Frugal Café Blog Zone

Vicki McClure Davidson | November 15, 2011

  This is what hopenchange looks like — “I want what I want when I want it.” Shanaya Edgell wanted a cheeseburger at a Janesville, Wisconsin McDonald’s at 3 am — but it was “breakfast-menu” time, so no cheeseburgers, honey. And so, Shanaya went ballistic: The 22-year-old–for some unexplained reason–turned on her boyfriend, biting him [...]

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Vicki McClure Davidson | September 6, 2011

Credit to Molly at Pininterest for the above vintage photo. I rarely agree with the ultra-liberal opinions posted at New York Times. But one written yesterday by Helen Zoe Veit, on the importance of reviving Home Economics classes in our schools to not only teach home cooking but nutrition, is close to my frugal heart. [...]

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Vicki McClure Davidson | July 26, 2011

  First Lady Michelle Obama is quite pleased that fast-food giant McDonald’s will be adding her beloved, grease-loaded fat cakes in upcoming Happy Meals… strike that, adding apple slices sans dipping sauces. The First Lady was, I believe, never once photographed munching on a plate of any of the myriad species of vitamin-rich, fat-free African [...]

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