Top Ten Hanukkah Songs

I grew up in a very Jewish community.  In Kindergarten, we learned all the Hanukkah songs…Dreidel Spin, I had a little Dreidel, Hanukkah oh Hanukkah…and that was pretty much it. Oh how times have changed! There’s even a Hanukkah channel on XM radio! I had no idea there was a surge in Hanukkah-related music!  And…

Biking in the woods

I was in desperate need of some ‘me’ time today – it’s been a rough day.  So I managed to escape with my bike for an hour an enjoy this nice fall Florida day. I hit the rural area behind my subdivision and just rode…and rode.  And I decided to go on my adventure through…

SpaceJump Live: World Record free-fall goes to Felix Baumgartner

I don’t know about you – but I couldn’t stand the excitement of watch this space jump!!! I cried tears of joy…. Austrian daredevil Felix Baumgartner made it into the history books Sunday, skydiving from a balloon flying 23 miles above the planet and breaking the sound barrier. The 30 million-cubic-foot plastic balloon, is roughly…

FBI Citizens’ Academy – The Adventure of a Lifetime

Imagine this… You are in a room full of FBI agents talking about security in the wake of September 11, busting child predators and then taken to a shooting range, where you are firing high-powered weapons. Local FBI field offices across the country hold these “Citizens’ Academy’s” in hopes to gather people from the community…

EPCOT’s Candy Lady

One of my favorite “attractions” at EPCOT is the “Candy Lady.” She’s a little hiding treasure that is a MUST STOP on your tour of the country’s. The candy lady has a real name…Miyuki Sugimori. She performs this amazing candy art that was handed down through her family and is only one of 15 people…