Celebrate Jan. 20 with inauguration cocktail party
McClatchy Newspapers
1/12/2009, by Mary Ann Anderson
McClatchy-Tribune News Service (MCT) - Come January 20th, Americans will have plenty of reasons to celebrate with an inaugural cocktail. Whether you're commemorating president-elect Barack Obama's rise to the White House and the theme of change, the end of the era of George Bush or the beginning of ...
Supermarket superheroes: We shop the aisles for a bevy of budget-friendly ingredients for a challenging 2009
McClatchy Newspapers
1/12/2009, by Emily Nunn
Chicago Tribune (MCT) - The bad news right now, of course, is that the economy has jumped off a cliff, and seems to be hanging on by a handful of scraggly roots, like Wile E Coyote. The good news: food prices _ some analysts say as a result of the bad economy _ have slowed their skyward rocket ride ...
Enjoy these favorite recipes throughout the New Year
McClatchy Newspapers
1/12/2009, by Susan Selasky
Detroit Free Press (MCT) - With $4-a-gallon gas and an overall rotten economy, 2008 was a year of uncertainty for everyone _ and the food world was no exception. As prices for eggs, milk and other grocery items yo-yoed along with fuel costs, we in the Free Press Test Kitchen kept a close eye on ...
Prepare for storms
McClatchy Newspapers
1/12/2009
The News-Sentinel (Fort Wayne, Ind.) (MCT) - Have an emergency kit ready for power outages. With winter storms swirling around the nation, Indiana Michigan Power has some tips if customers lose power.
Never touch a downed electrical wire; immediately call your power company.
Prepare an emergency ...
Try these home tomes
McClatchy Newspapers
1/12/2009, by Stacy Downs
McClatchy Newspapers (MCT) - A good coffee-table book is easy to find. Browse the home-and-garden section of a bookstore and you'll find plenty of bonbons featuring luxurious homes and lush landscapes. More challenging is uncovering home-reference books that are helpful, instructive tools.
A ...
What was hot in homes in 2008
McClatchy Newspapers
1/7/2009, by Stacy Downs
McClatchy Newspapers (MCT) - This election year there was a clear winner on the home front: traditional with a twist. In 2008 we enveloped ourselves in yesterday's classics that were freshened up for today's tastes.
"Everything has been about a return to tradition and formality," said Michelle ...
Households should explore pros, cons of dumping their land line, relying solely on wireless phones
McClatchy Newspapers
1/7/2009, by Mary Beth Breckenridge
Akron Beacon Journal (MCT) - More and more, Americans are hanging up their traditional home phone service and relying solely on their wireless phones. Maybe you're thinking it's time you gave up your land line, too. After all, 18 percent of U.S. households are cell-only, up from 7 percent four ...
He's 81, but just try to keep Big Daddy away from the big trees
McClatchy Newspapers
1/7/2009, by Robert Jordan
Contra Costa Times (MCT) - The tales flow from Lloyd Coley at a near-constant pace. Coley has nearly nine decades worth of experience to call on for his stories.
In an animated fashion, Coley can recall the tribulations of being a young boy migrating with his family from Oklahoma to California in ...
The super rich are still willing to pay big bucks for elaborate rituals or celebrations
McClatchy Newspapers
1/6/2009, by Linda Trischitta
Sun Sentinel (MCT) - We know the recession drill: take "staycations," tote bag-lunches, and cancel premium cable TV. But what of the super-affluent? Are they spending like it's 2005? Yes, and with gusto when it comes to rites of passage ceremonies, event planners say. Though wealthy shoppers are ...
Clean up and clear out as you organize for 2009
McClatchy Newspapers
1/6/2009, by Howard Cohen
McClatchy Newspapers (MCT) - You know you have a problem with clutter when your new 52-inch flat screen TV looks more like an old 19-inch, dwarfed by all that junk piled high around it. If cleaning up, tossing out and excavating mounds of life's possessions sounds like too much of a bother _ plus, ...
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