30 Days of Giving

by Denise // 10 November, 2009 // Comments off

The other day, a friend on Facebook shared in her status update how she would be spending the month of November. For the next 30 days, she and her family would demonstrate acts of giving, which had been inspired by... Continue reading →

Shoeboxes Filled with Love and Lessons

by Denise // 3 November, 2009 // Comments off

Any girl with a shoe fetish will tell you, you never throw away the boxes. These stylish ladies save the boxes and neatly line their closet shelves with rows of shoeboxes. As for runners, there’s a never ending supply... Continue reading →

Guavaween Then and Now

by Denise // 29 October, 2009 // Comments off

On the last Saturday in October, we celebrate Guavaween which is Tampa’s (actually Ybor City’s) Latin version of a Halloween Mardi Gras. Throughout the night, young and old parade the streets in slutty creepy outlandish costumes. Year after year (many moons ago before... Continue reading →

All Four Seasons

by Denise // 21 September, 2009 // Comments off

When Jori and Diane announced the weekly themes for September’s Musical Mondays, this week’s challenge was a no brainer. Sting’s All Four Seasons was the natural choice for me. When Mercury Falling was released back in 1996, it sat... Continue reading →

The Time Traveler’s Wife

by Denise // 21 August, 2009 // Comments off

After reading and loving the book, The Time Traveler’s Wife, I couldn’t wait to see the movie. But would the cinematic version of a fantastic novel convert well to the big screen? Many people like me, loved the novel. ... Continue reading →

Five Things That John Hughes Taught Me

by Denise // 7 August, 2009 // Comments off

As an angst teenager growing up in the 80s, John Hughes movies were the only thing that I felt made sense of everything I was going through as a miserable teen. I could relate to the characters, their pain and... Continue reading →

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