I don’t remember my mother waking me up at 4 o’clock in the morning. I was probably bundled in to the car in my jammies. I’m not a morning person still. I don’t recall what the bride wore or who…
Tag: Family
Celebrating Spring…First Communions, Graduations, Weddings…
Rite of passage. Tradition. Celebration. Sacred. All of these words embody what First Communion means to me and my family. My First Communion — like the celebrations for my two daughters — took place on a warm spring day at…
Family Time at Top Golf [Review]
Long-time readers of this blog…and by “long time” I mean anyone who has been reading for a year or so…know I post about this and that and the other. Part review. Part giveaway. Part travel. Part parenting post. While my…
What a Zoo…and Concert Dates…
Last year I was contacted by the PR for a hip young singer of kid songs. I was at first skeptical since my experience with kid singers and their songs was of the treacly, saccharine variety. My avoidance of singers…
Save the Children: Tsunami Relief
The devastation caused by the tsunami is unthinkable. Homes flattened. Infrastructure damaged. Landmarks crushed. Natural formations decimated. Damage to structures and the land pale in comparison to the lives lost and families who are suffering. As many as 100,000 children…
I Am So Mad!!
Can I share with you? I don’t plan on blogging details. I never blog about specifics about my family. I blog in the vaguest way possible. I want to protect my family and my children. But I want to share…
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…
I Play Chef for My Kids
It should come as no surprise to people who know me that I put things off. My procrastinaton genes run deep. Very deep. In the fall I said I would do roundup posts for all the articles I have written…
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…
