Pointillism Thoughts: Seurat, Son & Space

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...

Counting Games for Planes, Trains and OtherMobiles

[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...

Juggling Builds Brain Power

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...

Spicy Mango & Peach Hummus Vegetarian* Spread/Dip

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...