June 13, 2015

Is that highly recommended Olive Garden in Times Square still in business?

June 12, 2015

Yes, I remember the 50s better than the 90s.

Since around 1990, everything is like fast forward. The 50s and 60s are like slow motion.

June 10, 2015

Why thank you, kind sir (or ma'am?)!

But I didn't do it by myself. I would like to share this with the team.

June 8, 2015

Today's Google Doodle: Women's World Cup Soccer

More at: http://www.fifa.com/womensworldcup/teams/index.html

June 8, 2015

An Upsy Daisy bouquet for all my BFF's in the Lounge!

June 3, 2015

Checking in.

I will vote for the democratic nominee. Our primary is late and rarely makes a difference (PA). I haven't decided yet who will get my vote eleven months from now!

None of the candidates really sets my heart afire this time. Maybe I'm just tired of it all at this point in my life.

May 30, 2015

Judge rules UPMC must provide in-network access to Highmark Medicare members:

More on the ongoing battles:

More than 180,000 seniors who rely on Highmark Inc. for Medicare Advantage will keep in-network access to UPMC at least until 2019, Commonwealth Court President Judge Dan Pellegrini ordered Friday.
His three-page decision commands the Downtown-based rivals into binding arbitration to resolve other disagreements they cannot settle on their own — a move that delighted Gov. Tom Wolf and Attorney General Kathleen Kane.
UPMC vowed to appeal to the state Supreme Court.
“The feud between these two companies must end — the people of Western Pennsylvania have had enough,” Wolf said in a statement.


Read more: http://triblive.com/news/adminpage/8465390-74/upmc-access-network#ixzz3bfMXi8Rf

May 26, 2015

Today's Google Doodle: Happy Birthday, Sally Ride

More at: https://www.google.com/doodles/sally-rides-64th-birthday

(There are 5 different scenes.)

May 24, 2015

Guide to summer TV returns and debuts:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/05/10/summer-tv-premiere-dates-2015_n_7236764.html

What are you looking forward to?

I'm happy to see "The Leftovers" is coming back, although the date is TBA.

May 24, 2015

Have you ever heard of "Harvey Girls"?

This is cool... I never heard of them, but NM is honoring their contributions to settling the West:

No monuments or signs commemorate them. In fact, they often were relegated to history’s sidelines. But the women who for decades ventured to work in iconic Fred Harvey establishments along the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway line are gradually getting their due.
Mayors of Santa Fe and Albuquerque, along with Gov. Susana Martinez, have declared Saturday as Harvey Girls Day in honor of more than 100,000 women who helped transform the West.
Their adventures began in 1883, when the girls began answering Fred Harvey Co. ads in newspapers throughout the Midwest and along the East Coast. Wanted: Well-mannered young women ages 18 to 30 years old to work as waitresses in dining rooms attached to remote stops along the new railway.

More at link:

http://www.santafenewmexican.com/life/features/researchers-document-harvey-girls-who-helped-transform-the-west/article_defa81a8-e3d8-5911-84dd-2516640e81ac.html

There is even an old movie about them, starring Judy Garland! http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0038589/