It’s the Gift Guide, which means that you’re probably reading this while lounging in your living room, fire blazing in the fireplace. The Target commercial is blaring in the background while the kids are bouncing off the walls waiting to light the menorah or catch a glimpse of Santa or whatever it is you do...
It takes 300 pounds of potatoes and another 200 pounds of turkey to feed the hungry at Ciancio’s. Or at least that’s how much food Don and his family plan on serving to the needy this year at their restaurant that overlooks the Hyland Hills Golf Course...
Remember when the Parker family had to go out to eat at the Chinese restaurant because the neighbors’ dogs ruined their holiday feast in “A Christmas Story?” Aside from the uncomfortably stereotypical singing of “Deck the Halls” by their Chinese hosts, what was funny about that situation was that it was once unimaginable to eat a holiday dinner out...
A Jew, a Catholic and a pharmaceutical company vice president walk into a bar. The Catholic buys a round of vodka drinks, and the VP cracks a joke of Jewish nature...
Before you flip to the Gift Guide in a few pages to start drooling over all the cool gadgets, hip clothes and other luxurious items that will make the best presents this year, think about the giving part of the holidays...
This year marks the 25th anniversary of the Coveted Spencer Family Christmas Newsletter. The title is obviously a joke. As a genre, Christmas newsletters are the laxatives of literature. They move you in ways that provide more relief than enjoyment...