John Riggs

I was thinking about Christmas gifts and the types I like to give that don't involve extra cost to the person receiving the gift like items that need batteries. I think about the worst gift I could give someone would be a puppy. Here's why.

Everyone knows about Black Friday as the busiest shopping day of the year. The day after Black Friday has been dubbed in recent years as 'Small Business Saturday' which encourages you to go out and shop at some locally owned stores, eat at some locally owned establishments and keep the money local to our community.

Black Friday deals have creeped into Thanksgiving Day to giving you amazing deals at low, low prices. Black Friday shopping is a tradition for many, but will you risk leaving your family on Thanksgiving to save a few bucks? Take the poll and sound off.

If you're the one doing the cooking at home and your turkey is still in the freezer, now is a great time to take it and put it in the fridge to thaw.

This time of year you see more candy and snacks than ever before. I noticed some over-sized candy bars the other day. They had a huge Snickers, giant Reese's Peanut Butter Cups, five pound Hershey bars and these frisbee-sized York Peppermint Patties...

My wife gets most of her beauty supplies from Japan and South Korea. I don't have a clue when it comes to beauty supplies, but I know some of these sound pretty weird. She has masks with snail and placenta essence. She has creams with starfish essence...

At pizza places, you have the option to grab some additional flavor packs like red pepper flakes and garlic seasoning. I thought I could use these to flavor noodles to make a 'Pizza Pasta' of sorts. Let's give it a shot!

One of my favorite things to eat on a cold winter's day is something called Udon (pronounced OOO-don). If you're a fan of real ramen, you'll love this. It's just like ramen, but the noodles are super-thick.

Hello. My name is John and I collect old boxes of cereal.

The holiday season brings out many different flavors and varieties that are traditionally only used this time of year. Something called Cranberry Ginger Shandy from Leinenkugel's caught my attention. Leinenkugel's Brewing is known for their shandy as being one of the best on the market. To make a shandy with cranberry and ginger - sure, why not. I'll try it.