Born and raised in New York, New Year's Eve was always a big deal. My family was in the kosher deli business, and New Year's meant days of preparation and work getting ready for everyone else's party. We'd work all through the night before catching a few ZZZZ's stretched out across a few dining room…

The holiday season... a wonderful time to spend with those you love, party hardy, and be in an all-around great mood. The palm trees are alive with holiday lights (being from the east coast this always throws me) and if you pass through the Estados community in Seville, the professionally hung light shows are just…

They say, "The one thing you can count on in life is change." The industrial revolution, which lasted from about 1760 to sometime between 1820 and 1840 was the transition to new manufacturing processes, iron production usage, improved efficiency of water-power, the development of machine tools and began the change from wood to coal and…

OK- I admit it: I bailed for the summer... I deserted Seville. They say if it's too hot, get out of the kitchen, so I did. We've been spending the summer in Tennessee at another house we have: it's a beautiful change of pace and scenery. Not being retired, this thing called work seems to…