The time will start to fly once he's born. Trust me. Next month my oldest turns 16, and it seems like last week when he arrived.

Yogi, I hope your son is feeling better. I know how important football is to him. Did the poor guy have a concussion?

Does anyone else have the Holy Thursday tradition of visiting three churches in the evening?

Klyd, I've never heard of this Holy Thursday tradition. What is the significance??

My second wife used to visit 7 churches on Holy Thursday when she was a kid... she told me that it was some old tradition but I don't know the details. Her background was Irish/Polish; maybe it had to do with the background? (BTW - She came from a family of seven kids and they were all named after saints).

Almost every year I plan to do the stations of the cross. Tomorrow I plan to do them. We'll see. As a former Catholic I feel that emotional connection to church ritual. Usually though, I end up being too lazy.

I was just going to post that, Olivant. I'm going to my original parish tomorrow morning, Our Lady of Mount Carmel, on 187th Street in the Bronx. I'll go to Mass, do the stations, grab a little lunch, and do some shopping on Arthur Avenue.

I've never heard of 3, but have heard of visiting 7 churches on Holy Thursday.

From what I can remember I think that the significance of visiting 7 churches has something to do with Christians visiting congregations that they wouldn’t normally see. That by going to churches in different neighborhoods it serves as a reminder that the church is a universal church.

He had a sore head yesterday Klyd and he has a stiff neck still today but he seems okay now to be honest. He is prancing on and off the Wii as i post this and talking about being ready to play football next week if he puts a head band over his scar......

The kid is keen

I told him that when he gets older girls will love his scars?

He told me "Uuuuuuuurrrrgggghhhhh"

He will sharp change his tune

Glad to hear that Junior is on the mend, Yogi.

I haven't had a chance to grab a copy of USA Today, but here is the website. The picture and the first one listed is my parents candy store

10 Great places to hit your sweet spot for Easter

Seriously? That place looks GREAT!!

Looks nice Blib

That looks like a place Hansel and Gretel would visit.

It is really nice. Can they ship via UPS?

They do regularly.

Pretty neat, BL!

Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.

Back in 1987 my wife, my brother in-law, my sister in-law and I drove down the west coast and stopped in Carmel for the day. (We planned and did a 2 week west coast trip based around the Super Bowl in Pasadena) I remember going into one of those candy shops but am not sure which one it was. The Cottage Of Sweets website says that it's been around since 1960, and I think that it is the one that we went to. Carmel is a beautiful place and all those little shops are really great. Such a quaint little town.

Isn't that the town that Clint Eastwood was Mayor?

That's what a candy store should look like - a quaint Tudor village, or is it Bavarian?

Eastwood was mayor?

I was re-tagging some of my Facebook photos and came upon Clem Caserta so went to IMDb to see if his Jimmy Whispers Returns to Mulberry Street (2004) home movie ever did anything... and lo and behold I found the less-than-glowing review on the page was written by plawrence!

I talked to my sister who is almost Opus Dei and she says that she practices the tradition. She also says that at each church they wash the feet of 12 parishoners in remembrance of Jesus washing the Apostles feet.

Yogi, give my best to your boy - here's to a quick recovery for him!

BL, that's an adorable shop...I love it! Thanks for sharing the article!

BL, your parent's store only sells fudge and licorice?

YOUR FACE!

Just about the only thing you won't find are American candies that you can get anywhere else. They sell just about everything else though, including candy bars imported from all over the world. I know the licorice is the number one thing they ship because people can't get that variety aywhere else, and my Dad makes the fudge in the store with his own recipes, so maybe that's why they are the only two things on the website.

It's such a small place run by just my Mom and Dad that they don't have time to keep up a website with every new thing that comes and goes in the store.

Dammit, Blib! I was looking for some wholesale Kit-Kats!

forum members get free candy right?

Of course! As long as you've been a member since Jan 16, 2009 or sooner... OR can beat me in fantasy sports.