You might know that a few weeks ago Disney opened registration for the Disney Social Media Moms Conference (#DisneySMMoms on Twitter). Some lucky few moms were able to secure spots at a conference at Disney World whose purpose is to…actually, I’m not sure what the purpose is. Probably to go on rides, since that’s what…
Author: Backpacking Dad
Backpacking Dad Looks for Christmas in New York
When the fourth drag queen stepped up to the microphone and began lip-syncing a stand-up comedy routine I was sure the evening had gone from awesome to fabulous. But perhaps I ought to begin at the beginning. Peter Shankman, of shankman.com and Help A Reporter Out fame, and Hot Blogger Calendar 2009 infamy, sent me…
Black Pudding: A Classic Christmas Recipe
A few years ago my friend Alexei gifted me a first edition of the translated Larousse Gastronomique, the French cooking bible by Prosper Montagné. Alexei was a professional chef for a while, as well as working on a fig farm in the South of France, and it embarrassed him that one of his friends (me)…