A News Cafe dot com » Doni Greenberg and Kelly Brewer http://anewscafe.com Fri, 12 Mar 2010 03:34:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en http://anewscafe.com http://anewscafe.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/anewscafeicon1.gif A News Cafe dot com Blue Moon Brings New Year Changes to anewscafe.com http://anewscafe.com/2010/01/01/happy-new-year-ch-ch-ch-ch-changes/ http://anewscafe.com/2010/01/01/happy-new-year-ch-ch-ch-ch-changes/#comments Fri, 01 Jan 2010 08:01:53 +0000 Doni Greenberg and Kelly Brewer http://anewscafe.com/?p=11892 http://anewscafe.com/2010/01/01/happy-new-year-ch-ch-ch-ch-changes/feed/ The Dish - 12.04.09 http://anewscafe.com/2009/12/04/the-dish-120409/ http://anewscafe.com/2009/12/04/the-dish-120409/#comments Fri, 04 Dec 2009 13:00:51 +0000 Doni Greenberg and Kelly Brewer http://anewscafe.com/?p=11140

Kelly: Pardon me while I froth at the mouth. My health insurance company tells me the cost of my premiums will increase by 50 percent next month.  No reason.  Just because.  Family of four, healthy, with high-deductible policy…  we will soon…

]]> http://anewscafe.com/2009/12/04/the-dish-120409/feed/ Humorous Thanksgivings & Least-Favorite T-Day Dishes http://anewscafe.com/2009/11/26/memorable-funny-thanksgivings-least-favorite-t-day-dishes/ http://anewscafe.com/2009/11/26/memorable-funny-thanksgivings-least-favorite-t-day-dishes/#comments Thu, 26 Nov 2009 12:38:38 +0000 Doni Greenberg and Kelly Brewer http://anewscafe.com/?p=11163 http://anewscafe.com/2009/11/26/memorable-funny-thanksgivings-least-favorite-t-day-dishes/feed/ The Dish - 11.20.09 http://anewscafe.com/2009/11/20/the-dish-112009/ http://anewscafe.com/2009/11/20/the-dish-112009/#comments Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:00:33 +0000 Doni Greenberg and Kelly Brewer http://anewscafe.com/?p=11039

Doni: So, you know how we’ve kvetched from time to time about customer service - what we would decree if we were queens of the retail and service world?

Kelly: Yes. Tell me, what’s new in the world of good customer service? Please.

Doni: This…

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Doni: … I love that sound. Music to my ears.

Kelly: What sound? Are you finally getting songs to play in your head?

Doni: No, nothing like that. It’s the dishwasher. Shhh. Hear it? That’s the sound of work being done. Forgive the passive sentence…

]]> http://anewscafe.com/2009/11/13/the-dish-111309/feed/ Veterans Day - We Salute and Remember http://anewscafe.com/2009/11/11/veterans-day-we-salute-and-remember/ http://anewscafe.com/2009/11/11/veterans-day-we-salute-and-remember/#comments Wed, 11 Nov 2009 08:56:12 +0000 Doni Greenberg and Kelly Brewer http://anewscafe.com/?p=10804 In honor of Veterans Day we recognize and thank veterans for their service and sacrifice.

Below you’ll find information about some area Veterans Day events, and plenty of room to salute and remember your special veterans in the comments section.

In the meantime, some of us at anewsafe.com submitted pictures of…

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Wednesday, in honor of Veterans Day, anewscafe.com will feature readers’ tributes to veterans, both in the story and comment section.

From now until 8 p.m. Monday you’re invited to submit your veterans’ photos, and short tributes and/or messages for inclusion in the Veterans Day story.

Submissions may be emailed to anewscafe@gmail.com with…

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Doni: What do you think is the sexiest thing for a man to wear?

KellY: The scent of fresh soap.

Doni: You funny. I’m talking about clothing.

Kelly: OK. White shirt, blue jeans, cowboy boots. And a twinkle in his eyes. And a smile. And the…

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Kelly: Do you have a song in your head?

Doni: No. Oops. Why, am I humming out loud?

Kelly: No. I just wondered what song is playing in your head right this minute.

Doni: Nothing is playing in my head. It’s blissfully quiet.  Or it was.  What…

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Doni: Love, love, love this weather. Bring it on. Wind, rain, cold.

Kelly: It’s nice, isn’t it? Makes me want to cook. I made minestrone Wednesday, a whole big tub of it, and a peach cobbler, too. Any excuse to turn on the…

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Doni: I hope you feel comfortable being on the big screen, because that’s exactly where we are. Our anewscafe.com ads went up last week at Prime Cinemas in Anderson, Red Bluff and Weaverville. You do realize, Kelly, that our heads will look 40 feet tall.

Kelly: Yikes!

Doni: Yikes is right. Bruce and I…

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Kelly: I hear the Hilltop Drive power poles are coming down, down, down and should be all done by Oct. 15.  Then the palm trees (I know how you love them) will really stand out.

Doni: Well, it’ll be a joy to see…

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Doni: We made it through the United Way Celebrity Waiter night (high fives!), and I really hope that organization made a lot of money. A good cause - yes - but I confess, the primary reason we said yes was because Chita Johnson asked…

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Doni: It’s weird to see 9.11 as the date. Can you believe it’s been eight years? I’ll never forget that morning. I was getting ready for work and my sister Bethany called from New York where she stood on a sidewalk…

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Kelly: Welcome home from your mini-vacation.  Did you have a good time? Did you see plays in Ashland? Did you bring me a present? Tell us everything.

Doni: Thanks for holding down the fort while we were gone. One, we had a great…

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Kelly: ArtHop is Saturday night. It’s our first official one since we hooked up with that dynamic duo Troy Hawkins and Adam Mankoski. Party-party-party all over town. FREE.

Doni: Love those guys. They’re my heroes. They’ve done more for the north state’s art…

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Kelly: Let’s talk about sex.

Doni: OK! You go first.

Kelly: I heard a public service announcement on Power 94 – where I get my Shakira fix — about safe sex, and the song “Let’s Talk About Sex” by Salt-N-Pepa was the background music.  It’s…

]]> http://anewscafe.com/2009/07/31/the-dish-73109/feed/ Cooking at the Cascade 7.24.09 Recipes http://anewscafe.com/2009/07/25/cooking-at-the-cascade-french-margarita/ http://anewscafe.com/2009/07/25/cooking-at-the-cascade-french-margarita/#comments Sat, 25 Jul 2009 07:07:21 +0000 Doni Greenberg and Kelly Brewer http://anewscafe.com/?p=8038 As promised, here are the recipes from the July 24 Cooking at the Cascade. First up is Maritime Seafood & Grill’s French Margarita, demonstrated by super server (and Airpart Cafe owner) Ezra Herback. We posted this photo before we helped…

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Kelly: How about that new restaurant review blog we added to our bloggers page? It’s called MenuPlease, and it focuses on where to eat in Redding and Shasta County.  Pretty good:  Good writer, good taste, good judgment.  Honest, too. Wow.

Doni: We’ll never tell…

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Doni: We had a great time at ArtHop’s birthday in Library Park, didn’t we?

Kelly: Why, yes, we did, Miss D. The art, the music, the camaraderie, the fun people, the official people, the official citation and warning.  I love a party…

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Kelly: If I were new here (which I was a mere six years ago this summer), what would you tell me about Redding and the north state so I don’t look like a rube?

Doni: Welcome to Reddin’, whippersnapper newcomer. Six years still…

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Doni: Pretty exciting week, huh?

Kelly: You said it. Hard to believe Hawkman Studios and ArtHop really are finally going to mash up with anewscafe.com. But I guess once they asked if we wanted to hook up (!), it was only a matter of…

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Doni: (typing/chatting online while on the road from San Francisco Airport home to Igo, bringing a Czech visitor - Pavel, 20-year-old brother of daughter-in-law; Bruce is driving.) Hey there, Kel … It’s been a fun day, I feel like I’m bringing home…

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Kelly: Tell me something good.

Doni: I was driving down Cypress Avenue the other day and saw a car with a personalized plate that caught my eye: NEWSTALK, which I took to mean News Talk, not New Stalk. But anyway, I was surprised…

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Kelly: Tell us, Doni, did you do anything interesting this past week, anything at all? Think hard.

Doni: Whimper, swoon…

Kelly: For example, did you perhaps see a performance by that objet de son affection? The really handsome one? Onstage?

Doni: Swoon, sway, moan…

Kelly: Mrs. Greenberg. Snap…

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Kelly: During my recent travels I saw a few things that might or might not be related and that bother me on several levels. May I vent?

Doni: Sure, go for it. Can’t wait to hear this.

Kelly: I realize I risk landing…

]]> http://anewscafe.com/2009/06/05/the-dish-6509/feed/ Who Wrote ‘The Redding Song’? http://anewscafe.com/2009/06/03/who-wrote-the-redding-song/ http://anewscafe.com/2009/06/03/who-wrote-the-redding-song/#comments Wed, 03 Jun 2009 12:01:48 +0000 Doni Greenberg and Kelly Brewer http://anewscafe.com/?p=7293

This song has appeared in our combined email mail boxes about a dozen times in the last month or so.

The senders never knew the answer to two questions: Who wrote the song, and who’s the performer?

Surely one of you has the answers so…

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