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He took care of her as best he could," recalls Phil Cisneros Jr. "It took a toll on him and the entire family." When Phil Sr. was finally forced to place Lucy in a nursing home, he took a handyman job at the home to be close to her she would eat only if he was feeding her. It was a difficult time, a time that would drive many men to drink. Cisneros was one of them. He'd never been a teetotaler; prosecutors say he'd been busted for DUI in 1980. But with his wife's health declining, a one-time problem became a frightening pattern. Cisneros got popped for no fewer than four DUIs from 1989 to 1992, barely getting out of jail for one before he was charged with the next. Lucy died in 1993. Five years later, Cisneros was arrested for drunken driving one more time. He was 75. It is, indeed, a terrible track record.
Colour your house
The colours you see when you walk into your neighbourhood paint store are selected months – if not years – in advance, says Sharon Grech, who is Benjamin Moore's colour and design manager for central Canada. And their selection is not a random event, but is backed by entire organizations devoted to determining what colours will fit in with current trends. Grech represents her paint company at the Color Marketing Group, an international association of more than 400 disparate members who have been gathering twice yearly since the 1960s to exchange information and predict what is going to colour our world in the coming months. The colours discussed at its most recent meeting in December will likely start appearing in 2010, she notes. "Pretty much everything that has colour is represented, from paints to shoes and cars," Grech says.
Miller, Bud join Mexican-style beer craze
In 2007, Miller Brewing Co. introduced Miller Chill, described as "a Chelada-style beer" blended with lime and salt. It seemed curious at first glance, and then I remembered countless Corona bottles with lime wedges stuck in their necks. Miller Chill seemed like an acceptable alternative. A few weeks ago my Sunday newspaper showed up with a sticker announcing the arrival of Anheuser-Busch's new Chelada. This time it was both Budweiser and Bud Light mixed with Clamato, a commercially prepared blend from Mott's of reconstituted tomato juice and dried clam juice with a dash of high fructose corn syrup. The taste buds momentarily reeled until I recalled that Bloody Marys often come with a beer chaser and sometimes appear as Bloody Beer, a blend of tomato juice and brew. The mix was different, but both beers used the same name -- Chelada -- which led to a little research.
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