Winter in Northeast Ohio can be pretty dull – white and gray everywhere. Almost makes you want to hibernate (let alone take outdoor photos) until the weather gets nice. However, a cool and affordable software program I discovered has changed all that! It can take ANY drab photo and make it a work of art. […]
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Call it “midlife crisis” or just a little insanity. Last Saturday was my latest “bucket list” moment as I joined dozens of Northeast Ohioans for the 2015 Arctic Plunge at Edgewater Park near downtown Cleveland.
Cleveland Arctic Plunge – Another one for the “bucket list” Read More »
Yep, I knew it would happen eventually. I’ve been waiting to be asked to participate in the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge but I never thought it would come from our Australian foreign exchange student from 24 years ago – Rebecca Freeman Haines! I asked her to do the ice bucket honors. She came all the way from
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Now that John Lanigan, the popular and sometimes controversial radio host/DJ has retired, I thought I’d share an awkward moment I had with him during an on-air visit to Cleveland radio station WMJI. I was invited to appear on a COSE sponsored segment where member businesses try to stump the DJs with the type of
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Halloween is just around the corner and moms are now shopping for cute costumes for their babies and toddlers in stores and online. Statistics from an October 2012 report by The National Retail Federation reveal an astounding 2.2 billion dollars was spent on costumes for babies, children, adults and even pets! Every year, parents dress their
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[Originally written on February 1, 2011] Punxsutawney Phil is about to do his annual prognostication (OK, prediction) on how much longer we have to deal with cold, snowy, winter weather. After Clevelanders got socked with a rough morning commute to work in near white-out conditions and many schools canceled classes – spring can’t
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So what do you give to the guy who has everything on Father’s Day? Ahh, a dilemma for the ages. Most dads don’t wait for a special occasion to get their “toys.” If they want it now – they get it now. Fortunately, a San Francisco based company has come to the rescue. Blurb.com provides
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A picture really is worth a thousand words. That’s why I love the idea of gathering family photos and creating a Blurb photo book for Mother’s Day this year. No more spending time trying to figure out what to write in that generic card you purchased from the drug store. The pictures will speak for
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If you thought the wedding of Prince William to Kate Middleton was a media circus; the photographer asked to cover it for the “royals” contributed to that image. On the morning of April 29, 2011, London-based photographer Hugo Burnand and his well-trained team of seven assistants (all on bicycles) rode through Hyde Park to Buckingham Palace.
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Do you like free food, rock music and give aways? Then get ready for a fun afternoon at Falls Day in the Park this Sunday – Oct. 2nd – from 1 – 4 p.m. at East River Park on Lewis Road in Olmsted Falls. There will be free hot dogs, chili, brats, donuts, apple cider and
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