When I was a kid, I was a pretty picky eater. I liked peanut butter sandwiches, spaghetti and hamburgers – that was about it. So, whenever my family went out to eat, my parents invariably ended up going through the McDonald’s drive-thru to pick me up a burger. McDonald’s was, and still is, my go-to […]
Last year, my daughter and my nephew went to Summerfest to watch “Mr. Worldwide” Pitbull in concert. Born Armando Christian Pérez, Pitbull has sold over 25 million albums and over 100 million singles worldwide. He has over 15 billion views on YouTube and has won 35 Billboard Latin Music Awards. The kids loved the concert, […]
This year, our family had a truly amazing Thanksgiving. My mom, along with my mother- and father-in-law came to our house for a cozy meal. We had all the traditional fare: a big turkey, stuffing, cranberries, mashed potatoes, sweet potatoes, green bean casserole and gravy, along with some pumpkin pie for dessert. As we were […]
I miss old fashioned commercials that had catchy jingles or memorable taglines. Take Pace Thick and Chunky Salsa ads, for example. Their TV spots typically featured cattle-driving cowboys who invariably ran out of salsa. Some cowpoke would bring out a brand of inferior salsa. The other cowboys would say that they only ate Pace Thick […]
A few weeks ago, I wrote about a class action lawsuit against Burger King for misleading customers about the actual size of their sandwiches. Apparently, consumer dissatisfaction with the marketing of food is a growing trend. In fact, the number of lawsuits against food and beverage companies has gone up more than 1,000% since 2008. […]
Over the last several years, my family has really gotten into fishing. We love to go to my in-laws’ cottage and head out to Shawano Lake in search of northern pike. There’s nothing better than a fish fry with pike caught that day. While I’m getting better at cleaning fish, it’s a wonderful thing for […]
As a child of the ‘80s, I was a huge Harrison Ford fan. He played Han Solo in ‘Star Wars,’ Dr. Henry Jones, Jr. in the ‘Indiana Jones’ franchise, and Rick Deckard in ‘Blade Runner.’ He was in some of the absolute biggest movies of the decade. In fact, Ford starred in half of the […]
While I love the smell of coffee, I hate the way it tastes. Just a little sip leaves a horrible, bitter taste in my mouth. Apparently, people who drink Folgers are feeling the same way. Folgers is at the center of several class action lawsuits filed by coffee drinkers that believe they were shortchanged. Most […]
When we were kids, my sister and I would hang out in her room and listen to music. She would play records on her hi-fi and we would study song lyrics and other interesting facts contained on the album’s liner notes. One such album was REO Speedwagon’s 1978 Top-40 release, ‘You Can Tune a Piano, […]
The pandemic has been going on now for almost 16 months, but hopefully we’ll be coming out of it soon. I look at how much we’ve learned about the coronavirus in that time and think about how scared we were at the beginning of the outbreak. I remember not letting my son play catch with […]