by Chrysa Smith Remember the tv shows? When women were homemakers and men brought home the bacon? Life has sure changed since the 50's. And in many ways, for the better. Women have more freedom, better birth control and the ability to clean the house in more comfortable clothing (whoever dreamed up that home-based attire?) but hmm--here it comes: Are women really better off than they were half a century ago? The question [...]
by Chrysa Smith [fusion_builder_container hundred_percent="yes" overflow="visible"][fusion_builder_row][fusion_builder_column type="1_1" background_position="left top" background_color="" border_size="" border_color="" border_style="solid" spacing="yes" background_image="" background_repeat="no-repeat" padding="" margin_top="0px" margin_bottom="0px" class="" id="" animation_type="" animation_speed="0.3" animation_direction="left" hide_on_mobile="no" center_content="no" min_height="none"] The Mary Cassatt Tea Room at the Rittenhouse Hotel in Philadelphia. MaryFran and I have birthdays that are exactly a month apart. So, rather than buy each other physical gifts, this year we decided to gift ourselves with a better than average lunch. [...]
by Chrysa Smith 'Old enough to know better. Young enough to try again.' Linda was taking the plunge again. At 75+ years of age, my 80+ year old father-in-law had proposed after a lengthy (and I mean very lengthy) courtship. Now mind you, such an event can raise all sorts of questions. Isn't once enough? Why now, after so long? Why now, at this age? But as the wedding day approached, I can [...]
by Chrysa Smith I don't usually think about accidents. Well, except when flying (but that's a neurosis for another day). While on the ground however, on most days, I'm in a place that I absolutely hate: the shopping center parking lot. There's lots to hate about parking lots and I think I might just have some of the solutions to the numerous problems that exist there. I think most people have experienced this [...]
by Chrysa Smith ---Bella Cucina. Aah, the lovely merger of the Italian language and food in a beautiful kitchen. That's where I dined last weekend; in an underground, Tuscan looking, stone embellished bella cucina located somewhere in the belly of Bethlehem. Chef Donna Marie Burdi, former owner of Moscato's Italian Restaurant in Easton, is dazzling her catering clients and their friends by serving up private dinners in her underground bistro. For those of [...]
by Chrysa Smith Finally, it feels like spring. And that means more places for scrumptious Open Air Dining. Brasserie 73 http://www.brasserie73.net Along Rt. 63, lies the cute little cluster of shops and restaurants that makes up the Village of Skippack. Among the quaint Pennsylvania structures, you'll find one building that looks a little like the Ritz in Paris. It's white, it's striking, it's architecturally bold and classic. And It's quite good. Again, it [...]
by Chrysa Smith There she was. Sitting with her back to me at the bar, dressed in jeans, a tee shirt and a bridal veil. She was with a group of friends, which made me jokingly remember the movie Bridesmaids, a flick that made me laugh so hard---well, you know. So, as I sipped my wine, I was brought back to my own 'engaged' days, when I too was planning for the wedding [...]
