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Five-Ingredient Rib Rub
This easy, delicious five-ingredient rib rub works well no matter how you prepare your ribs, using ingredients you may already have in your kitchen – at a fraction of the price of expensive pre-mixed blends. One thing I always do as spring picnics heat up into summer cookouts is...
A Memorable Fourth of July: Vive Les Etats-Unis!
Do you have a memorable Fourth of July, one that gleams especially bright in your mind? Boomer reader Barbara Tulli does, and she shares the memory and its unlikely location. At 74, I have celebrated our country’s independence each July for a good long time now. Often, growing up, the festivities were at our local park, watching the fireworks drop their colors into the lake there. Some years we were in Colorado, cooking out and sharing sparklers with second cousins who we saw only every four years. And since I grew up outside of Washington, D.C., we occasionally took a blanket along the shores of the Potomac in Alexandria or journeyed to the city on the Fourth. There, we’d to sit with many hundreds of others as we watched the “rocket’s red glare” over the Washington Monument to the strains of the National Symphony Orchestra playing “The 1812 Overture.” A surefire guarantee of goosebumps on a warm summer’s night!
Madrid’s Outdoor Delights
While museums, cathedrals, and dining may be highlights of European tours, the sights outside can be just as memorable, as with Madrid’s outdoor delights. Spain’s capital, like its population, is relatively young. In medieval times, Madrid was just another village, but under several successive kings it transformed to a European capital. Today the country’s hub is the upbeat, vibrant home of more than 3 million people.
Entertainment Moms Supporting the Homeless
All year long, moms continue to inspire and encourage, not just on Mother’s Day – even “fictitious” moms, including entertainment moms supporting the homeless. Some of America’s favorite classic television and movie moms are raising awareness of the country’s homeless youth problem. Although their focus is one organization, Doors of Change in the San Diego area, their message should resonate in cities across America where homelessness continues to be a major social problem.
Jumble Puzzles: Cookies and a Ship
Play this week’s puzzle: Jumble cookies and a ship. Unscramble the words and the humorous bonus answer. Start with the Jumble for Kids as an easy warm-up – or share the challenge with a favorite youngster. Build your brain. Mental exercises and games, like the Jumble puzzles, can...
Plan for Your Pet’s Fourth of July
If Independence Day brings the pops and bangs of celebratory fireworks to your neighborhood, you should plan for your pet’s Fourth of July to help ease their fears. The 4th of July is approaching. My dog is terrified of fireworks. Last year, my veterinarian prescribed Acepromazine 25mg. This medication completely immobilized my dog. I read that it immobilizes them, but they are still afraid. I tried CBD, but it didn’t work. Is there any other option to calm my dog during these fireworks?
Life After Her Husband’s Mid-Life Crisis
A woman struggles to understand her future after her husband’s mid-life crisis. See what advice columnist Amy Dickinson suggests. After 20 years of marriage, my ”pillar of the community” husband started acting strangely. He started dressing young, going to bars, and then quit sleeping at night. When...
More What’s Booming RVA: June 20 to 27
Celebrate nostalgia with old favorite music, a memorable actor and other icons – plus honey bees and tie dye, history, sports, and theater, in our very own Richmond, Virginia, June 20 to 27, 2024. To fine-tune your calendar, check out:. Boomer Top 5 picks in RVA here,. Browse the...
What’s Booming RVA: Upsetting the Apple Cart
Throw out everything you thought you knew about apples, remember the Forgotten Soldiers, take in cool jazz on a hot summer night, and laugh with the ladies of “9 to 5” and old timey radio. In “What’s Booming RVA: Upsetting the Apple Cart.”. The Forgotten Soldiers...
Cowboy Beans
I’m gonna be real with you: I’m not into sweet beans (I’m a savory gal myself). So you won’t find me stocking my pantry with cans of baked beans or ordering them on the side of my barbecue. This is why I was intrigued when I came across cowboy beans for the first time.
Chef Patrick O’Connell: Stoves and Michelin Stars
Chef Patrick O’Connell appeared at the Virginia Museum of History & Culture as part of the emphasis on the life of Julia Child as it connects to Virginia. Writer Martha Steger spoke with O’Connell there. The exhibit “Julia Child: A Recipe for Life” runs through Sept. 2, 2024.
Ravenna Mosaics and the ‘Glittering Glory of Byzantium’
Ravenna is on Italy’s tourist map for one reason: its 1,500-year-old churches decorated with best-in-the-West Byzantine mosaics. While locals go about their business, busloads of tourists slip in and out of this town near the Adriatic coast to bask in the glittering glory of Byzantium, the eastern Roman Empire.
Doc Savage: Innovations and Inspirations
Writer David Gallery examines the innovations of the character Doc Savage and how those innovations influenced the comic book industry, from characters that followed in his footsteps to the superhero gadgets they used. QUESTION: What do the creators of Batman, Superman, and Captain America all have in common?. ANSWER: It...
A Buggy Boggle Puzzle
Exercise your mind by searching for words hidden in the Boggle cube. The more letters the better – plus bonus words to up the ante. Find as many words as you can by linking letters up, down, side-to-side, and diagonally. You may only use each letter box once within a single word. Pay special attention to the Boggle BrainBusters Bonus words! Play with a friend and compare word finds, crossing out common words. Up this week, Boggle find the birds word challenge.
Can ‘Fitspiration’ Provide Fitness Guidance?
The “fitspiration” social media trend promises inspiration and advice for reaching fitness goals. But is the advice worth following? Robert Schmerling of Harvard Health weighs in. Perhaps you’ve thought about taking up a new exercise program, eating better, or some other ways to improve your health. That’s great!...
Happily Married Despite Having a Crush
Should a happily married woman be concerned if she has a crush on a man other than her husband? See what advice columnist Amy Dickinson says. In advance of my last “Ask Amy” column in this space, which will run on June 30, I’m rerunning some previous Q&As – pulled from my files. This Q&A ran in 2020.
More What’s Booming RVA: June 13 to 20
Celebrate dads, Pride, and Juneteenth this week, plus quilt art, concerts indoors and out, authors, and so much more – in Richmond, Virginia, June 13 to 20, 2024. Go to our updated events page for Down the Road happenings and ongoing exhibitions and performances. June 13 to 20. Thursday,...
What’s Booming RVA: Celebrate Meaningful People!
Father’s Day, Juneteenth, and Pride Month – that’s a lot of special this week! Find activities to honor them all in “What’s Booming RVA: Celebrate Meaningful People.”. “The Best of Times: A Celebration of Richmond Triangle Players”. Through July 13 at Robert B. Moss Theatre,...
Memories of The Beach Boys
Okay, I am dating myself but here goes: as a young teen I saw The Beach Boys for the first time on a Sunday night, November 19, 1967 at The Richmond Arena, six years after the three Wilson brothers (Brian, Carl and Dennis), their first cousin Mike Love and school friend Al Jardine started a little band in Hawthorne, California called The Beach Boys.
The Myrtle Beach of My Girlhood
The memories of time spent with family and friends at the beach are etched in Julia Nunnally Duncan’s mind, with photo booth pictures and 8mm movies to help her remember the good times. She shares her reminiscences in “The Myrtle Beach of My Girlhood.”. In the 1960s, most...
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