The National Spelling Bee ended with a Kansas girl correctly spelling the word, “Laodicean” which means lukewarm or indifferent in religion or politics.
The 13 year old, Kavya Shivashankar, was making her fourth trip at the bee, having finished 10th, eight, and fourth. She plays violin, bicycles, swimming, and learning Indian classical dance.
For fun, I [...]
I am a bartender four nights a week at a hotel bar in Mount Vernon, an historic part of Baltimore. Bartending was not my first choice as a career but it has allowed us to still have two incomes and avoid daycare,…which as you know is a fortune. About three years ago I happened upon this little bar in [...]
Hey everyone out there. Next week I am going to add a new category to my blog “Weekly Menus.” Since we are all so busy running to our kids activities, working, cleaning the house, and with summer around the corner, I thought it would be a great idea to help everyone with weekly dinner ideas and shopping lists. [...]
On vacation this past weekend, our youngest son fell in love with Taylor Swift. What a talented young woman. She is truly an amazing star. I have been trying to read articles about her, trying to find out how she was able to be so successful at such a young age. It not happen [...]
