Gambling isn't my thing. I'm too much of a chicken that I'll lose my life savings (which ain't much), if I start. However, for as a fund raiser, where any money I give the "bank" goes to a good cause, I will participate. I'll even ask my sister and brother-in-law, Randi and Shaun to join me. This was the case on Saturday, February 27, 2016. The Village Network, the organization with which I am employed, held the Second Annual Casino night at the Best Western in downtown Wooster. We had … [Read more...]
Archives for February 2016
Super 8 Rewind: Reliving Movie Trip
I'm not sure I agree with John Denver, that West Virginia is almost heaven, but it is a good location for filming a sci-fi movie, specifically Weirton, WV. The movie was Super 8, an adolescent come of age, with a little B-Movie zombie action and a very misunderstood alien. It's a really fun movie to watch. When it came out in June 2011, I went to see it a couple of times in the theater and then when the DVD was released, I got that, too. Bobby enjoyed the movie, as well. Weirton is not … [Read more...]
With Two You Get Egg Roll
Tonight, February 24, 2016, my dad, Bobby, took me to one of the pet stores in town to do a little shopping. Usually my mom, Wendi, comes with us, but not tonight. It was just the two guys out on the town. Dad decided to take Mom's car, the HHR. But really, we all know it as my car. It is the one with the system set up for me to check everything out from my perch in the back. I know I've talked about car rides before, but I just love them! Now, when it comes to shopping, I would say I'm … [Read more...]
Crossed Off Bucket List: Go to Prom
I didn't get a chance to go to my prom in high school. The main reason is that no one asked me. High school was definitely not a time that I treasured, but I do regret not getting to go to prom. I told my husband, Bobby, about this years ago. Unbeknownst to me, Bobby filed this information in the back of his mind. He wanted to be the one to take me to a prom. Although it never worked out where there was an adult prom that we could go to, that changed on Saturday, February 22, 2016. The … [Read more...]
I Found New York-style Pizza in the Unlikeliest of Places
In Boston, most pizzerias make a New York-style pizza. This is the style I grew up eating, and it is the one I prefer. This style of pizza has a thin crust (not like Pizza Hut's thin, cracker-like crust), is hand-stretched, hand-tossed and baked in an extremely hot oven (one coal-fired oven in New York reaches 2,000 degrees). Because of the high heat, the pizza cooks in mere minutes. This browns the cheese, chars the crust and gives the pizza a nice flavor. Well, trying to find this … [Read more...]