Bethenny Frankel, reality TV star and former Real Housewives cast member, is launching a Skinnygirl Wine to follow her madly successful Skinnygirl Margarita mix. Pandering to women’s incessant need to lose weight, these are touted as low-calorie. To me, it’s like the diet coke of wine. Skinnygirl will offer three low-calorie wines hailing from California […]
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Thanksgiving Coffee: Not Just a Cup, But a Just Cup
Thanksgiving Coffee Company, in downtown historic Mendicino, CA, proudly displays a sign that reads: not just a cup, but a just cup. With a slogan like that, I had to venture in to find out what kind of just they were in search of. The first thing that caught my eye was a ‘no cell […]
Puerto Rico’s Pina Colada War
In Puerto Rico, the battle of the original Pina Colada rages on. Folklore or fact, it’s a frothy feud indeed. With rum being Puerto Rico’s national drink (over 24 different varieties of the liquid love avail), it makes sense one of the most famous rum-based cocktails originated here. Legend has it both the Caribe Hilton […]