http://www.shwanda.com/2009/07/phoebes/ A Diary of a Blended Family -- How one couple took a second chance on love and blended five children, four cats, three dogs, two fish and a bird. Fri, 16 Jul 2010 22:45:09 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.shwanda.com/2009/07/phoebes/comment-page-1/#comment-385 Carol Shwanda » Blog Archive » DRAMA QUEEN FOR A DAY Mon, 24 Aug 2009 23:57:45 +0000 http://www.shwanda.com/?p=1776#comment-385 [...] To complicate things the  latter category is subdivided into brown, yellow and honey. I was a waitress once and that skill has served me [...] [...] To complicate things the  latter category is subdivided into brown, yellow and honey. I was a waitress once and that skill has served me [...]

]]> http://www.shwanda.com/2009/07/phoebes/comment-page-1/#comment-344 Carol Shwanda » Blog Archive » NEW YORK CITY Sun, 09 Aug 2009 17:43:11 +0000 http://www.shwanda.com/?p=1776#comment-344 [...] The next day we toured midtown to see Herald Square, the Empire State Building, Penn Plaza and Macy’s and I pointed out all the buildings I used to work in. The kids could not have cared less. My teary-eyed trip down memory lane was nothing but an embarrassment to them, but I didn’t care. This part of the trip was all about me. We went to  Phebe’s, the restaurant where I worked  as a waitress when I first  moved to Manhattan. To read about how I survived a crazy Chinese cook  hurling plates at me click here. [...] [...] The next day we toured midtown to see Herald Square, the Empire State Building, Penn Plaza and Macy’s and I pointed out all the buildings I used to work in. The kids could not have cared less. My teary-eyed trip down memory lane was nothing but an embarrassment to them, but I didn’t care. This part of the trip was all about me. We went to  Phebe’s, the restaurant where I worked  as a waitress when I first  moved to Manhattan. To read about how I survived a crazy Chinese cook  hurling plates at me click here. [...]

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