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Apple: A Household Name

Chances are you have one of their products in your pocket, your house or in your car. You can’t...

Hamilton: An American Musical

Have you ever thought, “I’m going to sit down at the old piano and compose a musical. I’ll...

Trader Joe’s

You don’t have to be a nonconformist or a geek to like Trader Joe’s. But it probably...

Betty White

If Betty White’s life were a TV show, it would be titled “Everybody Loves Betty”....

Christopher Walken

You either love Christopher Walken or you like him. Nobody really dislikes the man; how could you,...

Yes, Pinterest is the Lifetime Network of the Internet. I don’t know if there are studies to...

Asheville

Asheville is a little out there, sure. It surfs the waves of a rapidly changing culture, and...

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8 Best Song Intros Ever

These are the songs you wanted the disk jockey to shut up so you could hear from the start: 8....

TV Show: Saturday Night Live

Posted by Robin on Apr 9, 2009 in TV Show | 2 comments

The casts members come and go. “No one can do Weekend Update like Dennis...

Actor: Jimmy Stewart

Posted by Robin on Apr 8, 2009 in Actor | 2 comments

I almost met Jimmy Stewart, once. Okay, I had absolutely no chance of actually...

The Arts: Fallingwater

Posted by Robin on Apr 7, 2009 in Architecture, The Arts | Comments Off on The Arts: Fallingwater

It was the perfect marriage of client and architect. The Kaufmann family of...

Sports: March Madness

Posted by Robin on Apr 6, 2009 in Sports | 1 comment

The championship game, feh. Fans of the two schools involved care immensely,...

The Arts: Elmore Leonard

Posted by Robin on Apr 5, 2009 in The Arts, Writers | Comments Off on The Arts: Elmore Leonard

Some of you just said, “Whomore What?” Well, if you don’t...

Americana: Jeep

Posted by Robin on Apr 4, 2009 in Americana | Comments Off on Americana: Jeep

It’s an ugly thing. Even now, with all the innovations brought to the...

Kid Stuff: Baseball Cards

Posted by Robin on Apr 3, 2009 in Americana, Kids Stuff | 2 comments

Don’t pay any attention to all those bandwagon jumpers who decided in the...

Singer: Marvin Gaye

Posted by Robin on Apr 2, 2009 in Singer | 4 comments

He would have turned 70 today. Hard to comprehend. But he never made it, and we...

Americana: Jeans

Posted by Robin on Apr 1, 2009 in Americana | 1 comment

They’ve come a long way from being “dungarees.” Years ago...

Food: McDonald's French Fries

Posted by Robin on Mar 31, 2009 in Food | 3 comments

So I decided to start a new blog devoted to chronicling the little things that...

Travel: Hawaii Volcanoes National Park

Posted by Robin on 10-28-09

Person: General George S. Patton

Posted by Robin on 1-3-10

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