Feature | Thursday, March 18,2004

Grace about town 3-18-04

I'm terrible at Trivial Pursuit -- really, really awful. Sometimes I answer a literature or entertainment question correctly, but to me the game is a painful thing that's easily avoided. When I

Feature | Thursday, March 11,2004

Grace about town 3-11-04

By Grace Smith

I just got back from the 63rd Annual Daytona Beach Bike Week. It's the world's largest motorcycle event, ten days of bikes everywhere, plus everything bike-related for sale and more bikers in chaps th

Feature | Thursday, March 4,2004

Grace about town 3-4-04

By Grace Smith

Confession: I love to cook. It started with bread-making. When I was four, Mom let me help bake bread. She always let me help because her mom never let her (my grandmother felt Mom would make a

Feature | Thursday, February 26,2004

Grace about town 2-26-04

By Grace Smith

Feb. 23, 11:41 a.m. I just got my braces off. Life is awash in rosiness. Way back on New Year's Eve afternoon, during my monthly orthodontist visit, I got my one wish for the new year: He set a da

Feature | Thursday, February 19,2004

Grace about town 2-19-04

By Grace Smith

My dad and brother David have an antique shop, Ruby Sled Antiques. Dad started it because Mom told him if he didn't do something with all the stuff he'd collected over the years, she'd move out

Feature | Thursday, February 12,2004

Grace about town 2-12-04

By Grace Smith

I met Jay Leno. I got to meet him so he could tell me he didn't want to be interviewed. Last week, when I told you Jay left me a message on my cell phone (he said, "Hi, Grace, it's Jay Leno. I d

Feature | Thursday, February 5,2004

Grace about town 2-5-04

Grace about town

By Grace Smith

Vol. 1: Jay Leno Called Me on My Phone My original intent in going to LA wasn't to stalk Jay Leno; it hadn't even crossed my mind. I usually try to refrain from stalking anybody. All I wanted was 11

Feature | Thursday, January 29,2004

Grace about town 1-29-04

By Grace Smith

I told you last week I was going to Speed Date, and I did. ONE DAY BEFORE SPEED DATING: What questions do I ask? A friend said she'd rattle off a list -- Pepsi or Coke? Rolling Stones or the Beatle

Feature | Thursday, January 22,2004

Grace about town 1-22-04

By Grace Smith

I wasn't going to write about dating. I feel that there are more interesting things to talk about other than relationships. And besides, people don't want to hear about them, do they? Yeah, I

Feature | Thursday, January 15,2004

Grace about town

By Grace Smith

If "Friends" at 10 p.m. is a re-run I've seen more than eight or ten times, I'll watch the Channel 20 News. And when they get to Gus Gordon, I have one tiny pang of regret in my heart. No, I don't yea