by Sandy Lingo | Apr 21, 2017 |
Do not avert your eyes. It is important that you see this. It is important that you feel this. ― Kamand Kojouri Last night I was sitting by the front window in the Vine Street Skyline Chili, just me with my four-way, book, and phone. Rick was at some sporting...
by Sandy Lingo | Aug 10, 2016 |
“We make our syrup in house,” said Sugar ‘n Spice owner Steven Frankel. “Here’s the recipe: sugar, water, sugar, more sugar, some brown sugar, maple flavoring, sugar, and some more sugar. We cook it till it’s almost booze, then back it up.” My friend Teri ate...
by Sandy Lingo | Aug 1, 2016 |
From the Celebrate Each Day website It is National Girlfriends Day! I can’t let the day pass without honoring the precious gift of gal pals. A recent study by Stanford University revealed that the secret to a long life for a man is to be married; for a woman, the...
by Sandy Lingo | Jan 31, 2016 |
In memory of my mother, who died three years ago today.I am in The Club. Against all reason, I just never imagined myself a member. If you are not in it yet, you will be: The Club of Motherless Daughters.A few weeks after Mom died, a casual acquaintance, upon...
by Sandy Lingo | Jan 18, 2016 |
“Oh, and you have to wear a hat,” Pann Webb said after I accepted her invitation to the Webb New Year’s Eve Dinner Extravaganza. I am not a party girl, and I had only accepted after she assured me that I didn’t absolutely have to stay up until midnight. Then she...
by Sandy Lingo | Dec 25, 2015 |
Really, it was just three sentences posted on FB at 8:10 this past Monday night: Dear Friends, I know a woman who has had to set up housekeeping in a new home for her and her children. She hasn’t a single stick of furniture–not even beds for her...
