Michele Mathews

A simple road trip with your significant other or friends can start out in an argument before the rubber even hits the road. Why? Because of one question: Who's driving?

After 24 years the Junior League of Yakima and the Yakima Greenway have announced the end of a Case of the Blues summer music festival. The event -- which drew some of the Northwest's biggest artists to Sarg Hubbard Park but which required a lot of time and effort from volunteers from the Junior League and Yakima Greenway -- has seen attendance drop in recent years.

FINALLY!!! Two of my favorite things -- coffee and wine -- have been fused together! The coffee from Wild Card Roosters is infused with Napa Valley's Molinari Private Reserve, which they've spent two years perfecting.

I don't know why, but I love watching others try to face their biggest fears. But ... it's a completely different story if it's me having to face a fear. ABSOLUTELY NOT GONNA HAPPEN! I'm not gonna sit with a bunch of mice crawling all over me...

Adulting can be difficult, stressful and unmanageable for some millennials, but now there are classes being offered at the North Bend Public Library in Oregon called basic how-to's for ages 16-25. The classes are called adulting 101 and teach a wide range of adulting skills --

Today is national fruit compote day, which Rik and I had no clue what fruit compote even is or how to pronounce compote. (We don't get out much.) Thanks to our wonderful listeners who called to school us with the explanation of what fruit compote is. It's fruit in a sugar syrup with spices cooked in water.

In honor of today being National Public Sleeping Day Rik & I discussed odd places that you've fallen asleep. Rik falls asleep at concerts. I've fallen asleep during a movie at a movie theater, but our listener Robert takes the award for most odd place to fall asleep. Robert woke on top of a camper completely naked next to a girl he didn't remember at the boat races.

Lost Boys ... the iconic film from 1987 gave breath to my love of vampires. I was a teen girl when the film was released and I blame it for sparking the flame for my love of bad boys. I was drawn to Keifer Sutherland's character and I've loved Keifer ever since...

It's an age old question that many disagree over ... does pineapple belong as a topping on pizza? Recently, Iceland's president: Guðni, was at a high school taking questions when one of the students asked what his favorite pizza topping was?

Lately, it seems more and more country artists are collaborating with artists from other music genres.  Kenny Chesney with Pink, Dierks Bentley with Elle King and the Florida Georgia Line with the Backstreet Boys. The rumor is another music genre crossing collaboration is in the works with Nicki Minaj. Yep ... you read that correctly Nicki Minaj.

Relationship deal breakers -- we all have them to varying degrees. It seems that even celebrities have deal breakers. While a guest on Jimmy Fallon the other night, Gwen Stefani revealed that she almost ditched Blake Shelton because of a deal breaker. What could Blake do that could possibly warrant a deal breaker?

I've read all three "Fifty Shades of Grey" books. I liked the second and third books better then the first, so I was super-excited to see the second film in the series, "Fifty Shades Darker."