Just in case the Persian Palace ends up in foreclosure, we now have a ‘plan B’.  Judging by the photos you will agree with two things: 1) The Handel Family will be traveling in style and 2) Bill will make a fine farmer!

Click Here to enjoy the photos…but view them at your own risk!

Thank You for Another Successful Show!

Thank you to everyone who attended the show.  We hope you had a great time.  Stay tuned to this site for photos and video from this season’s event.  For those of you who could not come, we look forward to seeing you next year!

A special thanks to our host, Standards of Excellence and their beautiful show room.  Thanks to Celebrity Foods for providing the fine gourmet food samples and to KFI Radio for the wonderful advertising.Most of all, thank you to Platinum Cookware and Bill Handel for putting on such an successful, entertaining event!

As many of you will recall, Bill and I had the pleasure of traveling to the Black Sea region earlier this year as part of a listener trip.  It was an absolutely magical trip.  I have always enjoyed traveling to that part of the world.  Literally sandwiched between two continents, there is no better place to enjoy the rich cultural blending of the East and the West.

I received several emails asking why I had chosen to post our Antarctica photos but neglect the Black Sea.  I’m so sorry for the oversight!

Marjorie

You can enjoy the photos here or through Bill’s World at HandelOnTheLaw.com.

Click the photo below for more Black Sea Photos…

Here’s Bill shopping for a carpet!

Bill and I have had the good fortune to travel to a great many amazing locales over the years.  Our latest adventure was as austere as it was beautiful.  And thanks to my very good friend, Ilene – it was another successful and memorable trip.

We set out from Ushuaia, Argentina aboard the Explorer II.  Ilene selected this ship for its size and ice-strengthened hull.  A relief considering the tumultuous seas and building-sized icebergs!

CLICK HERE to check out some of the photos from our trip to the bottom of the world…Antarctica!

Marjorie

The KFI Platinum Cookware show took place this past weekend. It was a lot of fun to meet so many listeners and new friends. I really enjoyed myself. Of course, it’s hard not to enjoy yourself when people are handing out free food.

If you didn’t get a chance to meet Bill and I at the show, here are a couple of photos of Bill running the cooking demonstration. In typical Bill form, he was shouting and bouncing all over the place the entire time (despite his microphone). He nearly lost his voice altogether, yesterday.

Also, if you missed the event, then you missed your chance to taste our favorite Celebrity Foods. I’m sure that they’d setup a tasting for you, if you give them a call, though. Call my contact there — Jim Miller at 888-632-5746. Tell him that Marjorie told you to ask about getting an after-event sample.

I will joining Bill at the KFI Platinum Cookware show to represent Celebrity Foods.  I’d love to meet some of my readers and Bill’s listeners, as well as share some Celebrity Foods samples with you.  You’ll even be able to see our cookware in action — preparing more Celebrity Foods, of course.

Here’s a clip from Bill’s show that mentions it:
Listen to the Show Clip
Here’s a link to more info on the show: http://www.platinumcookware.com/

The latest edition to the Handel clan: Toyota Highlander Hybrid.

The loving husband that he is, Bill decided to make us lunch the other day, and it was delicious!  Of course, it’s not that hard, with Celebrity Foods-quality products. 

We enjoyed wonderful chicken kebabs, fresh and delicious salmon fillets, and perfect French-cut string beans.  It just takes a few minutes – you pull the package out of the freezer, throw it in the oven, or on the stove for a few minutes, and presto! 

Now, if you’re one of those people that turns your nose at the idea of frozen food, then you’ve got it all wrong.  This isn’t the frozen food of our childhood that just ends up bland and soggy.  Celebrity Foods uses some sort of vacuum sealing and flash freezing process, and everything comes out tasting totally fresh.  It’s the same process that several gourmet restaurants use to preserve their foods.  We once brought some several-month-old hamburger patties out for a BBQ, and guests swore that they were the best burgers that they’d ever had.    It’s really just amazing.

This was our first time with the kebabs, and they were outstanding – if you want to give Celebrity Foods a try, they’ll assign you a personal food consultant that will plan customized menus for you.  Make sure that you tell them to include some kebabs in your order.  Mention me, and they’ll give you some of my favorite desserts for free.

Anyhow, here are some photos of Bill cooking.

I was just organizing some family photos, and I thought I’d post a couple of our trip to China in January.

Handel Family on the Great Wall of China

Handel Family on Hong Kong Harbor

So, like thousands of listeners do every day, I was listening to Bill’s show the other morning in my car, and suddenly, it wasn’t Bill’s voice anymore – it was the dead pan voice of a woman talking about some food delivery service. Oh wait… it was my voice. I cringed. It wasn’t very good. I really wasn’t doing the product justice, my feelings weren’t coming through.. I mean, I really do love Celebrity Foods.

So, I called my girlfriend Ilene and told her, “Ilene, I just listened to my commercial for Celebrity Foods, and it sounded awful. Why do I sound so blah, when I’m not?” Ilene didn’t know, either. She asked, “Well you do love the product right? I mean, you’re always talking to me about, and my mouth waters just thinking about the cheesecake.” I told her that of course I did. I mean, we’ve been using Celebrity Foods for years. We love it, we’re completely satisfied and happy with it, the service is great, and we tell everyone we know that they really must sign up for it. So, why can’t I just say that on the radio? I just freeze up in front of the microphone.

When I picked up Barbara and Pamela from school that day, I told them that I wasn’t happy with the commercials, but they can only be so empathetic because they definitely have the Microphone Gene. Bill and the girls are constantly full of energy (and opinions), and they freely share it with the world. On one hand, I envy that, but on the other hand, we can’t all be good at everything. There are plenty of things that I do better than Bill, after all – not to mention, people don’t call in and yell at me every morning.

I’m a fairly reserved personality and always have been. Over my 20 years of marriage to Bill, I’ve come out of my shell a lot —, I’ve had to in self defense. At the end of the day, I’m a little disappointed that I wasn’t able to explain this product on the radio like I’d meant to, but I have to say that I’m greatly relieved to hand the task over to a very capable spokesperson (Bill) who will definitely do it justice.

Now here’s the great part about this whole process – while I’ve confirmed that I don’t have a radio voice, I’ve learned that I do have an online voice. I believe that the official term is Blogger, and as such, I will continue to share more information about the Handel family with you right here at meetthehandels.com.

So, Bill… you can’t fire me, because I quit… or rather, I have been promoted to the… er… Internet Communications Director for the Handel Family. And seeing as it’s Friday, my first order of business will be to file a gripe for Friday Gripe Night (in the Morning): “What’s the deal with a loud-mouthed radio guy going on the air and talking about his wife’s commercial? Shouldn’t he be covering the news or something?!”

Marjorie “Blogger” Handel, signing off.

P.S. Just for fun — Here’s my last commercial followed by Bill’s replacement spot… What more can I say…

Marjorie’s Commerical

Bill’s Response/Commercial