I'm not sure if there are just fewer Christmas items this year, or if they were just sold out of most of them at our local Trader Joe...

In Connecticut, in order to be fit for sale, a pickle must be able to bounce. In Maryland, it is illegal to curse while driving. In se...

I know at least two members of the WG@TJ's team have been to Italy. The closest I've ever been to Italy would have to be  Little ...

Really, the last thing needed right now is potato chips. I *like* chips, I do not *need* chips. Once upon a time, not so long ago, I'd...

Ahhh, there's nothing like a warm beverage on a cold day. Blizzards, polar vortices, and Arctic blasts are the perfect kinds of weathe...

That time of year again, of course...nah, not how I meant it a few posts back. In a different way. It's...holiday gathering season! Ga...

Let's pause for a moment to remember an older, oft-forgotten Christmas movie that shares its name with this product—that's right: ...

"S yrup in my coffee? Why didn't I think of that? " That's one of those sneaky underrated lines from Elf, our favorite...

You might remember some other  Scandies  we reviewed on here a while ago. This time, Trader Joe dropped the chuckle-inducing title of ...

Holiday shopping season. Hurrah. If it's not Black Friday then it's Small Business Saturday or Cyber Monday or Giving Tuesday or...

It's funny how snacks marketed for children often use animal shapes: Goldfish, Teddy Grahams, and of course, classic animal crackers l...

Stuffing: Both a noun and a verb. Particularly this time of year. Discuss. I know, I know....this particular review of Trader Joe's ...

This year, I'm thankful we found something pseudo-appropriate to put up the day before Thanksgiving. I mean, this tub of Turkish deli...

It's not just Thanksgiving this week for the Western PA half of the WGaTJ team. Nope, Sandy and I (Russ) are also celebrating another ...

Sonia's first words after taking a sip of this beverage: "WOW! I definitely like this better than regular egg nog." If...

Now for something completely exciting...potatoes. When packing a lunch for school for our kindergartner M, either Sandy or I like to dra...

If you "Search This Blog" for the word " cookies ," you'll get 10 pages of results. Granted, those  ...

According to my lovely wife, with whom I am about to celebrate eight years of mostly happy-occasionally stubborn marriage, there are some ...