During World War II Hollywood churned out popular pictures both entertaining and patriotic, bolstering home front morale and earning enormou...
Slow Food Fast: Italian Sausage, Peppers and Onion Hoagies
Yesterday I posted about my goal of cooking my way through ALL of my cookbooks . I thought better about posting these recipes under my &quo...
29 weeks
(FYI: Thursday I was actually 30 weeks…but wanted to get my 29 week post up anyway!) How Far Along: 29 Weeks Size of baby: Baby Bangert...
Another 5K!
I am making HUGE strides in raising money for two walks that I am participating in: The March of Dimes March for Babies & GreatStrides ...
Setting Goals for 2011
I've done two 5K's in my life. I enrolled in both of them as a walker but I ended up running them. It was an amazing feeling compl...
Into every life a little rain must fall
The Rainy Day Written at the old home in Portland, Maine by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow The day is cold, and dark, and dreary; It rains,and t...
(Not Quite) All About Bette...
Bette Davis was born 103 years ago on April 5 in Lowell, Massachusetts. She attended drama school as a young woman and made her Broadway deb...
A Strange But Prophetic Day On The Strip
We were an unlikely crew of protesters: a deacon from St. Matthew’s attending her first demonstration; a deacon from Christ Church chiefly k...
Not So Bad Afterall
This past week I spent 4 days at my sister's house in PA to help her out with the recent birth of my new nephew, Rexon. For weeks I hav...
Checking in
I haven't posted anything since Sunday because my job is consuming me lately. I'm slightly stressed at work. I still love where I wo...
STRANGERS ON A TRAIN...his best-remembered film
Actor Farley Granger died in New York on Sunday at age 85. He'd begun his career in Hollywood under contract to Samuel Goldwyn and mad...
It's hard to lose weight but it's even harder to be fat
As I struggle to get control of my eating and get my weight back down, I constantly wonder why this has to be so incredibly difficult. I kno...
I didn't know I was so fat but pictures don't lie
Before Pictures (from the Big Climb March 20, 2011) Rear view (ugh!) It's weird how I often don't see my body as it really looks. Wh...
27 weeks
How Far Along: 27 Weeks Size of baby: Baby Bangert is the size of an eggplant! Maternity Clothes: I wear maternity jeans and pants but...
Hitchcock's Silent Version of Blackmail on the Big Screen
The era of talking pictures arrived while Alfred Hitchcock was working on his crime thriller, Blackmail , in 1929. The film had already been...
Thanks, Dawn, for the Stylish Blogger Award
Dawn at “Noir & Chick Flicks” has kindly honored Eve’s Reel Life with a “Stylish Blogger Award.” Many thanks to Dawn, a real fan of Gold...
The Seven Last Words
It is a 500-year-old tradition of the Church to reflect in Holy Week on the Seven Last Words of Jesus, the poignantly short utterances of Ou...
Back to square one
Now that the glow of the Big Climb has worn off, and I can't use the stress of the event as an excuse to eat, it's time to get back ...