Pic For The Day - Polish Graffiti

We saw this graffiti on a wall in the Kazimierz district of Krakow, Poland. Kazimierz was the Jewish area of Krakow from the 14th century until the Second World War. 

It's a very interesting area of the city. It's hip, trendy, and in the midst of revitalization. It's also full of abandoned and crumbling buildings, which have little chance of ever being utilized again. Why? No one knows who owns them. The Jewish owners were forced out during WW2, and no one knows where they are.

Pic For The Day - Why!?!

WHY!! Why do they do this! Why so SOON! It's the first day of November! I'm not emotionally ready to start the holidays. I can't be expected to be festive for two entire months. It's just too much pressure!

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Samhain: It's Like Halloween With Turnips and Howling

Happy November 1, or Day After Halloween. Around our home --  no matter where in the world that might be -- it's known as Day of the Sugar Coma.

This year Ella dressed as a vampire. Owen had planned on blackening his eyes and scrawling a "P" on a white t-shirt. Get it? A Black-eyed Pea. Then he found out

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Pic For The Day - Happy Samhain

Happy Halloween everybody! We went to a traditional Samhain celebration tonight. We had a terrific time, and we'll tell you about soon. At one point a boat was rowed to the middle of the loch and a floating bonfire was lit. Here's the shot. SPOOOOOOKYYY!

The More You Buy, The Better We Eat

BIG thanks to the music lover who used the Amazon Search on our homepage and bought The Beatles Mono Box Set -- we made $9.20 from the sale. We appreciate everyone who's used the store, even the buyer of the VHS tape of Scarlett. It's okay, Brenna's watched Real Genius at least six times (Bob thinks it's in the double digits).

We were going to hire a big fancy pants PR firm to help us come up with a

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