Culture Shock

All I wanted was a cup of coffee… But when I pulled up to the sliding glass door at the drive-through coffee stand in Bothell, I was greeted by a young woman wearing nothing more than a purple bikini top and two inches of lavender lace along the top band of her thong....

Me and Michelle

It was recently pointed out to me that the four “formal dinners” on the European cruise I’m going on next fall require women to wear knee-length cocktail dresses. Are you freakin’ kidding me?? I haven’t worn a dress of any length since… since… Well, it’s been a very...

One down, three to go

That’s right, three full months of 2013 are behind us, with only nine more months ahead to create something absolutely fabulous out of our efforts this year. Amazingly enough, all my five of my New Year’s Resolutions remain intact! (And that’s no April Fool’s Joke!)...

Geraldine Newton Bono Eulogy

Gerri Bono loved hummingbirds, sweet peas, black and white cows, baseball, country western music, her four children, Janet, Linda, John and Bill, and her three grandchildren, Kristy, Jenna and Tyler, and all of them with equal intensity. Geraldine Doris Newton was...

Boogying in the Aisles

Last night I attended Tony Starlight’s “AM Gold” show at the Venetian Theatre in Hillsboro, Oregon. Normally, Tony Starlight performs at his own 100-seat “Supperclub & Lounge,” but occasionally he gets out of northeast Portland and wows the audiences at a much...