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…
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)…