Tag Archives: Game Shows

More Ways to Eat Out and Still Stay Fit

In my previous blog I revealed some of the nation’s top-rated healthy eateries. These popular restaurants claim that you can dine at their establishments and still lose weight provided you stick with their portion sizes and get in about 30 minutes of cardio exercise per day. I was happy to see that a few of the places featured in my last blog are ones I frequent on a regular basis. Here now are the rest of Health Magazine’s picks for “Fittest Chain Restaurants in America”: Corner Bakery. This popular eatery scored exceptionally well for offering a delicious and healthy breakfast … Continue reading →

Five of Nashville’s Best Breakfast Spots

Whether you’re a visitor to the Music City or a local, nothing starts off a day better than a good breakfast. Below are my picks for five of Nashville’s best breakfast spots. 1. The Loveless Motel and Cafe – Fried chicken and made-from-scratch biscuits beloved by hungry travelers navigating Highway 100 made the Loveless Cafe famous, but it also serves up an excellent Southern-style breakfast. Besides the abundance of good food, the fun of eating at the Loveless Cafe is the setting. The restaurant proper resides in what was once a home, circa early 1900s. (The original house still remains, … Continue reading →

Ringing in 2008 in New Orleans on a Full Stomach

Forget about New York’s Times Square, for college football fans the place to be this New Year’s Eve is New Orleans. If you haven’t been following my guest blogs in the FOOD category then you might be unaware that the state of Hawaii has experienced a mass exodus. Half the Islands’ population is in the Big Easy right now anxiously awaiting the kick-off to the biggest college football game in University of Hawaii history. Tuesday night the Hawaii Warriors take on the Georgia Bulldogs in the Sugar Bowl. Which means if you plan to bid farewell to 2007 in New … Continue reading →

To Tip or Not To Tip

When you go out to a full service restaurant do you always tip? Do you tip at least ten percent? If you say no to either one of these questions, you are potentially hurting another person who works hard for her money. Many people sit back at restaurants wondering, why exactly should I tip the waiter? I don’t get tipped for my job! But, many of these people may not realize exactly how the wages of a waitress actually work. Like it or not, the tradition in the United States is to tip at full service restaurants. Because of this … Continue reading →

Merv Griffin: Dead at Age 82

For the kids of today, Merv Griffin is probably just another old guy who did stuff on television. But to someone my age or older, Merv Griffin is a television icon. While Michele reported that the doctors were hoping to upgrade his condition, Merv passed away today at the age of 82 of prostate cancer. Over the years, Mervyn Edward “Merv” Griffin was a talk show host, an entertainer, a pianist, television personality, and television executive. He began his career as a singer (at one point, he formed his own record label, Panda Records) and also appeared in movies and … Continue reading →

New Eats At Epcot

Forget about Space Mountain. If I am going to wait in line at Walt Disney World it’s going to be for a table that I can sit at and chow down on some serious grub. While I have (once) mustered enough courage to board Space Mountain, I willingly admit that when it comes to thrill rides, I am a big wimp. That’s why I love Epcot’s World Showcase. The focus there is less on the thrills and chills and more on… grills and all the tasty treats that are created on them. If you haven’t been to Epcot in a … Continue reading →

This Week in Television – July 9, 2007

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Tonight, the “World Series of Pop Culture” returns to VH1. In case you haven’t seen it, the “World Series of Pop Culture” is a game show tournament that features – what else? – pop culture questions. Teams compete against each other for the final prize – $250,000! The show is made up of rounds. Each team must send one player and he or she must attempt to answer all the questions in that round. What type of categories do they have? Stuff that I consider fun like “Family TV,” “1980s Teen Comedy Films,” “Tom Cruise Movies,” “1990s Lyrics,” “Fictional Locales,” … Continue reading →

Save Money When Eating Out

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Everyone loves to be waited on. The pure enjoyment of being served food and then have someone clean up is worth the extra you pay. Alas… too bad we can’t afford this luxury for every meal. Now, for some of us, it seems almost impossible to afford a restaurant meal at all in our budgets. If this is you, then review the following ways to still enjoy a night out treat. 1. The first order of business is to take a whole new look at eating out. Going to a restaurant needs to be a treat, not a necessity. Many … Continue reading →

Barker’s Return?

Stop the presses! Could all the hoopla surrounding Bob Barker’s massively hyped exit from “The Price Is Right” been for naught? Perhaps. Seems that the silver-haired host who hung up his microphone (presumably) for good just a few days ago MAY be returning to the show after all. At least temporarily. Barker recently told news reporters that he would “happily return” to the show if a replacement host isn’t found by the time the new season starts in September. “They’re having trouble finding someone to do the show,” Barker said. “And I’ve told members of the staff here that … … Continue reading →

Charles Nelson Reilly: 1931 – 2007

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Charles Nelson Reilly died yesterday of complications due to pneumonia at the age of 76. I was sad to read this today, as Charles Nelson Reilly was a part of my childhood. When I was younger, I was addicted to game shows. Well, nothing has really changed much, I still love games shows, but back in the 70s, many of them seemed so adult and edgy. One of my favorites, of course, was “Match Game.” Gene Rayburn was the host and there were several celebrity panelists that regularly appeared on the show. Charles Nelson Reilly always held court along with … Continue reading →