Wisteria by Bisi Leyton:

Author Bisi Leyton:

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Grad Save is a wonderful way to give the gift of education. Starting early is a great way to ensure that there will be funds when your children are college-aged.

And, now, GradSave.com is happy to celebrate our country’s real heroes – our teachers. My Mom was a teacher, so I know how true that really is.  Grad Save would like to offer you, the teachers, $200 in free Grad Save College Savings gift cards to use in your classroom and reward your students for excellent scholarship or hard work and improvement.

Jumpstart their college savings program with GradSave. Fast, convenient, and a gift that lasts forever. Just check out the Teachers Appreciation Tribute Sign up page here.

The Grad Save $10,000 Scholarship Sweepstakes is also open to anyone here.

iPad Mini Giveaway Event

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The iPad Mini has a gorgeous display, powerful A5 chip, FaceTime HD camera, iSight camera with 1080p HD video recording, ultrafast wireless, and over 275,000 apps that are ready to download from the App Store. The iPad mini is an iPad in every way, shape, and slightly smaller form. Great for on the go with the same Apple power punch!

One lucky reader will receive a iPad Mini {white}!

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Imperfectly Beautiful by Diony George

At 1:30 am, in NYC, Regan Wright is ripped out of a sound sleep with a jolt. Her heart thuds heavily in her ears and her face feels flushed. Straining to hear anything out of the ordinary, she fumbles and turns on the bedside lamp, but nothing seems out of place. Suddenly her stomach starts to twist in knots – it’s her identical twin, Rebecca. Something is definitely terribly wrong…

Though they are twins, Rebecca and Regan couldn’t be more different.

Independent and outspoken, Regan has chosen a high-profile career as a fashion designer in New York. Despite her hard-earned success, Regan has become disillusioned by the glamour and the glitz. She’s tired of coming home to a lonely penthouse apartment  being welcomed only by her cat. She’s all but given up on ever finding “Mr. Right.”

Meanwhile, steady and reliable, Rebecca has chosen to be a wife and stay-at-home mom. From the very first moment she met James Conrad she was captivated by him—tall and muscular with eyes as blue as a cloudless sky. Married to him and with four children later, Rebecca’s life is not what she expected. Her marriage has somehow lost its shine and her once sweet babies have become challenging and often unappreciative children.

As both Rebecca and Regan must discover, a higher power has the answers to what matters most, but when a serial killer strikes nearby, and his victims seem eerily similar to the twins, will it be too late?

Author Diony George

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Welcome to the Winning for Thanksgiving Giveaway Hop hosted by MamaNYC! We wanted to show you, our readers, how much we appreciate you, so we’ve all gathered together with some amazing prizes up for grabs.

This event will run from November 20-27th, so you’ll have time to hop around to all the other blogs and enter their fun giveaways. Good luck and a very Happy Thanksgiving to all!

Thanksgiving is one of my favorite holidays, for the spirit of community with family and friends and for the delicious food! So, I thought it appropriate that my giveaway here at Strange Daze Indeed be for some wonderful food as well!

My prize is going to be a $40 Gift Card for Food Delivery from Delivery.com.

At Delivery.com you can conveniently order food online from your favorite local restaurants for delivery or pick up.  There are over half a million hungry users every month that order from thousands of restaurants in over 50 cities nationwide.

Delivery.com is super easy to use; you simply go to their website and enter your address and find what restaurants service your area for delivery or pick up and choose whatever you’re in the mood for. You don’t have to call, wait on hold, repeat your order or search around for menus buried in a drawer somewhere.

I received one or more of the products mentioned above for free using Tomoson.com. Regardless, I only recommend products or services I use personally and believe will be good for my readers.

I’ve been a fan of Nonni’s Biscotti for years, having tried every flavor, and I absolutely love their fresh gourmet crunch. So, I was thrilled when they came out with the new Salted Caramel Biscotti.

Have you ever had french fries dipped in ice cream, or pretzels with chocolate, sea salt caramels? I’m a big fan of salty and sweet tastes together.  I love these. They are filled with caramel, then dipped in rich milk chocolate and sprinkled with sea salt. Each biscotti is individually wrapped to stay fresh and a perfect 100 calorie size for snacking.

They are wonderful for dipping in coffee or eating straight out of the box. They’re perfect for serving to guests with a cup of tea or to put out at holiday parties. Nonni’s are made with real eggs, butter and gourmet bittersweet chocolate.  I’ve found them to be light, yet filling, and always high-quality.

Fun Facts

Biscotti was first created in the fourteenth century in the Tuscany region of Italy.
The name Biscotti is derived from ‘bis’ meaning twice in Italian and ‘cotto’ meaning baked.
Nonni’s is the most popular selling biscotti on the market and the only national brand sold coast to coast.

You can visit Nonnis.com for more information and look for them at your local supermarket.

One lucky reader will win 4 boxes of the New Nonni’s Salted Caramel Biscotti. Yum! Just enter via Rafflecopter below and Happy Holidays!

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I’ve done a lot of catering work in the past and one thing I learned is that all wines are definitely not created equal. It’s interesting also, that the most expensive are not necessarily the best. So many factors go into creating a wonderful wine. I sometimes had a hard time choosing wines with so many options out there.

For years Pam and Bruce Boring, proprietors of the California Wine Club also were frustrated trying to find truly great wine. They realized that the ones they liked most were ones their friends had recommended. And, this is how The California Wine Club began, a wine of the month club that in their words was just like “one friend recommending a great bottle of wine to another friend.”

This is one of my favorite aspects of this particular club. Now in their 20th year of business, they love to travel California’s wine country searching out the wineries and meeting the families behind the vineyard, and getting to discover some of the very best.

What a great idea for the holiday season. You can gift friends or your spouse or yourself! It’s a unique gift because each wine comes from an artisan hand-picked winery. I love the idea of having wine packaged beautifully and delivered to your home each month at reasonable rates. I love discovering varieties I might never have found. And, most of all, I love sharing it with family and friends.

There are four options to choose from, for every taste and budget:

The Premier Club: The most popular plan with handcrafted award-winning wines and their Uncorked magazine
The Signature Series: For the collector or connoisseur featuring the highest rated wines from California
International Selections – a global wine adventure featuring ‘mom and pop’ wineries from around the world
Aged Cabernet Series – Napa Valley’s most prestigious Cabernets aged 8-12 years

I was sent two bottles to sample, both from the Robledo Family Winery.

First up, we tried the Robledo Family Winery 2008 Lake County “Seven Brothers” Sauvignon Blanc.

Their description
Aromas of honeysuckle and mango waft from your glass of this yummy Sauvignon Blanc. On the palate, green tea, citrus and lemongrass make this white a rich and complex.

Bronze Medal, 2011 San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition

I enjoyed this wine, finding it to be a refreshing complement to a late summer or early fall light meal. I would pair it with light salads and seafood. I loved the fruity, crisp taste.

On a different day, we tried the Robledo Family Winery 2009 Napa Valley “Seven Brothers” Tempranillo

Their description:

This wine has a bright ruby color with heavy aromas of cranberry, blackberry, cinnamon, spice and toasted oak. The flavors of dried black fruit, toasted cedar and tobacco mingle with great acidity and strong tannins to produce a long, rich finish.

I did prefer this one of the two, though both were very good. This is a great wine to pair with Italian food or meat. 

This wine is rich and full-bodied and perfect for Fall and Winter, perfect for sipping by the fire.

I very much recommend the California Wine Club. I lived in Napa Valley for a few years and it is one of the most gorgeous places in the world. I can see why the owners love to explore there and the surrounding areas and we get to experience their adventures each month delivered to our door. Fabulous!

Oh, and did I mention that membership costs nothing, you can cancel anytime, and every wine is 100% guaranteed.

You can check them out at www.cawineclub.com, on Facebook  and on Twitter.

I’m looking forward to next month’s shipment. And, in December, I’ll also be offering a giveaway so you can experience the California Wine Club’s artisan wines for yourself, so stay tuned!

Cheers!

This review was made possible by Mom Spark Media. Thoughts are my own. I received a 2 month Membership to the California Wine Club for the purpose of this review.

Friends is one of the all-time most popular TV shows and I’ve seen every episode. How fun would it have been to sit around the coffeehouse joking around with those guys!

This holiday season,Warner Bros. Pictures is proud to announce the release of Friends: The Complete Series Blu-Ray Box Set November 13th 2012; along with the 30 Days of Friends: Trivia Challenge Blog App and Video Player! It will be very cool to see Ross, Rachel, Monica, Chandler, Joey and Phoebe in high def!

Relive all your favorite Friends moments in these fun mash-up clips.  Each week throughout November a new clip will be unlocked so come back to see the rest!

As part of the celebration, one of my readers will win a Friends limited edition prize pack with two oversized cappuccino mugs and a picture frame just like the one on Monica’s door!

Just enter via Rafflecopter below!  Best of luck and “I’ll be there for you…”

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