From the monthly archives:
If you scan the product reviews under “Food & Beverages” here on The Scoop, you will see that I’m a tea fanatic. My husband can verify that when we walk down the tea aisle at Whole Foods, I almost always find a new tea that I must try. I bat my eyelashes at Johnny and [...]
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Last night I bought a new printer. My old little Epson inkjet had become crotchety, and it needed replacing. Of course, this lead to the question, what do I do with the old printer? Ideally, I’d like to try and find it a new home, but if the hand-me-down idea fails I’ll recycle it. Many [...]
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Before anyone gets on my case about how watching fine cinema on a laptop (or, gasp!, a portable device), is shameful, you should know that I’m not recommending that you watch The Godfather on your iPod. That would be a shame; don’t do that. Good film deserves a better viewing than what an iPod or [...]
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It’s that time of year again: in a couple of weeks, I’ll be attending ExpoWest. This will be my third year attending the show, the second in association with this website. Last year proved to be incredibly fruitful; those three days (and nights) of the show provided me with an unbelievable amount of material, not [...]
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Right off the bat, I realize that this post is mainly for the ladies. Of course, the longer-coiffed dudes who read this site are totally welcome to partake; but typically, women are the gender most responsible for the classic long hair versus short hair debate. Also, it’s Friday afternoon, which is the perfect time for [...]
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When the Humane Society of the United States posted video of shocking cruelty at Westland/Hallmark Meat, a slaughterhouse in Chino, California, it really started something. In the video, slaughterhouse employees were shown using forklifts, high-pressure water hoses, and other abusive means to get cows otherwise unable to walk on their feet for slaughter. One cow [...]
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For the past week, I’ve been sick. Like, super-sick. Ted caught something while he was traveling, and he lovingly brought it back to me. Sweet! This “cold,” or whatever it is (Satan?), has been taking its sweet time running its course. It’s been nearly a week, and I’m just now beginning to feel like I [...]
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I quit using Purell and other similar hand sanitizers a long time ago. I read enough bad information to spook me, and I figured that old-fashioned soap and water are the best way to clean my hands. Speaking of soap, I received an e-mail from Campaign for Safe Cosmetics alerting me to the dangers of [...]
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I suppose I should have written about this earlier, but if you’re like me, you are a serial procrastinator. That said, you’re probably looking for a good solution to your last-minute Valentine’s Day gift search. Sure, drugstores across the nation are promoting their endless aisles of sub-par chocolates and knick-knacks wrapped in varying shades of [...]
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It’s no secret that you can’t control other people. (Of course, that never stops me from wishing that I could. You know you do too, so don’t judge.) When you leave your home, you leave behind the guarantee that everything within your reach will be a sustainable option. You might have Pangea hand soap or [...]
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“We will never offer non-fat milk. It’s not who we are.” ~ Howard Schultz, Pour You Heart Into It When I was in high school, it was just about the time that coffee houses were becoming popular with my generation. I would sometimes go with my friends, but for the most part, the coffee was [...]
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Well, we didn’t make it home as we’d hoped; instead, we had to spend another night in Chicago waiting for the weather to clear. We had waited all day to get word on the last uncanceled flight out of Midway, and after about nine hours of waiting in the terminal, it was announced that the [...]
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Today Ted and I are at Midway Airport in Chicago, hoping and praying that we eventually make it home this evening. So far, we’ve had two flights canceled, and visibility is getting worse by the hour. It’s not looking so hot right now. But, at least we have our healthy snacks, and though I sometimes [...]
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I’m currently in Chicago, touring a couple of museums and tagging along to one of Ted’s productions. Travel can be fun, but one part about being on the road that isn’t so great is the food. Airport food is usually horrible, and then they serve you cheap, sugar-laden snacks once you’re in the air. And [...]
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For some strange reason, Ted likes to read the CostCo Connection, the company’s magazine that they send out monthly to its members. Ted is a member because he gets stuff there for his business, and we also buy dog beds and contact lenses there. But their mailer is not something I would read, so I [...]
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