ASK DR. DISH: Gifts for mom
Question: My mom is so hard to shop for. Every year we have the same problem: what do we get mom for her birthday, for Christmas and now for Mother’s Day. Any suggestions?Answer: I have the same problem! Except the…
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Roses? I’ll take Ben & Jerry’s instead
I’ve never been the romantic type.You won’t catch me swooning over moonlit serenades or cooing over rose petals strewn all over the living room floor. (I mean, who’s going to clean that up?)A room filled with lit candles makes me…
Heart-ful gifts for Valentine’s Day
I’ve never been a flower kind of girl.I much prefer gifts that are practical and useful. Give me a crock pot or a flat iron before a stuffed animal and bouquet of overpriced roses.See, I don’t think the commercialized image…
FUUD: Shogunai Tacos
Matt Duffy waited a little too long. He had been working on a unique taco truck — loosely based on the Korean taco trucks popular in L.A. and something Hawaii hadn’t seen — but within a year, several new ones opened…
ASK DR. DISH: Regifting is great!
Question: I am sure you get this question ALL THE TIME about regifting. But I still do not know if it’s okay to do it. I do it all the time and my friends give me grief about it. What’s…
Preferring the imperfect Christmas
In this month’s Better Homes and Gardens, there was an article by Holly Robinson about the perfect Christmas.Actually, it was more about how the perfect Christmas isn’t the one we tend to remember, yet it’s something we strive for.We desperately…
Cat Chat episode 6: iPad, iDunno
The jury is still out.Should I get an iPad — or should I get something else? Like a MacBook Air. Or a Kindle. Or, hmm, a flat-screen HD TV with Oceanic’s full range of digital cable?Don’t get me wrong: I…
Your favorite Christmas flicks
That very sad Christmas tree that Dan “Danno” Williams (played by Scott Caan) put up in his apartment in Monday’s episode of CBS’ “Hawaii Five-0” reminded me of one of my favorite holiday flicks, “A Charlie Brown Christmas.”I love this…
Nook or Kindle — or not?
I love books. Real books. The kind you hold in your hands to read. The kind you throw in a backpack and take to the beach.But now there are all these e-readers and e-books that are taking the feel of…
Don’t judge me by my Christmas playlist
I have a confession.The first song on my Christmas playlist is — don’t judge me! — Mariah Carey’s “All I Want For Christmas is You.”Yes, I know.For someone who’s got almost every album by The Cure and got excited — I mean…
ASK DR. DISH: Tip the mailman?
Question: Hey Dr. Dish, Are you still answering questions? (Wait — that’s not my question!) My question is about tipping during the holidays. It’s tradition that we locals put out beer and give money to the garbage man. But what about…
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