By now, in this crazy world, we all know and understand that it’s best not to read, listen to or follow much of the news.  What to believe?  Who to believe?  It’s a little like hanging out with Rosemary’s Baby or the Exorcist. There are times, of course, when we can’t avoid situations that make […]

You know exactly where you were.  We all do.  We’ll never forget. We remember exactly where we were when the first plane hit the towers.    We remember who first told us that something terrible had happened.   We remember when the first tower collapsed. We remember when The Pentagon came under attack.  We remember […]

….call for silly jokes.  Hence, today’s Laff-on-the-May. Once upon a time, there was a very nice gentleman who lived by himself and decided he would like to have a pet.  He took himself off to the pet store and explained his situation.  No dogs, cats, rabbits, or hamsters, please.  Just something small and companionable. I […]

Can it be?  Has preppy has finally met its maker?  Surely not.  Please tell me it isn’t so. But here we are.  Brooks Brothers has apparently bitten the dust.  Ditto J. Crew.   If that’s not a harbinger of preppy-death, I don’t know what is. Lily Pulitzer would have us believe otherwise.  She’s still everywhere.  Pastels.  […]

For some unknown reason, I decided to google “famous last words.” Here are some from across the years that caught my eye. In 1911, Jack Daniel asked for “one last drink, please.” Of course, he did. In 1959, Errol Flynn said: “I’ve had a helluva lot of fun.”  Just ask a few of the women […]

“That thing must weigh a ton!”  We’re usually pretty sure that “it” doesn’t weigh anywhere near a ton. It’s just something we say.  But when our little newspaper reported that 44 tons…..yes, 44 TONS….of trash were hauled away from our beaches after the Fourth of July weekend, I decided to get a better idea of […]