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May Sweeps Go Out With a Twang

Posted on 05/19/2013 by | AARP Blog Author | Comments

EntertainmentThis year’s May sweeps end Wednesday night — and the schedule over these final four days is a veritable dessert cart of TV goodness.  Tomorrow night (5/20), there’s the delectable “Mel Brooks: Make a Noise” offered by PBS’ American Masters.  Also tomorrow night: the final performance show of this season’s “Dancing With the Stars,” with the results show coming up Tuesday night. And y’all had better hold on tight for the season finale of ABC’s “Nashville” on Wednesday (5/22).  One …

Channeling the Tropics

Posted on 05/17/2013 by | Fashion | Comments

Beauty & Fashion                                        Can’t go on that tropical vacation just yet? No need to fret, you can mimic the vibe right here at home minus airline and suitcases. Trending this season is apparel featuring large and small floral prints. I’ve assembled a look that channels your much need getaway and won’t drain your pockets. 1 | Eyelet Top ($29; Joe Fresh for JcPenny) …

Julie Andrews to Grads: ‘Go Out and Kick Butt’

Posted on 05/17/2013 by | News, Culture, Sights and Sounds | Comments

Bulletin Today | Entertainment | VolunteeringGet over yourself. That was the message delivered by Julie Andrews, 77, to the graduates of the University of Colorado, Boulder last week. The late writer David Foster Wallace presented similar thoughts in his 2005 Kenyon College commencement address, the starting point for a new viral video that’s been viewed on YouTube more than five million times since being uploaded at the start of this year’s graduation season. More on that later. (Watch the two videos below and let us …

Friends Jump-Start Fitness (and Hotness) Together

Posted on 05/17/2013 by | Multigenerational & Family Issues | Comments

Caregiving | Home & Family | Personal Health | Relationships | Your LifeAs National Women’s Health Week comes to a close, my thoughts turn to physical activity … or lack thereof, which has been my problem. As a working caregiver (for both of my parents), I am typical: I focus on those two necessities of my life first and taking care of myself falls to the bottom of the list. It’s a terrible conundrum — I can’t let my work or caregiving slip, but there are only so many hours in the …

E. Robert Kinney: His Shtick was Fish Sticks

Posted on 05/17/2013 by | Who's News | Comments

Bulletin Today | FoodIf you’ve ever struggled to get a picky seven- or eight-year-old to eat some fish, you have E. Robert Kinney to thank for making the job just a wee bit easier. Kinney, who died on May 2 at age 96 in Arizona, was a Maine native who originally dreamed of becoming a history teacher but decided during the Great Depression that the job market in education wasn’t bright enough. Instead, after a stint in the New Deal’s National Youth Administration, …

At 85, Barbara Cook Joins the Supremes

Posted on 05/17/2013 by | Who's News | Comments

Bulletin Today | Entertainment | PoliticsWhere to hear some great music in the nation’s capital? If you’re a fan of orchestral music, opera, jazz or musical theater, there’s The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. Should you prefer a more intimate venue, there’s Blues Alley. But would you ever think of the U.S. Supreme Court? Highly doubtful, to say the least. As it turns out, however, the court’s nine justices aren’t so completely consumed with weighty matters that they can’t take an occasional …

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