Browsing Archives of Author »Renee Fisher«

Hotel Sex Scandal: When the Mini-Bar Isn’t Enough

June 13, 2011

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Thanks to Newsweek, I have been alerted to what routinely goes on in hotels. According to the Newsweek article, a certain percentage of business travelers expect more than a mini-bar and little shampoos and conditioners.  In order to help both innocent male travelers and innocent female room housekeepers traverse this hostile new territory, Newsweek provides a […]

Tips for Successful Self-Publishing

June 10, 2011

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The world of self-publishing, like baby equipment and politician’s sexcapades, has become a lot more complicated in recent years.  In the case of self-publishing, this is a good thing.  Self-publishing used to be called “vanity press.” Pay a sum of money, have a bunch of books printed, sock them away somewhere and then give them […]

grubwith.us

June 8, 2011

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Your potential dinner partner on www.grubwith.us   Thanks to my good friend Susan, I have been alerted to a company called Grub With Us, “that brings groups of 20- and 30-somethings together for low-key, friend-making dinners at local restaurants…This is a really non-awkward way to meet new people. You’re taking your online social network offline, and […]

If the shoe fits, you’re doing something wrong.

June 7, 2011

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Thanks to my friend Barbara, I have been alerted to Kobi Levi’s “shoe creatures.”  Kobi is an Israeli shoe designer who makes shoes for people like Lady Gaga. If you are an astute reader, the previous sentence should have you asking, “Renee, what’s with the ‘like Lady Gaga’ part?  No one is like Lady Gaga.  […]

How to Ride A Bike For 97 Years

June 6, 2011

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Octavio Orduno is a 103 year old cyclist.  He doesn’t compete in races. He merely rides his bike all day.  He does so without his glasses, because he doesn’t like to wear them.  His wife, exasperated by her failure to convince him to wear glasses, was at least able to convince him to switch recently to […]

Armed and Cuddly

June 2, 2011

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Every once in awhile, when the Real World pokes its ugly red bulbous snot-infested nose into my perfect little delusional world, I have to take time out to address issues that make me barf.  So, when I found the following offer from a company called “Living Social” pop up in my email, I took pen in […]

An Award, An Acknowledgement, and a Pope for Dinner

May 31, 2011

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Territerri of www.intomystic.wordpress.com just gave me the Versatile Bloggers Award.  Territeri is special for a couple reasons, the least of which is that she has a repeating name (think John John Kennedy). TT writes about her life in a way that makes me want to grab my coffee cup, pull up a chair, and join in.  […]

Bring Me the Head of the Pope

May 26, 2011

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Some years back, Now Husband Dan acquired, in a very interesting and not-for-public consumption way, a much-larger-than life-size exact replica of the head of Pope John Paul II.  The sculptor was a friend of his.  We are neither Catholic nor Big Head collectors.  For this reason,the larger-than-life-size likeness of a deceased pope’s head didn’t fit […]

Not the Oscars, But Sort of Better

May 25, 2011

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This morning, after waking up, looking in the mirror and seeing two completely different people represented on my head, I began to muse on the medicinal uses of Spanx. It was then that my intellectual reverie was interrupted by being alerted that I had received a “Versatile Blogger Award” from Coming East.  As the recipient, I must tell you […]

I’ll Have A Cut, Color, and Formaldehyde, Please

May 23, 2011

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I have curly hair.  No, wait.  I have CURLY HAIR.  Like in “You can be a really good person and deserve good things in life, but I am Your Hair and I will screw you everyday of your life by being completely out of control and no matter what you do I will make you […]