I have so many stories (and tons of pictures) from our time in Arizona. Most involve our hikes with Dad. But in our little corner of the world chivalry is not yet dead, so it seems only fitting to start with our day trip to Phoenix with Mom . . . Blake and I get our...

I have decided that the hardest thing about returning from five days in Arizona is staring longingly at the pictures on my first day back at work. So feel free to enjoy some of my favorites – they are in no particular order. I still have no words to describe them –...

Those of you who have enjoyed being blissfully blog-free the past week or so will be saddened to learn that it won’t last much longer.  I have been in the bunker since last Tuesday, working on the website rebuild and frantically adding products to the...

I know better than to think it’s here for good, but Spring seems to have finally sprung.  Somehow, I managed to be home on a glorious Monday, with temps in the low 60s and bright sunshine and birds singing (and you get the idea).  I’m back at work today, but...

I have been pondering (my dad likes that word – it even sounds like you’re thinking) how I would handle convention stories on the blog once we started revisiting places.  We have reached that point – the blog will be a year old on March 12, and the first pictures...

I knew almost immediately that I should have made myself clearer in making the Facebook announcement.  I have NO intention of dropping this blog – I’m having too much fun with it.  I find myself in situations that just scream “blog fodder” at me and I start...

It has been crazy around here at Marco’s, trying to keep up with the show and store schedules along with making time for shoveling snow.  So logically it must be time to add another technological advance as we struggle to move into the 21st Century . . . As of...

We went to the theatre last night. Don’t have the opportunity to go very often, but the touring company of the Broadway musical Wicked is in Dayton for two weeks, and the advance writeups in the local media made it look too good to pass up. For the uninitiated, Wicked...

I have had more than enough of winter – if you read these ramblings regularly, you already know that.  But I’m learning that I’m not the only one.  Yesterday was my brother’s birthday, and all he mentioned was how depressed he was with the weather.  I...

The weather may not have been warm, but the crowd was hot in Clearwater last weekend. By the time I made my way out to pass out flyers and greet the attendees, the lobby was sardine-can full and the line stretched way out into the parking lot. See the pretty pink...