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7 Best Places to Pick Pumpkins for Halloween!
America’s Best Pumpkin Patches For many of us Halloween means carving pumpkins. But the problem starts with where do you find the absolute BEST, most perfect pumpkin ever to showcase your carving talents? Here are my 7 best suggestions across...
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Let’s Talk About Halloween!
Halloween is not just for kids! Halloween has been one of my favorite holidays (just after Chanukah – presents – duh!). It’s been that way since I’ve been old enough to go Trick or Treating. Oddly, even though I’m not...
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I Propose a Ban on the word “Should”
Stop saying “should” when you really mean “must.” My Mother was a very smart lady. I didn’t realize it growing up. To be honest, we never realize how smart our parents are when we are young. By the time I...
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Say What You Mean and Mean What You Say
What happens when you put meaning behind your words. I had some very interesting requests over the more than 20 years I owned my restaurants. The strangest one came from a mother who was eating brunch with a large group...
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Practice Makes Perfect? Not so fast.
Practice something imperfectly, and you’ll be worse off. We’ve been told since we were very young that if you want to be good at something, you’d better practice. What we often miss is the fact that if you practice something...
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A Friendship Can’t Rely on Mind Reading
Can your friends levitate at will? Why should they read your mind? I’m always surprised when someone is upset because a friend didn’t “just know” what they wanted or what they would do in a given circumstance. “Why didn’t he/she...
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S__t or Get off the Pot!
Why complain if you’re not going to do anything about it? My father was a really smart guy. He was actually a rocket scientist when that was a new thing in the 60’s and 70’s. But, he had very little...
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The Answer Will Always Be “NO”
Leave a question unasked, the answer will always be “NO” – #Justsayin I can’t tell you how many times I’ve heard from friends, family and co-workers who say, “I was afraid to ask,” or “I didn’t want to seem –...
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Remember That Wine We Had?
Love wine, hate remembering labels? What’s a Foodie to do? I go out to dinner often and get to taste a lot of new wines with my friends in the process. The ‘always trying new wines’ used to be because...
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Don’t Worry, Be Happy!
I am always telling people to be present, deal with what’s on their plate at that minute, try to plan ahead but always move forward. If you’re always moving forward in a positive way and completing tasks and goals you...
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