Youth is a wonderful thing.  What a crime to waste it on children.  ~George Bernard Shaw Perhaps one of the best advertisements for having children (and not that I am getting on that particular soapbox, mind you), and one which gets very little publicity, is that you have a perfect alibi for buying toys and [...]

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The first Christmas Ramona and I spent together, I bought her one of those huge bags of various styles of rawhide which she promptly ripped open, piled up and then passed out on top of. She was so happy and content to spend Christmas day asleep on her mountain of rawhide. These days, the pooch [...]

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We all know someone (or are someone) who prefers to drink their calories than eat them. Not only are they a regular at watering holes across the Hill, but their home bar is better stocked than several of those bars. Well, you don’t have to leave the neighborhood to get me them a present this [...]

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Anytime one of my girlfriends is in need of a gift for any random occasion, she emails me for a suggestion.  Why?  Because, she says, I always have unique ideas.  I’m not sure if this reputation is deserved, but my secret is twofold:  seek out people who don’t have a traditional storefront and/or opt for [...]

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We all know someone who is a little obsessed by food.  High-brow, low-brow: this person will eat his or her way out of a paper bag.  This person may, in fact, eat the paper bag, if he or she comes across a good paper bag recipe. Sometimes, we may turn to this person for a [...]

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Here at The Hill is Home we are all about Hill pride.  Shocker, right?  We are also all about doing our holiday shopping on the Hill.  Sure, you can just shop online and have everything delivered to your house, but why not give some holiday cheer to our local merchants as well?  Online or in [...]

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