Discretionary Expense

Discretionary Expense
A cost which is not essential for the operation of a home or business. Certain meal and entertainment costs may be allowed to promote goodwill and employee morale. Often defined as things which are " wants " rather than " needs".

Friday, May 25, 2012






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The Pina Coloda song....

I was tired of my lady, we'd been together too long.
Like a worn-out recording, of a favorite song.
So while she lay there sleeping, I read the paper in bed.
And in the personals column, there was this letter I read:

"If you like Pina Coladas, and getting caught in the rain.
If you're not into yoga, if you have half-a-brain.
If you like making love at midnight, in the dunes of the cape.
I'm the lady you've looked for, write to me, and escape."

I didn't think about my lady, I know that sounds kind of mean.
But me and my old lady, had fallen into the same old dull routine.
So I wrote to the paper, took out a personal ad.
And though I'm nobody's poet, I thought it wasn't half-bad.

"Yes, I like Pina Coladas, and getting caught in the rain.
I'm not much into health food, I am into champagne.
I've got to meet you by tomorrow noon, and cut through all this red tape.
At a bar called O'Malley's, where we'll plan our escape."

So I waited with high hopes, then she walked in the place.
I knew her smile in an instant, I knew the curve of her face.
It was my own lovely lady, and she said, "Oh, it's you."
And we laughed for a moment, and I said, "I never knew"..

"That you liked Pina Coladas, and getting caught in the rain.
And the feel of the ocean, and the taste of champagne.
If you like making love at midnight, in the dunes of the cape.
You're the love that I've looked for, come with me, and escape."

"If you like Pina Coladas, and getting caught in the rain.
If you're not into yoga, if you have half-a-brain.
If you like making love at midnight, in the dunes of the cape.
You're the love that I've looked for, come with me, and escape."

Tuesday, May 8, 2012

Romantic Getaway

The Wedding Crashers House

A charming manor house resort and spa, The Inn at Perry Cabin sits in beautiful gardens that reach down to the gentle waters of Maryland’s Eastern shore. Steeped in history and Orient-Express style, this colonial mansion is the perfect rural retreat. While just a pleasant drive from Washington, D.C. and less than two hours from Baltimore and Philadelphia, it could be a world away.

Originally built in 1816 by Samual Hambleton, a navy veteran and aide to Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry.  Commodore Perry is famous for his declaration " we have met the enemy, and they are ours".
In 1989 Sir Bernard Ashley of Laura Ashley PLC bought the home and renovated to a 41 room luxury hotel. Orient Hotels purchased the property in 1999 and completed a $17 Million renovation.

Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward stayed here, as well the home was the site of the main wedding reception in the film the film The Wedding Crashers, starring Vince Vaughn and Own Wilson.

For quiet and relaxation take a walk around historic and beautiful St. Michaels Maryland.  Home of the St. Michaels Running Festival in May.

 

 The Cannonball house, the British fired a cannon into this house and the cannonball is imbedded into the wall.