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Our Vancouver Olympic Recap: Figure Skating, Curling and Haiku

We admit it. We are part of the millions of Americans who have stayed home to watch Salchows, triple axels, skips and rocks.

Marks left on the ice (drawing by Peggy S. Shearn)

Young people hurl themselves off of mountains / twisting in the air / Other wear spangles and cry. Despite the

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Guilty Pleasures: Restaurants where calories don't count.

Today’s post is written by Ron Kaplan of LTHForum.com. Did we miss your guilty pleasure? Let us know so we can share with the group.

So the holidays are in the rear-view mirror, you’ve been diligent in your austere, post-holiday eating but now you’re ready to reward yourself. If you want to “get your grub on,”

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Chicago Curling Club: "Good Curling!"

You’ve passed that sign on Dundee  road a million times: Chicago Curling Club. Did you ever wonder what goes on in there? And why does their logo have a tam-o-shanter?

Curling originated in Scotland around 500 years ago. In Bruegel’s 1565 painting, Winter Landscape with Bird Trap, there are curlers playing on the frozen lake. The

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