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Patty Kimerer

Giving up Lent up for Lent — is it over yet?

You know how I was recently complaining, er, mentioning that February is technically the shortest month of the year but sort of feels like it lasts, oh, I don’t know, about a century, give or take a decade? Well, I’m sticking with that whiny theme, my good peeps, as I dive headlong into ...

Groundhogs, hedgehogs, pizza and long naps

Ah, February. No matter if you pronounce it — feb-BROO-ari (the correct way, BT Dubs) or feb-YOO-ari (like Yogi Bear might refer to it) — there are some absolutely stellar things about this little monthette, so to speak. I mean, this is that one month of the year that is technically the ...

Calling Cupid: Please send gourmet grub

Editor’s note: Due to a glitch in technology (“My cyber dog ate my column”), we present this Classic Kimerer from Feb. 10, 2019. Remember when you were a little kid and you had to make your Valentine’s Day box? Sure you do. Every year, school children from kindergarten (I guess I’m ...

New holidays offer many reasons to celebrate

Editor’s note: This Classic Kimerer column originally ran Feb. 1, 2004. Ah, February, that short month filled with all those fabulous days. Groundhog Day, Valentine’s Day, Presidents Day and, this year, Leap Day. It’s a little known fact that today, actually, is ...

Tripping over fine line between love and hate

I don’t love Donald Trump. Then again, I don’t hate Donald Trump. And, for the love of all that is holy, I certainly would never even entertain the thought of ANSWERING the question: “Did you vote for Donald Trump?” Even I’M not that simple. Sheesh! Take him or leave him, it ...

Nana-nana-nana-nana, I want NO bats, man

Have you ever had one of those days when your get-up-and-go is too pooped to even have got-up-and-went? Truth be told, that phrase has always driven me a little bonkers since the grammar itself also appears to have left the building, capisce? Words folks like yours truly don’t appreciate ...