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