Bonni Brodnick Blog

... to all of my readers. xoBonni ~ Click here for audio accompaniment ~~

How can you tell your right hand from your left hand? Your right hand has the thumb on the left. Your left hand has the thumb on the right.  (Always good to know.)

Thought you'd enjoy this humorous editorial about the bar scene and collegiate courting ritual that Annie wrote for   The Cornell Daily Sun .  I like when she writes: "Nestled in a remote alleyway in the temperate, deciduous biome of Collegetown likes the unique habitat of Pixel, a forum where coeds congregate to display and act upon their most primal instincts."

For Immediate Release POUND RIDGE PAST  Available Exclusively in  New Canaan  at design solutions (March 24, 2013) -- Design Solutions is pleased to announce that POUND RIDGE PAST: Remembrances of Our Townsfolk is now available exclusively in New Canaan at their store on Elm Street. The book -- written by Bonni Brodnick, with graphic design by Gina Federico and photographs by Fran Collin -- reveals what life was like from the rural 1920s to the swinging 1970s in  Pound Ridge, N.Y., a beautiful town that meets the New Canaan border. The book includes first-hand accounts about attending one-room schoolhouses, the day World War II ended, a party at which Albert Einstein was a surprise guest, and tales about farmers, basket makers, artists, teachers, merchants, socialites and local glitterati. Actors and producers, including Tallulah Bankhead, Frank Morgan (the "Wizard of Oz" himself), Buster Crabbe, Shirley Jones, Eli Wallach and Ann Jackson; writer...

This year we know what Spring Break is really about. It's about how if we go through one more snow and ice storm, we will break down. Crack up. Wig out. Lose our minds. Our spirit. Our very souls. The Irish Soda Bread I baked for St. Patrick's day isn't even stale yet and we were dumped with another 8-inches of snow. The poor peepers are yearning to pop out and announce springtime in Pound Ridge.

Who says Michelle O. is the best FLOTUS* in history?  I say it's Eleanor Roosevelt! T his priceless clip just might change your mind.    Click here .   It was pointed out that the commercial was done by Ogilvy & Mather.  David Ogilvy said it was a failure as an ad.  Viewers could only remember Eleanor , not the product. That's funny.  After watching it, all I can remember  is the voice-over saying,  "... Good Luck is light in taste and light on your tongue and it leaves no oily aftertaste. " * First Lady of the United States

The Gaggle-of-Orchids-in-Flight Orchid The Lemon Zest White Orchid The Purple Landing Pad Orchid The Praying Stamen Orchid The Mentholated Flip-Petal Orchid The Jester Orchid

. . . De rigueur this season. Flamboyant footwear is timeless.

Hold the presses. Turn off the lights. Flap open the refrigerator doors. Open the windows. Take the clothes off the line. Bake a country pie. Cross the green mountain. Throw out the bucket of water. Rev up the motor ... my daughter got tix to see Bob Dylan at Cornell. He is my absolute guru and hero. OMG!

Snow is winding down in the Chicago area, and nosing to the Northeast. Winter getting to you?  Here's a splash of inspiration from the flower show in Philadelphia.  Not only does the "City of Brotherly Love" have Philly Cheese Steaks, and soft pretzels served with mustard, but they know how to throw an excellent flower fest that features the world's largest indoor exhibition of landscape displays, horticultural and floral competitions, and lots of showy posies. Peace out with the following snapshots:

BEDFORD MAGAZINE / March 2005 "GETTING TO KNOW YOU: Oscar Andy Hammerstein III" By Bonni Brodnick                             Oscar Andy Hammerstein III Oscar Andy Hammerstein III, painter, writer lecturer, and family historian, truly has the muse -- just like his father, Jamie Hammerstein; his father’s father, Oscar Hammerstein II; and his father’s father’s father, Oscar Hammerstein I. In Andy's book, Hammersteins: A Musical Theatre Family , the reader experiences the dawn of Broadway theater and the brilliance, wit and whimsy of an illustrious and prolific family who truly impacted American entertainment. A South Salem, New York resident, Andy, who recently appeared in the PBS documentary series, “BROADWAY: The American Musical,” gives us a perspective on the 101st Anniversary of Broadway; how his grandfather, Oscar II, and his partner Richard Rodgers, changed the American theatrical and musi...