Not for Apartment Living

When my daughter told me she was going to ask Santa for a pogo stick I remembered that when I was her age I had always wanted one too. In the mid-seventies they weren't that easy to find. Nowadays with the internet it took me about 45 seconds to find Pogostickusa.com. For $59.95 she can have a retro repro of a traditional wooden pogo stick. They also carry much fancier models and the nicest stilts I've seen outside of the ones made by the amish for the use of their own children. We live in an apartment so I am not sure how this will work but hopefully the neighbors below will be away for the holidays.

Holiday Cheer

We long ago had to give up drinking imported champagne. We suffered through many a sluggish morning trying to find the aspirin bottle after drinking overly sweet imported and domestic cheap sparkling wine and champagne.  Then one day we discovered Taylor Sparkling Wines of New York State and at $6.85 a bottle and bubbles that tickle your nose as well as any of its french cousins, I'd say we have a deal.  I found this old Taylor's sparkling burgundy ad and it made me think that it was once much more popular than it is now and that if it was worth advertising in 1948 to be consumed by the 'greatest generation' then it was good enough for me.  It comes in a sparkling brut, sparkling extra dry, a lovely pink, favorite of my beloved and my own favorite, the sparkling burgundy.  If you're having to cut back on expenses but feel like a little luxury, pick up a bottle at your local liquor store and if he doesn't carry it, ask him to order a case.