Becoming “Momzilla”

By: Mary Fran Bontempo To hear an audio version of this post, click the play arrow below. [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"] Jacqueline Kennedy--Formal Wedding Portrait Was there ever a more beautiful bride? Photo courtesy of the JFK Presidential Library   I couldn't help myself. After a particularly trying day dealing with a [...]

2018-10-30T09:42:52-04:00May 6th, 2014|0 Comments

Fargo–A Television Review

By: Mary Fran Bontempo Billy Bob Thornton is one weird dude. If you weren't convinced by Billy Bob and former wife, Angelina Jolie, wearing vials of each other's blood around their necks, well, tune into the new FX series, Fargo. There won't be a doubt in your mind. Inspired by the Coen Brothers' 1996 movie of the same name, the series takes place in Bemidji, Minnesota, and as in the film, the setting [...]

2018-10-30T09:42:52-04:00May 2nd, 2014|0 Comments

Say It Isn’t So, George

By: Mary Fran Bontempo To hear an audio version of this post, click the play arrow below. Say it isn't so, George. People Magazine has reported (and if it's in People Magazine, it must be true), that you're engaged. Amal Alamuddin is the name of the woman who appears to be sporting a ring, ostensibly bestowed by you. If pictures are to be believed (I mean, let's face it, anyone can Photoshop a [...]

2018-10-30T09:42:52-04:00April 29th, 2014|0 Comments

Passages

By: Mary Fran Bontempo [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"] Bontempo grandparents, Marie and Dante, and some of the grandkids, Christmas, 2013.   If you're a regular reader, you may have noticed we were a little light on content last week at NRFGP. A re-run from me on Tuesday, nothing fun on hump day [...]

2018-10-30T09:43:02-04:00April 22nd, 2014|1 Comment
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