Who’s Your Caddy?

Posted on Aug 20, 2015 in All Blog Posts, Sports

Who’s Your Caddy?

  “Golf is deceptively simple and endlessly complicated; it satisfies the soul and frustrates the intellect. It is at the same time rewarding and maddening – and it is without a doubt the greatest game mankind has ever invented.” Arnold Palmer Whether your fantasies include donning the green blazer at Augusta, letting the sea breeze tousle your hair on the fairways at St. Andrews, or wishing Bagger Vance would appear to whisper words of wisdom, golfers swear The Game is an itch that must be scratched, an addiction that can’t be satisfied. It’s a gentleman’s sport that can make you...

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Saddle Up Cowboy

Posted on Aug 6, 2015 in All Blog Posts, Children

Saddle Up Cowboy

“A good old rodeo never hurt anyone.” Taylor Kitsch Summertime spells Rodeo and this week we celebrate the National Day of the American Cowboy on July 27th.  So all you bronc riders and buckaroos saddle up and swing by the O.K. Corral for some hankie viewin’.  The crisp red and green sets off our buckin ’broncs with graphics that giddy up. .   The border on the hankie above leaves little doubt as to what’s going on here. Yeeeooouuch!  Those little doggies are getting a ‘cowboy tattoo.’  At least we’ll know what ranch they call home if they ever wander too far away. “Trust your neighbor, but...

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Hooray for Hollywood

Posted on Feb 19, 2015 in All Blog Posts, Entertainment, Travel

Hooray for  Hollywood

“People who LIKE movies have a favorite. People who LOVE movies couldn’t possibly choose.” Nicole Yatsonsky The Oscars are upon us once again, with all the glitz, glamour and star studded splendor that is Hollywood. Gorgeous gowns and glittering gems adorn both sophisticated stars and wistful wannabes as they saunter and sashay along the red carpet into the Dolby Theatre. No big deal, you say? Hmmmmm. Where else can you find an audience of 40 million viewers? Regardless of the good, the bad, and all that goes with “box office” and “bottom line,” it’s still the place where dreams...

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Happy New Year

Posted on Jan 3, 2015 in All Blog Posts, Calendar, Entertainment, Food, Holidays and Celebrations

Happy New Year

Oh dear, looks like this hapless chap may require a bit of “hair of the dog” to restore him to his former glory, or at the very least to an ‘upright and locked’ position. Note the wobbly-kneed stance so cleverly depicted by the four-footed stumble of our staggering celebrant. Or is it just our own double vision? If you’ve ever attempted to “party hearty” like this sad creature, your sympathies are with him, I’m sure. Aside: Hair of the Dog dates back to the time of Shakespeare, and is a term we use today to refer to treatment for a hangover. Apparently the Scots believed that a...

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Zip Zap Zing it’s Christmas

Posted on Dec 28, 2014 in All Blog Posts, Children, Holidays and Celebrations

Zip Zap Zing it’s Christmas

If you’ve read our Hip Holiday review, you know that the hip 50’s jive and swingin’ 60’s cool influenced clothing, furnishings, lifestyles, and even tweaked the traditions of Christmas. Artists adopted a brave and vibrant palette that included zaps of hot pink, zips of turquoise, zings of chartreuse, and a zesty squeeze of lime and orange, topped with a zealous oomph of aluminum. Stores like Neiman Marcus and Lord &Taylor, ever vigilant in the hunt for “new” and “fresh” embraced the hues with gusto. To accommodate a range of consumers, retailers offered the gamut from...

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