Atlantic County Magazine – GACCA Article Print Date 3.12.2021 By Judy Brenna It’s that time again. Where everyone gets to pretend for a day that they’re of Irish decent and commits an entire 24 hours to copious ale and Irish whiskey consumption and insisting on speaking like a little leprechaun. I have often been caught shouting “did ya loose yer lucky charms, laddie?” throughout the years, also meandering through the day carrying a giant stick, slurring to random people that

“Discount Candy Day!” Atlantic County Magazine – GACCA Article Print Date 2.19.2021 By Judy Brenna The Day after Valentine’s Day has been widely accepted as the alternative to Cupid’s special day, an anti-holiday if you will. If you take to the interwebs you’ll see forums and online communities and Facebook groups dedicated to peacefully protesting the “fake” holiday by celebrating the day after, February 15th, primarily because everything Valentine-themed goes on clearance.

Atlantic County Magazine – GACCA Article Print Date 1.29.2021 By Judy Brenna I promise I’m going to talk about Superbowl options, but I have been waiting 10 months to talk about this. For a lot of us, since March 16th, our existence has been virtually one long drawn-out scene from the movie Groundhog Day, which has little to do with the holiday, more so about Bill Murray being trapped in the same day over and over again until he learns his life’s lesson. I don’t know what our

Atlantic County Magazine – GACCA Article Print Date 1.22.2021 By Judy Brenna Piggybacking off of last week’s article, active action making you happy, you ever hear the phrase, “laughter is the best medicine”? It draws people together in ways that trigger healthy physical and emotional changes in the body, and it’s been proven to strengthen your immune system, boost mood, diminish pain, and protect you from the damaging effects of stress. If I could consume laughter intraveno

Atlantic County Magazine – GACCA Article Print Date 1.8.2021 By Judy Brenna Ahh January… The kickstart of the annual “new year new me” campaign, with gym ads and personal resolutions on high. Incidentally it’s also a time when reprints of documents and bank check orders are up because humans struggle with writing the new year. I distinctly recall having an issue last January through February with writing “2020”; I gave up on the teen years all together and for some reason sta

Atlantic County Magazine – GACCA Article Print Date 12.11.2020 By Judy Brenna Well… here we are again. The most wonderful time of the year, they said. I would insert a Scrooge-esque quip or even an expletive here, but I will refrain. We’ve had a bit too much negativity this year, have we not? So much so I’m half expecting the clock to turn from 11:59 to 11:60 on New Year’s Eve and we’ll be stuck in the year 2020 forever. But! I digress. The most wonderful time of the year.