I know what you’ve been thinking. “I’m a busy girl, I’m pressed for time. How can I combine my love for alcohol AND confectionery?” Answer: Double Chocolate Booze Balls 2 cups Nabisco chocolate wafers, finely crushed 1 cup coarsely-ground toasted...

Toyland! Toyland! Little girl and boy land! By now you’re probably all toyed out, but I’ve saved if not the best, then possibly the biggest-haired one for last. If you’ve never seen Walt Disney’s Babes in Toyland –released in 1961– you’re in for a...

From Francesca in “Bavaria”, Twistie way out West and your ol’ pal Plummy right here in Austin “Don’t Move Here” Texas, Merry Christmas from the Manolosphere! Click here to buy this song from the ‘Zon. Related Posts:Five Great Christmas Songs #4:...

Ah mulled wine, the festive way to get boozy during the holidays. This is one of those great recipes where you just throw things into a slow-cooker and then get slowly cooked yourself. Mulled Wine 1 magnum (2 bottles) decent red table wine,...

Before Beverly Hills Cop, before Coming to America, and WAY before Donkey and the fat suits (is that a genre now? Young black actor dressed as fat old woman? If so, I do not love it) Eddie Murphy was Billy Ray Valentine in Trading Places. (okay, and...