In one minute, name as many places as you can that you’d like to go on vacation some day. Bonus Round: State your dream destinations in alphabetic order. “I’d like to visit Albania, Boulder City, Churchill Downs, Disneyworld … “
Here’s another brain game to do when on a long road trip. Look for license plates and then make up a phrase that uses the letters and numbers on it. (Note: A ‘platitude’ is a commonplace or trite remark usually uttered as if it were fresh or original. So say the...
Here’s a brain game to wile away the time while on a road trip. You and your family can even have fun doing it while walking in a mall or waiting in line at the supermarket. Look for a sign, logo or license plate with an “E” (or some other letter) on it and see how...
“Hot” sure is the word we use here in Vegas … a lot. So let’s use some other words. 1. In one minute, name as many synonyms as you can for HOT. 2. Work your memory by repeating the list in the same order. 3. Another time find...
Today (… and Happy Friday the 13th to us all!) I was thinking how when my kids were young I used playing cards to help them practice their number skills. Several games revolved around the number “13” and even today...
This morning I spoke at the “Sunstrider’s” meeting which the Galleria Mall sponsors monthly for mall walkers. I had highlighted them in my July “A Thinkin’ Minute” column in the Vegas Voice (www.TheVegasVoice.net) These folks said they walked...
This morning I was pleasantly surprised by a text from my son. It read, “Looking @ Seurat “A Sunday on La Grande Jatte” that print you had. HUGE.” (Eric’s on a business trip to Chicago and went early so he could take in The Art Institute. He had promised to send...
[Ages 2 to 102.] Are you at the airport, train station, bus depot and other locations full of people? These brain games will help wile away the waiting time. Do them alone or with your traveling companions of any age. Look around … and start counting. How many...
In my Vegas Voice column, “A Thinkin’ Minute”, I’ve suggested a variety of activities to improve your brain and talked about the latest brain research. One brain-building activity I’ll be addressing in a future column is ‘juggling’, but since the World...
Here I am at Trader Joe’s being congratulated by Mimi, one of their wonderful employees, and standing next to my Second Place winning entry in their “Customer Culinary Compendium Recipe Contest.” The rules were you had to use at least one item from “TJ’s...
