Happy Thanksgiving and Thanksgivukkah to the Greatest Blog Audience Ever

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#Thanksgivukkah

As a kid, Thanksgiving always meant one thing for me: chocolate turkeys! I’d wake up every Thanksgiving morning, race to the kitchen table and there at my place setting would be a colorful foil-wrapped chocolate turkey. Mom (and Fanny Farmer chocolates) never failed to deliver. I also have fond memories of curling up on the couch with a blanket and watching the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. I loved the balloons, while my sister couldn’t wait …

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I Was Frozen Back in October #DisneyFrozen

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Frozen Ice Sculpture Olaf

About a month ago, I got to do something pretty amazing. Thanks to my wonderful blogging credentials (they really need to make Blog Passes, like they do for the Press), I was invited by the wonderful folks at Disney to participate in something truly magical. I was invited to an early screening of Frozen, as well as asked to be a participant in the Frozen Press Junket the following day. And best of all, my …

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Give Your Mouth a Party With Green Mountain Espresso Iced Latte

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Believe it or not, I wasn’t always a big coffee drinker. To be honest, it wasn’t util my 30s most likely that I joined the caffeine chain gang. I always loved the coffee taste though. It was one of my favorite ice cream flavors as a kid and I used to love visiting my Grandma Pearl at her apartment in the Bronx. She had this funky candy dish on her coffee table that looked like …

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Wantable Jewelry for the Wife

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Wantable necklace

The following blog post is from my beautiful and talented wife, Allison. She’s already written about her SpongeBob Krabby Patty Cupcakes and the amazing Super Mario Bros. Piranha Plant costume she made for Jason for Halloween. Now that we’re on the Wantable VIP list, I’m going to have her write regularly to share her latest boxes with you.    Andrew has asked me to write about my awesome packages from Wantable! If you remember from his post …

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Who Knew Duane Reade Could Help You Throw a Killer Holiday Party?

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Black Friday is right around the corner. See it? Yep, there it is! Only a few days away! And you know what that means… the holidays are officially in gear! At least the Duane Reade Holiday Season is, but more on that in a minute. Granted, with Hanukkah starting the night before Thanksgiving (all hail, Thanksgivingukkah!), it’s unofficially been the holiday season for a few weeks now. We’re having family over for both Turkey Day …

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