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Above the Brim

Rivertown rants, raves and reviews from a man of many hats

PHS needs your mouse clicks

This is the best kind of fundraiser because it costs you nothing more than a minute of your time and couple of your mouse clicks.   Those outside the loop may think of rural communities as a dead end, especially when it comes to raising their kids.  The thought of raising them in clean air and crime free neighborhoods is romantic but the reality is that most folks who grew up in cities think that there is nothing to do in… Read More »

Pork Chop Heaven

“There is poetry in a pork chop, to a hungry man” – Philip Gibbs (NY T[Cr]imes 1951)   Let me clear something up right off the bat so as to save you ladies a breath.  Which breath?  The one you likely gasp every time your boyfriend retrieves leftovers from the fridge and eats them without first warming them up.  Don’t have a boyfriend?  Well, this applies to all men – your husband, father, nephew, uncle, son, and even your son’s… Read More »

Food for thought … and art, in this case

In my opinion, the best kind of fund raiser is one where I get to eat lots of good food.  More specifically, I like a fundraiser that doesn’t even feel like a fundraiser – where I get to eat great food for a great price and the “fundraiser” part comes out of the back end of the check.  A good example of this was the recent Crab Feed I attended at the Petaluma Woman’s Club.  The cost of admission was… Read More »