All week I have $100 gift cards to Adam Broderick Salon & Spa. Perfect to give as a gift for the holidays or just to use on yourself!
Listen for the trivia question every day at 4pm to play. First one with the correct answer wins. Here was today’s if you missed it…
Q: 25% of Americans say it’s been “more than 20 years” since they’ve participated in this winter activity
A: A snowball fight
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It’s been 10 years to the day since the mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown. A day that affected so many of us here in Connecticut. But even the face of tragedy can come good and healing.
Over the past 10 years Jenny Hubbard who’s daughter Catherine lost her life that day has created many tributes to her daughter based on her love of animals. The annual Catherine’s Butterfly Party had 10,000 people attended this year. She has also been creating the Catherine Violet Hubbard Animal Sanctuary in Newtown. A place for people to spend time connecting with animals and finding peace. Today they broke ground on the build out for the facility.
You can learn more about the foundation and the sanctuary here and if you missed Anna and Raven’s interview with Jenny Wednesday morning you can listen to the podcast below:
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You’ve probably used it more than a few times in your life, “hands down”. Which means without question, definitive, by far, etc… but where did it come from?
Horse racing. When the jockey would have a big enough lead that he could relax his arms and hands from holding the horse and still be ahead by enough to win the race.
Makes sense!
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It’s The Fruitcake Challenge! Anna gives Raven and Producer Sean a topic, then they must go back and forth naming thing’s related to that topic. The first person who can’t come up with something must take a bite of the dreadful fruitcake!
Here in Connecticut we are lucky enough to live right in the pizza capitol of the world, New Haven. Wherever your pizza allegiance lies… Pepe’s, Sally’s, Modern, or somewhere off Wooster Street, we can all agree there is nothing quite like a New Haven style pie. Our very own pizza lover Kevin Begley got the chance to sit down with Frank from New Haven Pizza School to discuss all things New Haven ah-beetz! And even how you too can make your very own New Haven pizza at home.
The Santa Tipline has returned! Call 833-431-0905 and leave Santa a voicemail about who has been naughty and who has been nice. Anna and Raven will play the funniest messages on the air! (:40)
Everyone is in a rush this time of year, but if you’re getting pushy on the elevator, that’s all I need to know about you! (4:09)
Do you know the definition of “Goblin Mode”? The Oxford English Dictionary has declared it the word of the year so Anna and Raven decided to see if anyone in the office knew what it meant! (7:16)
Is there a right time to break up with someone during the holidays? Anna’s friend got dumped right before the holiday season began and even though it hurt, it may have been perfect timing! (10:32)
Does Raven have no shame? He did something that Anna thought was completely embarrassing, but Raven doesn’t think he did anything wrong! (17:38)
It’s the 12 Tasks of Christmas! Every day, Anna and Raven pick a new holiday task for a member of the show to perform! Today’s task pits Raven against Producer Sean! (24:40)
Still at a loss about what to get some of the kids on your Christmas list? Anna and Raven spoke to Jackie Cucco from Toy Insider to get the scoop on the most popular gifts this holiday season! (28:12)
Holly’s father asked her husband, Jeff, to put $300 on his credit card when they were shopping at Home Depot because he had forgotten his wallet. Now, it’s a few weeks later and he has yet to pay him back. Jeff wants to say something to his father-in-law about it, but Holly thinks it’s rude to ask for the money. It’s her dad and they are on a fixed income; he has to just wait until her dad brings it up. What do you think? (32:05)
Kate’s got a shot at $1200! Can she beat Raven in pop culture trivia and claim the prize? (41:47)
Every Tuesday Kevin talks all things food with Alex from CT FoodGirly. With the holidays in full swing you probably have a few parties to go to these next few weeks with coworkers, family, and friends. So you don’t show up empty handed Alex has some great bakeries here in CT to pick up some tasty treats to bring.
Scratch Baking – Milford (yule logs cakes and bark)
They offer a holiday cheesecake, flourless chocolate cake, a classic Yule Log, and homemade cinnamon buns for Christmas morning.
Michele’s Pies – Norwalk
All handmade pies. Offering pickup for Friday or Saturday before Christmas with fruit pies, nut pies, cream pies and cheesecakes too.
Crumb cake, cheddar chive biscuits, banana chocolate chip bread.
Disorbo’s Italian Bakery – Hamden
They offer giant cannoli’s and a cannoli Christmas tree and struffoli
Sweet Cioccolata – Wallingford
One of my favorite chocolate spots for a quick ready-to-go gift basket. Perfect for parties and last minute gatherings.
Meriano’s Bakery – Madison (won best bakery of the shoreline in 2022 and 2021)
They are offering a pink peppermint cupcake, death by chocolate cannoli, and a pistachio cannoli as their holiday and December flavors of the month. They also made whoopie pies for Christmas time as well.
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All week I have $100 gift cards to Adam Broderick Salon & Spa. Perfect to give as a gift for the holidays or just to use on yourself!
Listen for the trivia question every day at 4pm to play. First one with the correct answer wins. Here was today’s if you missed it…
Q: 85% of people say eating this gives them a sense of warmth and comfort in the winter
A: Mac & Cheese
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A perfect story for #TacoTuesday! A taco shop in the subrubs of Chicago has gone viral in the last week thanks to the daughter of the restaurant’s owner. She posted a video to her TikTok account saying how it breaks her heart to see her Mom watch the door everyday waiting for customers to walk in. And how she wises she could give her customers for Christmas.
Well, sure enough the clip went viral and people starting sharing the location of the restaurant. Customers started coming in droves to try the food. To the point that the girl and her Mom had to get more family members to come in and help. Since then there have been about 2,000 people leaving reviews on Google mostly 5-stars.
Such a nice story and great for this family and their holiday season.
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We’re officially 12 days away from Christmas. Every year the list comes out of so how much it would cost to buy everything mentioned in “The 12 Days of Christmas”. And every year it gets more expensive.
This year’s report just came out. The cost to buy it all would be $45,523, up 10.5% from last year. Thanks, inflation… and if you kept buying the items over and over each day like the lyrics to the song it would be run you about $197,000.
Someone has to do it now right? The French hens would be the hardest to get I would think. Think about the shipping costs alone!