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In The Name Of Love—Chocolates and Kisses

Valentine’s Day is less than 24 hours away… do you know what you are getting your sweetheart? In my book, nothing says love like a big box of chocolates. But, if you want to really impress your Valentine’s then you may want to kick it up a notch and take a hint from some of Hollywood’s biggest names that tend to think out of the box (or at least their personal shoppers do) when it comes to finding the perfect gift for their chocoholic lovers. In Tinseltown chocolate telegrams are all the rage. The sweet candy-grams are perfect for the … Continue reading →

Keeping up with the Joneses

Yes, former Bond girl Grace Jones was there… along with about 1,200 other people who share the same last name. In fact, the collective group of Joneses broke a world record Friday for the biggest get-together of people with the same last name. According to officials from Guinness World Records, the gathering in Cardiff, Wales more than doubled the size of the previous record-holder — a meeting of 583 people named Norberg in Sweden in 2004. You wouldn’t think the previous record would be tough to beat considering Jones is the most common surname in Wales and is Britain’s second-most … Continue reading →