RECIPE FOR SUMMERTIME SLAW!!!!

 

 

When it's too hot out to even contemplate putting on the oven or the stove

cole slaw is my go to alternative. I am lazy. I don't want to chop my own

cabbage so I buy a bag of plain coleslaw at the veggie counter. But what goes

in it makes the magic.

 

I chop the following:

 

celery

carrots

zucchini

red peppers

green peppers

 

then I add a can of drained black beans

handful of goats cheese or feta cheese

 

Mix up olive oil and lime juice and pour it on

 

Add salt , pepper

 

Then throw in whatever protein you have.... shrimp

                                                                       chicken

                                                                       beef

 

 

It's delicious and I really could eat this almost every day. It tastes different every

single time I make it because it becomes whatever I have in the fridge.

Give it a try. You'll be please you did!!!

 

HERE COME DA JUDGE---CASTING CALL!!!

A NEW COURT TV SHOW IS LOOKING FOR YOU!!!!

We know you're judgey...aren't we all. A new reality show is
looking for real judges (not your mother-in-law) or BFF. You can be
retuired...but you have to have a BIG personality and have some
experience in civil / legal matters.

So gavel up if you were ever a judge, or know someone who is. please
pass this on to your lawyer friends and tell them to pass it on.

Here's the summons:



TO SUBMIT:casting@tfcasting.com
Be sure to include:1.  Your name (first and last)
2.  Contact phone number
3.  City/State where you live
4.  A brief bio describing your experience as a judge, your personality
     , and why you'd be great for this show
5.  Recent photo of you (jpg format please)

 

Spread the word!!! Approach the bench !!! That's about all

the legal jargon that comes to mind.

 

DOING THE GLOBE--SANT FELIU DE GUIXOIS

 

 

This year my parents , Joyce and Demetrio Morales, took our family for a trip

to a villa in Spain. What a deal.!!! So after hours of choosing locations

and booking flights for me and my kids...we were off to Sant Feliu on the

Costa Brava in southern Spain. About an hour from Barcelona. My sister

and I left from OKC with parents. We went to London  and stayed the night

then Spain.

 

We met Mallory from New York in Spain and the next day Morgan arrived

from OKC and Sami from Cleveland Getting there with elderly parents , luggage

and a wheelchairs wasn't exactly easy (but that's another blog).

 

 

This was our villa..... called Villa Sol and surrounded by beautiful farms

on a hill. You could hear donkey's braying and roosters crowing. It was amazing.

Full gourmet kitchen and room to sleep eleven. You could hang out on the roof

or swim in the pool and the beach was a ten minute jaunt. Heaven.

  

 

We  enjoyed everything. It was amazing to be with a brother who lives

continents away and enjoy the whole multi-generational thing. What an

opportunity!! Sometimes pictures just say it all. What a wonderful trip.

Thanks Mom and Dad!!! How lucky are we that you're still traveling .

 

 

 

.Mom likes her latte's and the view.

 

 

 

My Dad and Morgan

 

 

 

Side trip to beautiful Girona.

 

 

 

 

My nephew from the Ukraine, Christian.

 

 

 

 

 

Mal and Nana at a local restaurant. To be honest  (because we

are all cooks) no one thought the food was spectacular.

 

 

 

 

 

Sami at our hotel rooftop bar in Barcelona. Best

architecture viewing ever. Barcelona is now our favorite

European city.

 

 

Ah the view!!!

 

 

Sami, Morgan and Mallory in rooftop bar. Are you catching a theme here?
The gin and tonica *(as they call them) are awesome!!!

Adios!!!

REUNITE WITH YOUR 80"S ROCK BAND--CASTING OPPORTUNITY

 

 

Oh you may think you're over it. All that hair, all those girls, all that

eyeliner!!! But we know you're not. You still know that your 80's or 90's rock

band could have been a big hit. You had the moves of Axl Rose and the

attitude of Blondie. You could have been the MTV sensation.

 

Bring out your inner rock star in a new tv show that's looking for that rocker that

you know you are. A nationwide search is going on for people who were in bands
in the 80's or 90's.You could be chosen for a new tv docu-series from Bunim Murray
Productions, producers of Project Runway and Real World with the help of real music
stars..
.


TO SUBMIT:bandcasting@bunim-murray.com
Be sure to include:1.  Your name (first and last), and names of your band members
2.  Contact phone number(s)
3.  City/State where you and your band members live now
4.  Name of your band
5.  A brief description of your band, and what you're all doing today.  Feel free to include links to any social media pages or websites.
6.  Photos of yourself and the band (then, and now, if you have them!) (jpg format please)

GOOD LUCK AND BRING DOWN THE HOUSE!!!!!!


 

 

 

 

 

THE GARAGE SALE BLUES!!!

There comes a time in everyones life that the only way out is a garage sale.
And for downsizing baby boomers it's lurking on the horizons. Why oh Why
don't we just have our favorite charity come and collect the whole pile. We don't
because we secretly want to berate ourselves and cheer ourselves up at the same time.
So the ritual of the garage sale is our own personal exorcism for what we bought.
Come to think of it I'd really rather clean up Linda Blairs green slime and watch her
head whip round. But instead I'm having a garage sale.

At first I was sort of organized (for me) and I sent my daughter nice little texts that
said stash or sell ? When I didn't get answers I started getting a little pissed and started
making my own fashion decisions. Ted Gunn...stop me now.

I see a huge theme here. Apparently I wanted to be married to a Duke or a Marquise or
something  because I have enough silver to outfit the next season of Downton Abby.
I don't want any of it. But of course I don't want anyone to think I''m anti-Martha Stewart
so I started polishing it. Really.? I haven't done that in years.  I am like a mad woman on
a mission. Some of it is actually starting to look pretty good and I'm thinking.... well
I might need that someday. Sure. Perhaps the silver dinner bell. I'm going to look
forward to the day when I ring the tiny bell and someone brings me my food .

Another thing I discovered about myself. I am a holiday junkie. Show me a holiday
and I have a zillion  bunnies/Santa's/angels/witches to go with it. And talk about vases
and props. I honestly think I might have been destined for an event planning career.
Then there are the things I bought at other garage sales that I knew would become
important to me and they never did. I didn't set up that dark room like I wanted to and
I didn't send ten of my closest friends the beautiful flower arrangements in the vases I
bought for that purpose.

I truly hate garage sales, and I want to bitch slap the people who want to pay 75cents
for a mans pressed shirt straight from the cleaners. Seriously...it cost $1.25 to launder it.
I have pure hatred for the people who show up an hour early.

I probably shouldn't even be doing this. But here I am. I will bargain , and laugh and
chatter with the people that come. I will get a secret thrill when someone likes something
and feel sad when the purse I paid $200 for is sold for $5.00. I will choke up a little bit
when one of my children's books goes home with a little toddler. But it's all part of
the process. I loved every one of those things when I bought them...and now hopefully
someone else will like them to. Or I may be buying it back in their next garage sale.

Tell me your garage sale stories!!!!

CASTING FRIDAY--LOOKING FOR PERFECT FAMILIES!!!!!

A major tv company is looking for perfect families. You know the kind of
family that everyone wishes they were (no not the Kardahians) The one with
the stellar kids and parents who save the world and still have time to coach
softball and work at the soup kitchen. The family that everyone wants to be in.

Just as an aside, while most of us aren't perfect,  I think every family is amazing.
Just raising good children in a tumultuous time is a huge miracle. And while my
family isn't perfect (thank God) they are funny and quirky and adorable .I love that
about them. I am grateful beyond words

But back to the real deal. If you're that kind of family...or if you know tht kind of
and don't despise them ...here's where to send the info.

veranoproductions@gmail.com

Be sure to include:1.  Your name (first and last)
2.  Contact phone number
3.  City/State where you live
4.  A brief description of your family, your family members, and why you'd be great for this show
5.  Recent family photo (jpg format please)

LIGHTEN UP LADIES--THE MEN JUST HAVE IT GOING ON!!!

It's not often that I'd say men are ahead of us, hands down.  I mean  we usually
rule when it comes to intuition and smarts. But seriously when it comes to a sense of
humour, we are sadly lagging behind.

Take this scenario. I was in the editing suite at Boiling Point Media chatting with the
boy geniuses and Hugh , the head guy. Hugh is savvy and a little older than the techno
savvy youngsters. Hugh  was wearing a rust corduroy jacket. In comes an handsome
young actor and he says to Hugh," Hey Hugh...did you steal that jacket from a pimp."
Hugh laughs and the actor slaps him on the back. Life continues .

 Now imagine that scene with women. "Hey...did you steal those shoes from a hooker."
The room would go dark. Vasts of electric current would shake the room. And the person
that said this would be banned for all eternity. I've seen wicked. I know how it goes.

That's the difference. Women don't joke enough. We don't laugh and tease each other.
We can't laugh at ourselves. And we should. There's plenty to laugh about . We are  vain-
know-it-all-bossy -pants who always have to have the last word.  Kind of boring , huh?

I am really trying to shake things up in this area. Make light of things. It feels good.
You should try it. And as for those hooker shoes...it take a ho to know a ho. Right????