Fabulous. Amazing. Wonderful. All of these words are overused , but they aptly describe our family’s stay at the Loews Portofino Bay Hotel in Orlando. I will even add “Awesome” to the mix! Our hotel stay was an experience from…
Tag: Entertainment
Grand Theft Childhood: Bakugan [Giveaway] [Closed]
A few months ago I was invited to an event in DC. Work commitments prevented me from getting to the event. The event — Grand Theft Childhood with Dr. Cheryl Olson — focused on a topic near and dear to…
Sweatin’ to the Newbies [Review]
I’m not a fan of sweat. I don’t like exercising, but then who does? No, don’t answer that if you lurve exercising and can’t get enough of it. We can remain friends even if you are an exercise fiend. We’ll…
The English Major in Me Wants to See Gnomeo & Juliet [Giveaway] [Closed]
A few months ago we saw Tangled. We missed the official screening due to traffic. You would think after living in the D.C. area for over 20 years that I would check traffic BEFORE driving to an event AFTER learning…
Date Night? I Vaguely Remember…
Date night? What’s that? I thought when my children got older that we would be gadding about all over the place. So not true. Even with a built-in babysitter — my teen is a very responsible 15-year-old — we rarely…
Oyster Locals: The Search for Gourmet Food Trucks in D.C.
I’m at it again! I’m over at Oyster Locals Blog dishing on gourmet food trucks in D.C. and the role twitter plays. ___ You have to be living under a rock to NOT know what Twitter is. This townhall meeting/news…
Holiday Gift Guide: #Zhuniverse Fun with #KungZhu Pets
My kids like any other kids love toys. No surprise there. We buy more than our fair share of toys. As a mom blogger who reviews toys, I review toys before the toys hit the shelves. And by review I…
New on Oyster Locals Blog…Dining in D.C. at Filomena
For my husband’s birthday dinner, my parents offered to take our family out to Filomena, a Georgetown institution. We readily agreed. It’s funny how you can live in a city for years and think you know every landmark, museum, restaurant,…
Holiday Gift Guide (& Giveaway): Battle of Giants — Dinosaurs Strike!
Dinosaurs are cool. Whether you are 2 or 72, the thought of dinosaurs walking the earth is fascinating. Over the years we have read books about dinosaurs…watched movies…taken the kids to the Maryland Science Center. One kid always picked the…
Dunkin’ Donuts: Holiday Flavored Coffees
I heart coffee. Not that I recall my first cup or anything. Perhaps in the college dining hall? In France? Milky coffee with a chocolate digestive biscuit in an English tea room? I’m not a tea drinker, despite the genes.…
