Movie night at home is always a fun way for families to bond together – pop popcorn, turn off the lights, put on pjs and settle in. But…what to watch? A new tool from Pop Secret is called the Movie Night Maker tool at www.popsecret.com to help families decide what kind of movie they watch…
So this all starts with me catching Charlie Chaplin’s great silent movie Modern Times on TCM Saturday night. The film, which will grab you like any great film, regardless of the fact that the majority of its dialog is in the form of cards flashed on the screen, has been exalted as one of teh…
Suppose you are going somewhere on vacation. And suppose you’d like to check to see if there are any festivals or such in the area. Wouldn’t it be great if someone was to put all festivals all over the US in one searchable database? Well, as Eric Idle used to say, say no more! Check…
What do the Beatles (you know, John, Paul, George, and Ringo) and the Cajun country in Lousiana have in common? If you know the answer, you are a very intelligent person. Or, like myself, you may have a copy of a certain Apple Record that was released in 1972. Or you may be just so…
A group of men I used to get together with once a month had two things in common. We were all foster parents, and we all enjoyed the art of Garrison Keillor. Part of our meeting time was spent eating pizza, and listening to a selection from today’s Family Site which had a theme for…
“Moppin’ up soda pop rickies, To our heart’s delight, Dancing to a swingeroo quickie, JukeBox Saturday Night…” So sang Glenn Miller’s Orchestra in the early 1940’s, about an American institution that has gone by the wayside. The neighborhood soda fountain, where soft drinks were made, not processed, and ice cream was scooped, not pumped, were…