Today we celebrate the lesser of the many evils that snack world has to offer. In the land of greasy potato chips, artificial cheese flavorings, and sugary cookies, popcorn reigns supreme, and is only as simple or decadent as you want it to be. A movie just isn't a movie without a big bowl (or [...]
Tag Archive — silly holidays
Celebrate This: Happy Birthday, Betty White!
Next time you find yourself grumbling and mumbling about your age and how you're "getting along in the years" think of Betty White, everyone's favorite Golden Girl, who turns a landmark 90 today. Miss White has most recently become a symbol of vitality and in her every move seems to proclaim that 90 is the [...]
Celebrate This: National Chocolate Candy Day
Today's the day when you finally get to sit back, relax and enjoy the contents of your stocking. Whether it's Lindor truffles or edible coal you find wedged between that new nail polish you've been coveting and a Sephora giftcard, what day better than National Chocolate Candy Day to get to nibbling on the even [...]
Celebrate This: Festivus for the Rest of Us
A curmudgeon's holiday to say the least, Festivus is a day of rebellion and defiance against the commerciality of the holiday season. This nonsecular holiday was invented by a weary father who had grown sick and tired of the muss and fuss of Christmas, and decided to institute his very own anti-holiday. The popular sitcom Seinfeld brought [...]
Celebrate This: National Oatmeal Muffin Day
It's tough playing second banana to cupcake, which is why it's high time we celebrate the muffin, and all it's down for us as cupcake's often healthier and always under appreciated cousin. Today we celebrate a particular kind of muffin, the oatmeal muffin, a healthier and, in my opinion, tastier alternative to all that sugary nonsense kids [...]
Celebrate This: National Cupcake Day
Okay, so maybe you didn't get down with Bouillabaisse Day, fish soup really isn't everyone's cup o' tea, but National Cupcake Day? C'mon! What's not to love? These pint-sized baked goods have reigned supreme for the past few years, and are popping up everywhere from fine dining establishments to street corners (helloooooo food trucks!) with no [...]
Celebrate This: National Bouillabaisse Day
From the moment I woke up, and lifted my head off of the pillow, I knew there was something fishy about Bouillabaisse Day. What!? You don't know what Bouillabaisse is? Oh you are so passé! Just kidding! It wasn't until I set out to round up a few ideas for my daily Celebrate This post that I [...]
Celebrate This: Poinsettia Day
Poinsettias are mysterious little plants—all year they're practically invisible, unseen in flower shops and grocery stories, until about three weeks before Christmas and BAM! They're sprouting up everywhere! These festive flowers are actually native of Mexico and Central America, which explains why you might be hard pressed to find one any other time of year. [...]
Celebrate This: National Cotton Candy Day
When I think of cotton candy, I think of the excitement, chaos, and larger than life attitude offered by circuses, fairs and amusement parks. Part sugar rush, part nostalgia, cotton candy makes any event instantly more fun. Toss a ball of pastel candy fluff atop a sugar cupcake for a sweet treat that oozes whimsy or [...]
Celebrations: National Microwave Oven Day
Few can contest that the microwave oven has revolutionized the food industry since it was first patented in the mid 1940s. For better or for worse the microwave has altered how we eat, when we eat and even where we eat our meals. Hotly debated (no pun intended), this magic box is a symbol of mid [...]
