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Cherry Gin Fizz: A Valentine’s Cocktail

rebecca1 February 9, 2021 4 Comments

Valentine’s Day is usually one of the busiest for restaurants, but Covid has hit them especially hard. I worked as a server during my undergraduate “Cherry Gin Fizz: A Valentine’s Cocktail”

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Wondering if this person is right for you? Try the 36 Questions.

rebecca1 February 14, 2021 2 Comments

I’m spending my first Valentine’s Day with a new man. “How did you do it?” I’m asked often with a whispered, “…and in your 50’s” “Wondering if this person is right for you? Try the 36 Questions.”

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Love Birds: A Valentine’s Dinner for Two

rebecca1 February 9, 2021 No Comments

Rosemary Garlic Cornish Game Hens & Roasted Vegetables I am a enthusiastic home cook. This is a simple, relatively uncomplicated dish with bold comforting flavors. “Love Birds: A Valentine’s Dinner for Two”

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Lost and Lonely: Dating during a Pandemic

rebecca1 January 29, 2021 6 Comments

Life During Lockdown During the first corona virus lockdown, I master two survival skills. In March, I stumble on the recipe for a perfect gin “Lost and Lonely: Dating during a Pandemic”

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Dating Unzipped

rebecca1 January 29, 2021 11 Comments

I go into the lighting store for a dining room fixture, but a black & white photograph catches my eye. It is 1969 Sonny and “Dating Unzipped”

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Her Word of the Year 2021

rebecca1 January 12, 2021 2 Comments

For weeks I have bragged to Bill about the benefits of choosing a Word of the Year over traditional New Year’s resolutions. In this exercise, “Her Word of the Year 2021”

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His Word of the Year 2021

rebecca1 January 12, 2021 4 Comments

I imagine The Hobbit’s Bilbo Baggins. He is awaiting the arrival of his AARP membership when Gandalf knocks on his door and summons him on “His Word of the Year 2021”

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2021 Unmasked

rebecca1 December 31, 2020 13 Comments

The Mask. The inside is smeared with the red lipstick I favor and refuse to give up although few have seen my crimson smile in “2021 Unmasked”

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