WTH? Feeding people at a wedding is all about love for family and friends, appreciation for their affection, support and presence at an important event in your life. The food served should reflect those feelings. Those who wish you the best will happily eat hot dogs and burgers, BBQ and beer, or lobster and champagne,…

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Trick or Treating has already gotten so lame. We used to have a lot of kids going door-to-door because our neighborhood has sidewalks and the houses aren’t too far apart. But with the churches making it easy with “Trunk or Treat” (?) all the parents began to just cart their kids down to the local mega church parking…

Does anyone else have a hard time committing really fresh good fish to a stew?

Was going to post this link.

I only ever ate the the potato soft tacos and the 7-layer with no rice (their rice is shite). I HAD to go there one time two weeks ago (yes I was handcuffed and forced to go there) and had their cheesy bean and rice burrito. WHAT the F is that vomit-inducing sauce they use for that? It’s not on anything else at Taco…

Wouldn’t be worried except we are flying from NW FL - across the storm path - and we are ONLY leaving on Friday because we need a Covid test on Friday before we see the doctor on Tuesday! JFC. Six months into the pandemic and we don’t have access to a test that doesn’t take three to four days for a result? In the end,…

I KNOW! I’m far from a Hurricane alarmist and it’s always kind of funny - as a lifelong resident of the Gulf Coast - to see new residents panic over a cat 1. But, when you have a strong 3 a day out, it’s time to start thinking about an evacuation plan, even if it’s just a contingency plan. Know the back roads, have a…

Just called family in Franklin, LA to offer our vacant rental home in NW FL (pets welcome), but they are all staying put. Yikes. I hope they are safe. 

We are supposed to fly into Houston for a consult at MD Anderson on Friday. We’ll see. The airline hasn’t cancelled our flight yet.

We’ve gone without power for up to two weeks, but the gas has never gone out. That means the electric starter for our stove doesn’t spark, so we have to use a lighter or a match.  If you don’t have a gas stove, it’s a good idea to have a camp stove on hand. 

Having lived along the Gulf Coast for 53 years and many many many hurricanes, I can tell you it varies if you don’t live DIRECTLY ON THE WATER.

Having lived along the Gulf Coast for 53 years and many many many hurricanes, I can tell you it varies if you don’t live DIRECTLY ON THE WATER.

OMG! What a mom. It’s one thing to be “That Mom” who wholly believes her kids can never do anything wrong, and it’s an entirely different -almost unbelievably awful - mom who proposes that her dark-skinned (adopted) child should prepare to be bullied, harassed, and perhaps killed if he doesn’t assume the position of…

I put any squeezed (used) lemons in the dishwasher. Helps with streaks and makes the dishwasher smell fresh.

As a Southerner, I ain’t mad at it! I tend to use any bits of cheese laying around. (My favorite cheese for cheese grits is smoked butterkase, but I can’t find that around here anymore!) As long as the grits themselves are creamy and tender, properly salted and buttered, it’s hard to mess them up - cheese or no…

I have to fly to Houston for an oncology consult for my adult daughter next Friday - STUMP tumor initial diagnosis, so hopefully they will concur and come up with a plan. N95 masks, face shields, latex gloves from my home hair coloring kits because I haven’t been to a salon since February. See also: my janky bangs. But…

Oh, ho ho ho...just wait until perimenopause or menopause! I have never been overweight. Ate what I wanted. Never really exercised for weight loss, but still exercised (lots of walking). Now, I’m twenty pounds in debt.

I’ll have to look for the Salad Supreme.

Pastas are perfect for vegetarian meals. As are Thai and Indian curries, fried rice of any sort and Korean japchae as a fried rice alternative - some veggie banchan sides, Mediterranean mezze platters, Southern US veggie plate with cornbread. A rich potato gratin with a huge side salad, bread and wine. Big bowl of…