My Guest Essay for MariaShriver.com: “Forgiveness is the Most Important Lesson We Can Learn”

April 29, 2015
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  To read my guest essay “Forgiveness is the Most Important Lesson We Can Learn,” and an excerpt from Five Years in Heaven, at MariaShriver.com, please click here: FORGIVENESS.

The Catholic Foodie and I Chat “Five Years in Heaven”

“The Catholic Foodie” Jeff Young and I discuss the universal life lessons revealed in Five Years in Heaven as well as the #ThankANun Day global movement on May 5 inspired by my memoir. I was especially touched by hearing the “unexpected”…

“The Blessings of Mentorship”

My Beliefnet Guest Essay: “The Blessings of Mentorship” “During a pivotal crossroads in my early thirties, some rare grace led me back to my small hometown of St. Marys, Pennsylvania, in search of a simpler path. There, I discovered an…

“10 Ways a Mentor Can Change Your Life”

My “One Good Thing by Jillee” Guest Blog Essay: “10 Ways a Mentor Can Change Your Life” “Sometimes mentors come to us in the most unlikely forms, and when we most need them. And on occasion, we are called to be…

JOIN ME FOR… #ThankANun Day on May 5, 2015

On Tuesday, May 5, which is release day nationwide for my new memoir Five Years in Heaven: The Unlikely Friendship That Answered Life’s Greatest Questions, my publisher Image (the Catholic Division of Penguin Random House) and I are launching…

Real Food Real Kitchens Crowns “Happy Hour” the King of Tailgating Cookbooks!

“The season of grilling and tailgating is here and ‘The Ultimate Beer Lover’s Happy Hour’ is the King’s guide to recipes that will make you the touchdown of the parking lot. It is the ‘party-in-a-book’ that beer lovers and foodies…

Bravo’s “Watch What Happens Live” Appearance

December 9, 2014

I officially play a bartender on TV! On December 1, 2014, I was invited to be the guest bartender on Bravo’s Watch What Happens Live to promote The Ultimate Beer Lover’s Happy Hour. For the occasion, which happened to fall on…

Scranton’s Tipsy Turtle to Host “The Straub Beer Lovers Happy Hour” on November 21

November 10, 2014

GET YOUR TICKETS NOW! Straub Brewery, in partnership with Banko North Inc., will be rolling into Scranton with “The Straub Beer Lovers Happy Hour” on Friday, November 21, from 7 -10 p.m. at The Tipsy Turtle Airport Pub. The event…

Inside Tailgating Shares My Black Bean & Corn Salsa

November 8, 2014

For tailgating or anytime, check out my Black Bean & Corn Salsa from The Ultimate Beer Lover’s Happy Hour by clicking HERE.

LAUNCH of “The Straub Beer Lovers Happy Hour Tour” in Pittsburgh this Friday, Nov. 7

November 4, 2014

YOU’RE INVITED… My family’s Straub Brewery and I, in partnership with Vecenie Dist. Co., will launch “The Straub Beer Lovers Happy Hour Tour” in Pittsburgh this Friday, November 7. The event will be a pub crawl through four of the city’s hottest…

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