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Paper vs. Plastic or Bring your own bag

This is a constant debate in the Mama’s Keeper Blog. Since Gram is from the old school, her belief is that every bag is useful. Plus, growing up during the Depression also seared in her that she has to hold on to everything, including plastic bags. This does not  make it easy to convince her [...]

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How to save time and money before going to the supermarket

Lately, supermarket circulars have been finding their way to Grandma’s door. So when she call and asks me to pick something up, I had no clue what she was talking about until recently.
So I figured out that there has to be a better way. So I decided to see if the supermarkets in question had [...]

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A Loaf of Bread

They say that a slice of pizza is the barometer of NYC transit fare. What about a loaf of bread?
I am Forbidden (yes, that’s a capital F) to get bread for Grandma that’s above $2.00. She says that it doesn’t make sense to just give away money.
Often I am lectured about back in the day [...]

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Buying the Digital Converters

This is a follow up to the post from nearly a year ago.
My Dad asked a month ago if I sent for the coupons. I’m glad I filed for them in time (at the end of November.) They arrived in mid-December.
So on Monday evening, I decided to get the digital converter for Grandma. I decided [...]

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Rite Aid’s Site for caregivers

While writing another blog post, I stumbled upon Rite Aid’s site for caregivers. The site has video from experts, forums and articles for caregivers.

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Off to the Drugstore

See what happens when Grandma sends me to the drugstore. Also, how I managed to save 4 bucks once I got there.

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Junior’s cheesecake as birthday cake

Junior’s cheesecake
Originally uploaded by roboppy
Grandma was telling me how she was craving a Pineapple Junior’s Cheesecake. So on a non-descript weekday afternoon, I went to the original Junior’s in Brooklyn (I know this picture says GCT, but being a Brooklyn girl, no other Junior’s count) and got 3 slices, her pineapple, a chocolate mousse [...]

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No more Knishes at Nathan’s

The famous Nathan’s, Coney Island

Originally uploaded by SophieLH

I managed to make it to one of my favorite spots, Nathan’s. They now have a calorie count listed. Grandma says its a new law that went into effect this past Friday the first. However, I am really bummed since they said that the no longer [...]

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Waiting for Chicken Wings

Its another Saturday in the city and Grandma sent me to to supermarket to get among other things, a tray of chicken breasts or chicken wings. The first place I went was to the poultry section and no breasts or wings. So I did my other shopping for 10 minutes and then returned [...]

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