After a devastating layoff from the Chicago Tribune, Carolyn Starks really had no idea what she was going to next. She had a dream of having her own business one day, but she had no idea that one of her children’s reading habits would be the spark for her fire. Today, Starks is the owner …
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The Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village
It’s been awhile since my last visit to Greenfield Village in Dearborn. We were there last weekend for the Thomas the Train visit. They run this event every year and it draws quite a crowd of young train lovers. While the weather was absolutely miserable – we still managed to enjoy ourselves. We rode the …
Ziploc Announces New Recycling Program
Ziploc recently announced that the Ziploc brand bags are now recyclable. Its simple, all you do is place clean and dry Ziploc bags in the bins at your local grocery store where plastic shopping bags are accepted. The Meijer stores in my area have these bins located near the front of the store. If …
*Review* Verizon iPhone delivers the bells and whistles
Verizon’s addition of the iPhone to the line-up made them unstoppable. And the iPhone delivers everything you’d expect, but on Verizon’s rock steady network.
Family Movie Night: Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs
I recently used Redbox Movie Rental for family movie night. First I went to RedBox.com to check out the locations, much to my surprise they were everywhere. When I punched in my zip code over 30 locations popped up. One of the closest locations was at Kroger, so before we headed out I decided to …