Edward Hodgson, director of Megabus operations in the United States, called me the other day to apologize for leaving me, my husband and about 50 other Detroit- and Ann Arbor-bound passengers stranded for two hours this month on the streets of Chicago. What’s more, he said all passengers who were involved in the April 10 … Continue Reading →
“Shoot, if you must, this old gray head, But spare my country’s flag,” cried 95-year-old Barbara Fritchie as she defiantly waved the Union flag at Confederate soldiers marching by her Frederick, Maryland, home. Fritchie’s bold act of patriotism was immortalized in a poem by John Greenleaf Whittier before the Civil War’s end. The event remained … Continue Reading →
Over the years I’ve stepped into some of the world’s most famous and beautiful churches: St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome, Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, and St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York, to name a few. Like other tourists, I quietly explored these treasures, lit a candle at the feet of the statue of a … Continue Reading →
Today we give a shout out to Subway, which announced earlier this week that it is lowering sodium in its “Fresh Fit” sandwiches by 28 percent and 15 percent on average in all of its sandwiches. We often count calories when we go out and eat, but sodium is the biggest killer. The government recommends … Continue Reading →
If you are pregnant, beware. You are likely headed for an unhealthy lifestyle. A new study that came out said new mothers eat more saturated fats and exercise less. Young fathers work out less also, but they do not change their eating habits. Those are the findings of the Project Eat study that monitored men … Continue Reading →
I gave my first speech in the city of Detroit about health and fitness and organizers apologized for the poor turnout. Inner city people do not care enough about health. You can see it in their diet. You can see it in the way they look. But that’s OK. If I reached one person that … Continue Reading →
I spent five days last week in the Windy City raving to friends about how cheap — $15 — and how easy it was to get there from Detroit aboard the double-decker, wi-fi equipped Megabus. It even arrived an unheard-of 20 minutes early last Tuesday. On Sunday morning, my raves, unfortunately, turned into rants. And … Continue Reading →