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Monthly Archives: October 2018

Phyllis Dillerisms Part 2

By Raoul Pascual
in :  Raoul's TGIF
Dillerisms Part 2 preview

We spend the first twelve months of our children's lives teaching them to walk and talk and the next twelve years telling them to sit down and shut up.

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McMenamins Grand Lodge: A Hotel with a Flair for the Fanciful

By Fyllis Hockman
in :  Travel USA
one of the hallways at the McMenamins Grand Lodge

McMenamins Grand Lodge (Mic MIN i mins) in Tualatin (T’WAL-i-tin) Valley, Oregon (OAR-a-gun) – you get the idea – gives new meaning to the word funky – also whimsical and droll and quirky. Oh yes, and historic. But if you're looking for glitz or glamour – not to mention basic amenities such as a TV or a dresser – the hotel is not for you.

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Playwright Luis Valdez’s “Valley of the Heart” on Stage at the Mark Taper Forum

By Lady Beverly Cohn: The Road to Hollywood
in :  Entertainment
internment camp scene from the play 'Valley of the Heart'

There is no doubt that multi-award winning playwright Luis Valdez is a brilliant playwright, earning his stripes with his innovative “Zoot Suit,” which premiered in 1978 at the Mark Taper Forum and subsequently made history by becoming the first Chicano musical to hit Broadway.

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Who Needs a Sofa Anyway?

By Ed Landry
in :  Life Lessons

We all have times in our lives that we would describe as extraordinary moments. A day begins as normal and then suddenly something changes it. Today, I can barely tell this story without tears welling up in my eyes.

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Three Things About Mexico City

By Ed Boitano
in :  Three Things About...
about Mexico city: the Monumento a la Revolución

The Monumento a la Revolución in Mexico City is a landmark and monument commemorating the heroes of the decade-long Mexican Revolution of 1910, where up to two million lives were lost.

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Phyllis Dillerisms Part 1

By Raoul Pascual
in :  Raoul's TGIF
Dillerisms Part 1 Preview

Whatever you may look like, marry a man your own age. As your beauty fades, so will his eyesight.

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Locarno, Switzerland – A Secret Hidden Gem with Endless Hours of Sunshine

By Lady Beverly Cohn: The Road to Hollywood
in :  World Travel
the Santuario della Madonna del Sasso on a hill overlooking Locarno

For some inexplicable reason, when I shared with friends and family that I was going on an exclusive press trip to Locarno, Switzerland to cover the film festival and the region in general, none of them had heard of this utterly charming Italian-speaking resort located on the northern shore of Lake Maggiore, nestled at the foot of the Alps.

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Insulting Parrot

By Raoul Pascual
in :  Raoul's TGIF
Pet Shop Incident preview

Raoul’s 2 Cents Humble Beginnings Before anything else, I really want to thank many of you who bought Tom the Mouse last week. I hope you enjoyed it. When I shared the book with my grand kids last Friday, we had so much fun. They laughed at the word “Ewww!” and mimicked animal sounds. The 2 boys were so competitive searching for the hidden …

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Old Friends

By Raoul Pascual
in :  Book Review, Raoul's TGIF
Old Friends cartoon preview

Two elderly ladies had been friends for many decades. Over the years, they shared all kinds of activities and adventures. Lately, their activities had been limited to meeting a few times a week to play cards.

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Olde New Castle, Delaware: Where America’s History Still Lives on Every Street Corner

By Fyllis Hockman
in :  Travel USA
No. 8 The Strand house, New Castle

Everyone has heard of Colonial Williamsburg with its dozens of buildings from the late-17th to mid-19th centuries. But it's not real, folks! Although few people have heard of New Castle, Delaware, it has almost as many buildings from that same era and real people live there. Okay, they're not dressed up like Revolutionaries, but the history there is even more...well, historic. It’s a genuine Colonial town but without the colonists.

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