Bea Louis I hate to say it, but I’m not very athletic.  I’d rather play a game of scrabble than play a game of basketball.  I can beat you at Spades, but I can’t beat you in a lap around…

Bea Louis Some see the positives.  I see the negatives.  The kids are full of cheers.  I’m full of tears.  Kids say Snow Day.  I say back up Parkway.  They see the probabilities.  I see impossibilities. Oh, if only I…

Bea Louis My mother had seven brothers and no sisters.  So, every summer, her mother would send her to St. Louis to spend time with her Aunt Connie and Uncle Bill.  My mother had four sons and me.  So, when…

Bea Louis I got up this morning and my phone said it was 39 degrees!  I wanted to shake it like dice so the 3 and the 9 would change to 93 degrees!  Unfortunately, time doesn’t work like that.  It…

Bea Louis “You’ve reached your calorie intake for today.”  I hate to see those words.  Should I continue to eat and not write it down?  Would that be food diary deception? I am kind of obsessed with calories.  I know…

Guest Contributor: Bea Louis I wanted to tell you about my experience at a diner while I was in New York.  Then I thought – I was a diner at a diner!  Homonym or Homograph?  Homonyms are words that sound…

Bea Louis Last week, I went to upstate New York for vacation.  We flew into Newark, NJ, and rented a car.  My friend from Nebraska was nervous the whole time.  Jumping, screaming, biting her nails just because a car was…

Bea Louis Chef Daphne has been at it again.  She's winning the competition.  What competition do you say?  The competition to convert me from carnivore to vegetarian.  She's made Vegan dinners that made me forget I didn't have any chicken…

Bea Louis Empowering!  Influential!  Life-Changing!  No, I am not talking about money.  Remember, this is a food blog!  I’m talking about green food.  Vegetables, vegetables, des legumes!  Chef Daphne sent me a picture of a dish she had prepared for…

Bea Louis I want to be Vegan or Vegetarian or Pescatarian.  They all sound so healthy!  However, I can’t seem to get past chicken.  I can do without red meat.  I think about Elsie the Cow and how cute she…