Pickles for All

Pickles for All

Why does a woman living alone need a gallon-sized jar of pickle spears, you may wonder. How could this purchase merit any sort of sense? To these questions I say first, I love pickles, second, buying in bulk allows me to practice time-tested frugality, and third, when...

Ridiculous price = Ridiculous reaction?

I’ll preface this story with a statement. This story isn’t about me but it could be. This story is about a close relative of mine so we do share the same blood, background, and boldness. (Details of this incident have been changed to protect the...

Pinterest Anonymous

“Hi, my name is Courtney and I am a Pinterest-aholic.” Have you reached that stage as well? If so, Welcome! If not, don’t worry, you will! Pinterest.com. That’s where it all started. I joined Pinterest more than a year ago. At first glance I had NO idea what it was. I...

Here She is, Miss (Am)erika

I had the unique pleasure of spending two days with Laura Kaeppeler, Miss America 2012, this week. I’d interviewed her previously on the phone for one of our company’s other publications, fourpoints magazine, and I had the sense that we were going to have...