In Western culture, the piñata has become a party favorite. After all, who doesn’t love beating the stuffing out of something with a stick now and then? It’s also yielded more than its fair share of hilarious videos. Any time you put a stick in the hands of a five-year-old, blindfold him, spin him … [Read more...]
ON YOUR MARK, GET SET, JUMP!
Jill Jayne is a registered dietitian and the energetic, creative force behind Jump with Jill, a health program that makes nutrition and health fun for kids by combining music with entertaining fitness lessons. The live Jump with Jill show has been performed 1,000 times for 250,000 kids all over the … [Read more...]
WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING FORWARD TO DOING THIS SPRING?
Between this awesome spring weather that we’ve been having and keeping up with my brackets for March Madness, I’m finding it hard to miss the winter we’ve left behind. The snow has melted away, the birds have come back from wherever the heck they vacation during the winter (I think somewhere … [Read more...]
HOW ONE NEW PRODUCT IS MAKING FARMING EASIER
I was raised in a pretty rural region of Pennsylvania, and I even spent a few summers helping on my cousin’s dairy farm. But that’s pretty much where my farming experience ends. I definitely don’t have a green thumb (remember my failed attempt to grow a watermelon?), but my limited interaction with … [Read more...]
FEBRUARY PRIZE: A WATERMELON SALT & PEPPER SHAKER!
Now at age 4, my daughter has quite a collection of, well, collections going on. Between the boxes of Barbie dolls and all their tiny clothes, a tote full of barnyard animals, and a million other toys, she has a selection most kids would go bonkers for. As I tucked her into bed last night, I … [Read more...]
THIS WATERMELON RAISIN BREAD WILL BLOW YOUR MIND
No, the watermelon raisin bread you see above wasn’t created using some Photoshop trickery. It was actually baked like that, and it’s really not that hard. Check out the video below for a step-by-step tutorial. It’s about seven minutes long, but it’s an entertaining and informative seven minutes, … [Read more...]
SECOND SLICE: DO YOU SALT YOUR WATERMELON?SECOND SLICE: DO YOU SALT YOUR WATERMELON?
This is a popular debate in watermelon circles, so I’ve decided to repost this entry from 2011. Sound off with your thoughts on the issue with a comment, and cast your vote in the poll in the right hand sidebar! I’ve mentioned in the past that I love salt, but not on watermelon. My statement has … [Read more...]
TRY NOT TO FEEL HAPPY AFTER WATCHING THIS VIDEO… I DARE YOU!
Tom Rosenthal is a 26-year-old songwriter from London, England, and not to be confused with the U.K.’s other 26-year-old Tom Rosenthal, who’s an actor and a comedian. Tom Rosenthal the comedian might want to watch out, though, because Tom Rosenthal the songwriter also knows how to make people … [Read more...]
HE’S A HIKER, HE’S A WATERMELON LOVER, HE’S THE WATERMELON MAN
As the Watermelon Guy, I’m constantly looking for new and interesting ways that people use watermelon. Bold, beautiful creations have been produced from the minds of watermelon lovers worldwide. I’d like to say that I’d do just about anything for watermelon. When I was in the Navy, we used to run … [Read more...]
A QUEEN IS CROWNED AT THE 2015 NATIONAL WATERMELON ASSOCIATION CONVENTION!
It’s February, which means the members of the National Watermelon Association (NWA) came together this past weekend for the group’s annual convention in La Quinta, California. The convention featured the usual meetings and seminars about all things watermelon, but the NWA members also took … [Read more...]
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