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Mother’s Day gifts that she’ll love
The plight of moms and their valiant undertaking of all that comes with it can be summed up in one thing: Mother’s Day gifts. Not only do they receive the ugliest, most awkward, useless tchotchkes with aplomb, but they actually display them with pride, whether they match their carefully curated home decor or not.
Spoiling kids is fun, but is it smart?
My nephew, Josh, celebrated his 14th birthday last week. This kid is my bud. Not only is he my nephew, he’s my godson.
Cheap ways for kids to play
Have you ever watched a kid open an expensive birthday present, only to see them throw the gift to the side and play with the box instead?
A bounty of bargains online
Isn’t it exciting to come home from work and find that little brown package waiting for you at your back door? It’s almost as thrilling as it was finding that same item online at a bargain price in the first place.
Put that tax refund to good use
It’s tax time, and if you’re like many Western New Yorkers, you’re anticipating a refund. Cha-ching, right? Well, sort of.
Gross food isn’t just ‘pink slime’
A re you sick of hearing about “pink slime” yet? I’m sure some of us wish we had never heard about it in the first place. It really is a lot easier to enjoy your Slim Jim when you don’t know how it’s made, isn’t it?
Best buys at your nearby dollar store
My younger cousin, Frannie, absolutely loved dollar stores. You could set her loose in there with $20 and she was in heaven.
Ways to ease your pain at the pump
When I worked at a gas station during college, the customers who came through the door got meaner and meaner as the gas prices got higher.
Off-season items are hot in March
Christmas is the most wonderful time of the year for retailers. But when it comes to consumers looking for a bargain, March can be pretty darn fantastic, too.
Entertainment Calendar
Best bets:
- Wed 5/16: Santigold
- Wed 5/16: An evening with Joe Bonamassa
- Wed 5/16: Steve Kimock, Bernie Worrell and Wally Ingram
- Thu 5/17: Tyler Perry's Madea Gets a Job
- Fri 5/18: An Evening with Yanni
- Fri 5/18: Michael Feinstein presenting the Sinatra Project
- Fri 5/18: Lee "Scratch" Perry
- Sat 5/19: Collective Soul
- Sat 5/19: Louis Prima Jr.
- Sat 5/19: Frankie Valli & the Four Seasons
- Wed 5/23: Jazz vocalist Jane Monheit
- more events »
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