Category Archives: Consumers
Guns, Grief and Children
It’s time to stop the meaningless madness and take meaningful action concerning the gun culture in America. Remembering the innocent lives lost at the Sandy Hook School Shooting.
Guns, Grief and Children
It’s time to stop the meaningless madness and take meaningful action concerning the gun culture in America. Remembering the innocent lives lost at the Sandy Hook School Shooting.
Santa’s Heart Healthy Holiday… Ho Ho Ho
With his overweight girth, penchant for candy, coffee and cigarettes, it’s a Christmas miracle that twinkly-eyed Santa is still around to make his Christmas deliveries. One only hopes there’s a Cardiac Care unit in the North Pole. To believe
Santa’s Heart Healthy Holiday… Ho Ho Ho
With his overweight girth, penchant for candy, coffee and cigarettes, it’s a Christmas miracle that twinkly-eyed Santa is still around to make his Christmas deliveries. One only hopes there’s a Cardiac Care unit in the North Pole. To believe
Christmas- The True Festival of Lights
The coincidence of Hanukkah and Thanksgiving this year has set things off balance, and finally given the Jews an edge in the Festival of Lights. Normally, while Jews across the country begin celebrating Hanukkah, the festival of lights, Christians have
Christmas- The True Festival of Lights
The coincidence of Hanukkah and Thanksgiving this year has set things off balance, and finally given the Jews an edge in the Festival of Lights. Normally, while Jews across the country begin celebrating Hanukkah, the festival of lights, Christians have
Little Sally’s Big Visit With Her Grandparents Pt IV- Radio Daze
I would have no idea that cold November morning in 1960 that my creature of habit grandparents were feeling as disrupted from their familiar routine as I was. Every morning while Papa studied the sports section of the NY Daily
Little Sally’s Big Visit With Her Grandparents Pt IV- Radio Daze
I would have no idea that cold November morning in 1960 that my creature of habit grandparents were feeling as disrupted from their familiar routine as I was. Every morning while Papa studied the sports section of the NY Daily
Is Xmas Shoppping Starting Too Early?
On your mark…get set …go shopping! With Black Friday, small store Saturday and Cyber Monday, the race for Christmas shopping has officially begun. Black Friday seems to inch earlier and earlier each passing year. Hoping to real in more shoppers
Is Xmas Shoppping Starting Too Early?
On your mark…get set …go shopping! With Black Friday, small store Saturday and Cyber Monday, the race for Christmas shopping has officially begun. Black Friday seems to inch earlier and earlier each passing year. Hoping to real in more shoppers
Beauty, Brains, and a Bar of Soap
Sally’s Pretty and Sally’s Smart Would you dare risk the shame of “Cosmetic skin?” Sure you’re careful, never risking offending with halitosis, avoiding housewife- hips, pink toothbrush, B.O. and other ailments of the Depression era 1930’s. But unless you wash
Beauty, Brains, and a Bar of Soap
Sally’s Pretty and Sally’s Smart Would you dare risk the shame of “Cosmetic skin?” Sure you’re careful, never risking offending with halitosis, avoiding housewife- hips, pink toothbrush, B.O. and other ailments of the Depression era 1930’s. But unless you wash
Thanksgiving Treats
Butch Bradley was nervous. Normally a cool cucumber, he was sweating bullets. You see, he was invited to his best girl Rosalie’s home for Thanksgiving for the very first time. Wanting to make a good first impression on his gal
Thanksgiving Treats
Butch Bradley was nervous. Normally a cool cucumber, he was sweating bullets. You see, he was invited to his best girl Rosalie’s home for Thanksgiving for the very first time. Wanting to make a good first impression on his gal
Travel Tips for the Holidays
As millions crowd our airports for the traditional Thanksgiving trek home over the river and through the woods, the tension mounts at the thought of long lines, insufferable crowds, and the dreaded delays’ that inevitably await the weary and wary
Travel Tips for the Holidays
As millions crowd our airports for the traditional Thanksgiving trek home over the river and through the woods, the tension mounts at the thought of long lines, insufferable crowds, and the dreaded delays’ that inevitably await the weary and wary
How Hostess Cakes Helped the Housewife
(L) Vintage illustration Club Women of America 1927 by David Robinson (R) Vintage Hostess Cakes Logo 1928 The Great Sugar Rush Americans with a sweet tooth are rushing to stock up on Ding Dongs, Ho Ho’s, Twinkies and all sorts
How Hostess Cakes Helped the Housewife
(L) Vintage illustration Club Women of America 1927 by David Robinson (R) Vintage Hostess Cakes Logo 1928 The Great Sugar Rush Americans with a sweet tooth are rushing to stock up on Ding Dongs, Ho Ho’s, Twinkies and all sorts
Gas Rationing WWII
“In NY, drivers sometimes tail a gasoline tank truck until, like a pied piper, the truck had collected a string of cars following it to its destined delivery point. Cars would line up for blocks- as many as 350 of
Gas Rationing WWII
“In NY, drivers sometimes tail a gasoline tank truck until, like a pied piper, the truck had collected a string of cars following it to its destined delivery point. Cars would line up for blocks- as many as 350 of
Envisioning The American Dream 