Allan & Penny Showalter
Category: Duchess – Penny Showalter
Maui Celebrates Duchess Of Durham Day – Happy Birthday, Penny
Happy Birthday to my resplendent, charming, unremittingly passionate, delightful, and altogether marvelous wife Penny, who could have done so much better. Dance me to the wedding now, dance me on and on Dance me veryContinue reading
Christmas On Maui: Lahaina Banyan Tree Lights
After dinner last night in Lahaina, the Duchess and I strolled down Front Street to Courthouse Square to view the Banyan Tree Christmas lights. The Lahaina Banyan Tree, the largest in the United States, was 8Continue reading
Christmas 2017: “We’re not decorating this year”
“We’re not decorating for Christmas this year” The Duchess uttered that pronouncement after she accepted my proposal to spend the holiday in Maui. I thought viewers might appreciate what “not decorating for Christmas” means inContinue reading
Goodbye Chapel Hill; Hello Chicago: Max Headed Home
Sometime when I wasn’t looking during the last two or three years, my younger son transformed from a nice enough kid to a conscientious, loving, altogether delightful adult. Go figure. After an enlightening, entertaining, inspiringContinue reading
We Wish You A Maui Christmas – Mele Kalikimaka By Jimmy Buffett
So, why am I posting about an Hawaiian Christmas in September? Because I didn’t get around to it in August. Here’s the story: Duchess, aka Penny Showalter aka Mrs DrHGuy, is one hard-core Christmas elf. Continue reading
The “DrHGuy Loves The Duchess” Show Completes Sixth Season; Renewed Ad Infinitum
Musing on the sixth anniversary of our wedding today, I realized we had all the makings of a Netflix Original romcom – albeit one with a soundtrack atypically dominated by Leonard Cohen songs. Consider this:Continue reading
The Great Pre-Tinder: Online Dating When Match.com Was The Only Game In Town
As I was Photoshopping the above graphic to illustrate an updated, Tinderized version of Leonard Cohen’s poetic plea to Marita, I realized that, while Leonard would have been successful seducing women with either his looksContinue reading