Patriotic salads, red white and blue vegetables, Memorial Day recipes - Grand Rapids Holidays | Examiner.com

 At Memorial Day or Fourth of July picnics, you can usually find patriotic cookies, flag cakes and red,white and blue fruit. But what about red white and blue vegetable? Here are patriotic salads recipes, RWB appetizers and American themed veggie trays.  Patriotic salads, red white and blue vegetables, Memorial Day recipes - Grand Rapids Holidays | Examiner.com

Graduation open house party: Do's and don'ts for easy, cheap open house

Seems like kids "graduate" from everything these days: kindergarten, fifth grade, middle school, high school and college. And every graduation has an open house party. High school graduation, particularly, gets expensive for parents. A graduation open house may be the final budget blow, on top of other senior costs: invitations, caps and gown, prom, yearbook, gifts. Of course, you want to celebrate, so here are do's and don'ts to host a graduation open house party that's cheap and easy for parents and fun for graduates.Graduation open house party: Do's and don'ts for easy, cheap open house - Grand Rapids Holidays | Examiner.com