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Pebble Beach Golf Course

Posted by on Jun 11, 2012 in Featured, Sports | Comments Off on Pebble Beach Golf Course

Pebble Beach is the most spectacular golf course in the United States. It doesn’t have the genteel beauty and pedigree of Augusta...

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Rosemary Clooney

Posted by on Feb 6, 2012 in Featured, Singer | Comments Off on Rosemary Clooney

Yes, she’s the aunt of George Clooney. But Rosemary Clooney was a huge success in her own right, as both an actress and a singer....

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Film: The Philadelphia Story

Posted by on May 24, 2011 in Film | Comments Off on Film: The Philadelphia Story

This movie starred Cary Grant, Katharine Hepburn, and Jimmy Stewart. Really, do I need to say anything else? Could that incredible cast...

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Film: Movies of 1954

Posted by on Jan 30, 2011 in Film | Comments Off on Film: Movies of 1954

  Most of us think of the 1950s as a bland, forgettable decade. The calm before the storm. On the movie front, however, it was a...

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Song: "White Christmas"

Posted by on Dec 20, 2010 in Holiday, Songs | 1 comment

My favorite Christmas album in my childhood was Bing Crosby’s Merry Christmas, which was released as an LP in 1949 and has never...

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Film: The Hope and Crosby "Road" Movies

Posted by on Aug 15, 2010 in Film | 1 comment

There were seven produced: The Road to Singapore (1940), The Road to Zanzibar (1941), The Road to Morocco (1942), The Road to Utopia...

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Film: White Christmas

Posted by on Dec 24, 2009 in Film | Comments Off on Film: White Christmas

Viewing a special movie on Christmas Eve is a tradition in many families. Some watch It’s a Wonderful Life (Great American Things,...

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Song: "Silver Bells"

Posted by on Dec 15, 2009 in Holiday, Songs | 2 comments

This reminds me of my childhood more than almost any other Christmas song. Its imagery calls to mind the way Christmas used to be. Before...

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Song: "Autumn Leaves"

Posted by on Nov 23, 2009 in Songs | 3 comments

We would share this wonderful classic with Great French Things, were there such a thing, because its melody was written by a French...

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Actress: Grace Kelly

Posted by on Aug 30, 2009 in Actor | 1 comment

There have been lots of beautiful women in Hollywood history who made great movie posters. Grace Kelly was a beautiful woman who actually...

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