The He-Man woman hater’s club can now come to order! Episode 44 was all about men and the stuff men hate; like feelings and words. Down in the basement of New Haven’s Olde School Saloon and Bistro, five men got together to eat, drink and mock stupid stuff. The basement’s stone walls were the perfect […]
Archives for April 2012
Episode 44: Man Caves, Smartphone Fun and Empty Nests
We’ve been hearing great things about Olde School Saloon and Bistro in New Haven from some of our News 8 friends, and decided to record Episode 44 during their jazz brunch on a recent Sunday afternoon. The next thing we knew, Chef/Owner Jeff Arnold was showing us a 19th century basement space that proved irresistible […]
“Really?” aka, The Real Life Survival Guide Producer’s Blog
“This place deserves five stars for the macaroni and cheese alone”, raves a Yelp poster about Caseus Fromagerie Bistro . Yes, Maelina F. – that baked casserole of cheesy goodness (and everything else on the menu), deserves your five-star review. Our Episode 43 guest conversationalists audibly swooned with pleasure over every morsel served up by Caseus’ restaurateur, cook […]
Episode 43 – Five Course Survival Meal
The latest installment of the Real Life Survival Guide took place at Caseus Fromagerie Bistro in New Haven where the conversation was like fine, aged Roquefort. The gourmet assortment of guests paired well with each other and brought unparalleled flavor to such topics as gardening, dating, money management, computer hacks and cleanliness. The discussion was […]
Episode 43: Home Gardens, Handling Money and Computer Hacks
It was a pretty raucous discussion at Caseus Fromagerie Bistro as we were joined by Owner (and Cooking Channel star) Jason Sobocinski who treated us to some great insights – and some incredible food and drink. (Mad props to Chuck from Chucklettes as well!) No less insightful were our AMAZING group of guest editors; Susan Bailin, Janice […]
Decorate, Deconstruct or Divorce
Houses are a lot like human beings: they have characteristics that are often genetic and cannot be overcome. Even with an aggressive 12-step program, many homes are beyond rehab by redecoration. There are two types of house dysfunction. First is the simple need for repair: things are broken and need to get fixed. Whether it’s […]
Episode 42 – Spring Cleaning, Swedish Style!
Spring is here, the season of renewal. The weather is warm, the flowers are blooming and the winter doldrums have officially melted away. It’s a great time to assess your garbage, be it, physical or mental, and give it the ol’ heave ho. That’s what made IKEA in New Haven such a perfect fit to […]
Episode 42: I Thought It Was Episode 41
The great thing about co-hosting (and producing) your own radio show is that you have a great deal of the coveted control. The problem, at least in my case, is that this means that I control the errors as well, and you’ll hear a GLARING one about a minute into this week’s effort. Fortunately, the […]
“Really?” aka, The Real Life Survival Guide Producer’s Blog
Week after week, the RLSG keeps striving to somehow, figure out a better, aesthetically pleasing, economically stress-free way to navigate the oh-so many issues that constantly keep knocking on our doorstep. We talk; we eat, drink, schmooze, laugh and occasionally shed a little tear, all in the name of finding some answers. In between recordings, […]
Episode 41 – The Sisterhood of the Survival Guide
At Carmine’s Tuscan Grill in New Haven, four “double X chromosome units,” otherwise known as Deborah Pan, Binnie Klein, Anne Garland and Kathy Barkin sat down for an editorial meeting with Bruce Barber and Duo Dickinson, otherwise known as “99% junk DNA”. The discussion ranged from most embarrassing moments, to eating healthy, guilty pleasures and […]
Episode 41: 99 Percent Junk DNA
For the 41st meeting of our (extremely) informal “editorial board”, we gathered, in the company of four *amazing* women, at Carmine’s Tuscan Grill in New Haven. (Duo and I providing the “junk DNA”.) Over delicious (and healthful!) appetizers, we talked about embarrassing moments, guilty pleasures – and choosing activities for summer vacations – with Deborah Pan, Kathy […]
Joanne Kahan: April Fools
For Episode 40 of the Real Life Survival Guide, the stage was set for the discussion to enter rare and undiscovered places. Would the exotic spices permeating the air at Sitar in New Haven lead our intrepid conversationalists into exploring the themes of truth and virtue found in the epic tale, “The Ramayana”? Would the […]
Episode 40: College, Politics and The World’s Largest Meatball
Our friends at Sitar in New Haven were kind enough to keep their amazing buffet open a little later than usual on a recent Sunday afternoon, and the result was a rollicking editorial meeting for the RLSG! We talked about April Fool’s Day (of course!), the changing nature of college admissions – and meatballs – […]