who sat through high school typing classes - oh, the crazy cacophony - or who worked in big offices in the 1970s and even the ‘80s, the sound and feel of a typewriter signals that actual work is being done.
I Don’t Train Dogs. They Train Me.
My family loved dogs - big ones - but never followed through on training. Oh, sure, we'd give it a shot for a day or two. Until we ran out of Snausages. Or patience.
Bored With Boycotts
A quick trip around the internet shows that scores of corporations are being targeted by activists on the left and on the right. Some lucky companies, like Amazon, Netflix, Starbucks and Ben & Jerry’s have angered both lefties and righties and are dealing with dueling boycotts.
Historical Smoking
“Chappaquiddick” is about an entitled, philandering U.S. Senator from a powerful family who let a girl drown in his car - he waited more than 10 hours to report that he’d driven off a bridge with a 28-year-old female passenger - while he tried to figure out how to save his sorry political ass.
And the censors are worried about smoking?
Southeastern Virginia Has An Identity Crisis
Local visionaries are at it again: Trying to concoct a new moniker for the region after making a balls of it several decades ago with “Hampton Roads.”
They never learn.
High School Cafeterias: The Loneliest Places On Earth
I dreaded everything about this forbidding city school. Like all new kids, I especially fretted about lunch. Where would I sit? Who would I talk to? I felt sick thinking about it.
Kerry Goes Mattress Shopping
One salesman ordered us to wait while he ran back to a desk from which he produced a discount coupon. In a whisper he pretended he wasn’t supposed to offer an additional mark down on top of their “rock-bottom” Fourth of July sales prices, but he liked us.
I didn’t like him.
Yep, Pit Bulls. Again.
Pit bulls are banned in many cities and counties.They’re also banned in military housing.
Shoot, if the Marines are afraid of pit bulls, we all should be.
Fun Shoes, First-Class Service
Yes, I’m aware I’m unemployed. Leave me alone. New shoes make me feel better about myself.