tips

In an effort to provide a safer community the Duluth Police Department launched tip411.  It's an internet based tool that will allow the public to text message "tips" to the police.  The individual sending the message will remain anonymous and the police will be able to respond thus creating a two way chat.

Although thieves are targeting construction sites, if you are doing any type of home improvements that require you to keep construction materials outside you should be aware that the Duluth Police Department have recognized a crime pattern that has developed in various locations throughout the city in recent weeks and offer some tips.

Fall means my daughter is back in college and my husband is back to teaching mathematics (I should take his class)!  That means MY evenings are busier taking time to make lunches for the three of us.  We did the math (pun intended) and the amount we save by bringing our lunch and not buying it every day is HUGE!  But, it can be stressful coming up with variety, keeping the food safe from fridge to

We always bring our two Schnauzers with us when we camp.  But, we don't tent camp, we have an RV, so that makes it easy.  There's a roof over their head, heat when it's cold and air conditioning when it's hot.  Sometimes, circumstances aren't as pristine and it's necessary to do research, bring additional items and make some considerations before jumping in the car, plane, train or boat.

Is there a topic that can incite more debate than tipping?

People have this misconception that if you're a guy, you probably don't cook.  Well in our house I do 90% of the cooking.  I'm kind of a Mr. Mom except I can't fold laundry to save my life.  So when Taste Of Home Cooking School comes to town, I pay attention and learn a few things.  Here's some things that have helped me in the kitchen that I learned at the traveling cooking school.  I've learned

Okay, I realize that 'Jaws' isn't a traditional Halloween movie choice but for suspense, acting and storytelling you cannot do better than Steven Spielberg's first major hit. Whenever I'm asked what my favorite movie is, 'Jaws' always comes to mind...

Even if you've never seen 'The Exorcist', I'm guessing you've heard of it.  Truly evil, it's worth another viewing this Halloween.  Make sure you watch the directors cut, with the lights out!  

There are a lot of bad horror movies set in space ("Jason X", anyone?).  There is one reason that so many space horror movies were made, and that reason is "Alien".  Released in 1979, the movie tells the story of a commercial towing spaceship, called Nostromo. The ship is carrying its seven-member crew in back to Earth in stasis.  The ship's computer awakens the crew when it re

The most imaginative movie on my list is "Pan's Labyrinth", which is a times an amazing movie and at times a very brutal one.  It takes place during the waning days of the Spanish Civil War, and the war aspects of the film are as tough as any war movie.  Then there's the central figure and story, a beautiful young girl who uses her imagination to escape the horrors of her life.  The imag

I like a good ghost story with a little mystery and "The Others" is a nice recent addition to the genre.  I won't give away any of the surprises, but if you want a quietly paced story to watch in the dark this will do the trick!

I know that when someone mentions subtitles a lot of people get instantly turned off.  Who wants to read a movie, right?   However whenever I've watched a movie with subtitles it doesn't take long at all for me to forget I'm even reading dialog, especially if it's good.  That is the case with the movie '', which is a very disturbing Spanish film from 2007.  It tells the story of a television repor