Make your next “Movie Night” event a blast by providing your friends with some better than movie-style popcorn. Divvies Kettle Corn is made with the right mixture of popcorn, sugar, corn oil, pure vanilla extract and salt. Since Divvies’ motto is “made to share,” each big box of popcorn, including the caramel corn and chocolate caramel corn flavors, comes with a paper scoop and … [Read more...]
A $11,000 PLANE TICKET
If you are a serious globe-trotter, you must do a round-the-world trip. Prices can range from as little as $3000 for a coach seat to see cities on 3 different continents or fly 26,000 miles to over $11,000 for a first class trip to 6 continents or 39,000 miles. A good round-the-world ticket will have almost no advance purchase clause and is valid for a year after first using … [Read more...]
THE SINGLE (DIVORCED) LIFE
“’Til death do us part” or “As long as we both shall live.” Unfortunately, many marriages don’t last this long. So, short of committing a crime and facing a probable jail sentence, the smarter alternative would be to get a divorce. Many people believe that simply because the two parties “want” a divorce automatically means it is uncontested. However, unless all matters have … [Read more...]
KING OF PORTS
Port is fortified (strengthened with brandy) wine produced from vineyards in Douro Valley, Portugal. The United States, Australia and South Africa produce port-style wines, but the term Port or Porto is exclusively used for wines produced in Portugal. Dry, white Ports are served before dinner (aperitif). Sweet, white Ports and all red Ports are served after dinner. There … [Read more...]
CHIC OR CHEAP CASHMERE?
Three winters ago, I was going to buy a $5000 Giorgio Armani cashmere coat that was slashed to under $1000. Unfortunately, it was too small for me no matter how hard I tried to squeeze into it. A fellow shopper asked, “Why would you pay that much for a coat when you can get an off-brand cashmere coat for a few hundred dollars?” The shopper just didn’t understand that all … [Read more...]