Having now survived Thanksgiving and my food coma, we are looking forward to that busy last month of the year.  We've already got some e...

Oktoberfest 2015 has officially kicked off in Munich:   "O'zapft is!" The annual celebration is expected to bring six mil...

Today is officially Memorial Day and despite cloudy skies with off and on rain the traditional Memorial Day observance at Greenwood Cemetery...

I'm a bit slow on the annual "what to do for New Year's Eve" post, but let's give it a shot.  Here's a roundup o...

I'm limping along to Christmas, y'all.  I've got the tree up but all the icicles aren't on there yet, and one string of li...

Can we please, please just skip over to January? To you, this looks like a bunch of gross candied fruit.  To me, it's 45 years worth ...

It's Veterans Day weekend:  read about the history of Veterans Day here .  And here . Locally, there are many activities scheduled: ...

More than just the start of summer, or an excuse for a bar-b-que, Memorial Day is a day of remembrance of those who have fallen in defense...

Happy Mother's Day! This is my first Mother's Day without my mom and it'll be odd.  No trip to the plant store for a new ...

Happy Easter! Unless you live under a rock you will have heard (or seen) already about the Google choice today to honor Cesar Chavez rat...

Merry Christmas! Mr. SIGIS and I are all settled in for the evening and are awaiting the 24 hour marathon of   A Christmas Story . I...

Thanksgiving. The start of the holiday season.  It comes with mixed feelings around here; I love the holidays but it's always sort o...

Oh hoppy day! It's IPA Day! IPA Day was founded in 2011 to celebrate craft beers and the entire craft beer culture.  Read more abo...

It's been a memorable Memorial Day around SIGIS. After talking about it and not doing anything about it for several years, Steve and...

Happy New Year! Mr. SIGIS and I are headed out for dinner (Asian) and then to our local hangout with friends for a bit.  We'll make ...

We got a little stir crazy yesterday and had to get out of the house.  As much as I loathe the Christmas traffic, we found a way around th...