Will Don Draper transition to beer (and monogamy)?

January 12, 2012

The end of something is usually (always?) the beginning of something else. I watched Season 4, Episode 13 – “Tomorrowland” of AMC’s acclaimed Mad Men series last night.  I know I’ve written about CC on a few different occasions, but one image from this episode struck me as visually and contextually significant: the bottle of [...]

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Wine News For The Second Week Of 2012!

January 9, 2012

Scanning over some of the items related to wine in the news, I thought I would share a bit with you. Just in case you missed a few articles or would just rather read this post then each full article. … because you like it here …. I know! *blushes* First on the list is [...]

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Leaving room for silence

January 8, 2012

Many peoples’ minds are zig-zagged, over-multitasked, anxious and fried. The mind requires silence and meditation for optimum health, and this fact is epidemically neglected in our hyper-linked lifestyle. Why do we resist silence, resist sitting in the company of our own selves? For one thing, we are afraid. We are also addicted to over-stimulation. And [...]

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IT’S FRIDAY!!! When Client Testimonials Go Wrong…

January 6, 2012

It’s the first Friday of 2012! … Video is big and getting bigger, so it would only make sense that you would have your client testimonials on video now too! Check out this Funny or Die video of Fred Simmons (aka Danny McBride) making a client testimonial commercial for his Tae Kwon Do business: I’m [...]

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Whiskey for the Best (and Worst) of Times

January 5, 2012

The end of 1963 was a bad time for many people.  When Kennedy was assassinated, I think it’s safe to say that the hearts of a majority of Americans simply sunk. For Donald Draper, the end of 1963 was one mess after another.  But each mess, with the exception of the assassination of the President [...]

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Broken (hot pink) flower

January 1, 2012

I was spending time yesterday, New Years Eve, with my four-year-old daughter and her friend, Violet. The girls were playing with “Perler” beads—these plastic bead thingys that you use to create little flowers or hearts or monkeys or whatever…It takes like 300 or 500 beads to complete one design. And they must be placed very [...]

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Happy New Year From Jennifer’s Review!

December 31, 2011

Goodbye to 2011 …. Hello 2012! Happy New Year Video on YouTube

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Happy Holidays and Merry Christmas! – Video

December 24, 2011

Video from Kermit the Frog: Kermit Merry Christmas – Jennifer

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Christmas on Madison Avenue

December 22, 2011

It’s almost time to begin what is, for many, the most frantic time of the year. Christmas. In Mad Men, Season 4, Espisode 2, “Christmas Comes but Once a Year”, I learned there are more than a few parallels between the holidays on Madison Avenue and those end-of-year celebrations down here where we “normal” people [...]

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Wine Wednesday! Sauvignon Blanc It Cupcake Style!

December 21, 2011

Sugar plum fairies, candy canes, ginger bread houses and cupcakes could be dancing in your head this holiday season. Also dancing in your head is the fact that the last 2 weeks of the year, every year, come calorie free. It’s like the no-tax day, except with calories. Happy no calorie weeks! Enter Cupcake Vineyards [...]

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