If my daughter gets her period before age 11 can I sue Costco? I’m not kidding. Because I just happened to be shopping there over the weekend and couldn’t help but notice that every single piece of produce and every single slab of meat looks absolutely perfect. Perfect like this: And then I just happened [...]
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My husband and I, how shall I put this…have severe thermal differences. If it were up to him our house would be used to store frozen meats for Costco. I, on the other hand, believe that a thermostat was meant to be used. If we wanted to live in a frozen tundra we would move [...]
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I love going to fine restaurants where food is paired with the perfect wine. There’s just something about having professional direction of your alcoholic intake that’s so sophisticated. Makes the food taste better and makes me feel smart. For instance, a white flaky fish baked with capers, lemon and bread crumbs is delightful with a [...]
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mmm…please pass the Salmonella Whenever I ask my kids where they want to go for dinner they say one of two places:Chick- fil-A or Sweet Tomatoes. Chick-Fil-A is a Southern staple…a place out-of-towners wax poetic about when they visit. But if you live near one it’s just another place to get fat no matter [...]
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Let’s cut to the chase, shall we? Only in California do you stop by your favorite restaurant for an early breakfast and wind up with this: So what that it’s only 9 am on a Monday morning. That makes it noon on the East coast. And you’re allowed to start drinking at lunch, right? I [...]
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How’s about a little Facebook etiquette on this fine rainy Monday afternoon, shall we? I was just having a conversation with a friend over the weekend about the concept of the Facebook status update. As in, what is the purpose? Why is it necessary? Which updates get the most ‘likes?’ And what does it really [...]
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This post is dedicated to my dear friend, Michelle Our little innocuous trip to the pet store always turns into a pleading session to buy hamsters. Yeah, I know, they’re kinda cute when they’re babies. Just like my kids were cute when they were babies. And I just love the way the store keeps the [...]
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I’ve been doing a lot of ‘winging it’ lately. It’s a difficult skill to acquire as a control freak but I’m trying. It shouldn’t really come as a surprise that winging it is a difficult skill to acquire. We’ve never been trained to do that. Our whole lives are programmed from the moment we’re born until [...]
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When we were little the number of friends we had correlated directly to our happiness. Being popular meant it was imperative to have *everybody* like you. Birthday parties were jam-packed. People would vie to sit next to you at lunch or play with you at recess. You had sixteen ‘BFFs’ on a rotating schedule. [...]
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Since this is both a cooking and a parenting blog I should probably offer something up for Mother’s Day. Okay. My hope is that I’ll be doing neither on Sunday (cooking nor parenting). My cooking recommendations are as follows: Breakfast: The Four Seasons Mid-morning snack: Haagen Dazs Lunch: The Ritz Carlton Afternoon Snack: Payard Dinner: Daniel And one last before [...]
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My daughter got mad at me the other day for doing this in public: She was just absolutely mortified. Completely ran away in the other direction pretending not to know me at the mall. Jeez, I was just having a little fun. Aren’t parents allowed to do that anymore or do we have to be [...]
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mmm…please pass the Salmonella Whenever I ask my kids where they want to go for dinner they say one of two places:Chick- fil-A or Sweet Tomatoes. Chick-Fil-A is a Southern staple…a place out-of-towners wax poetic about when they visit. But if you live near one it’s just another place to get fat no matter [...]
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A Monday Dilemma: Your child has a complete meltdown upon arriving at school at 7:45 am. Claims a stomach ache is the culprit. Stomach ache was not present throughout entire weekend. But child also rarely complains of a stomach ache. Child proceeds to hold up entire carpool line requiring not one but three teachers to [...]
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I love Sour Patch Kids. I'd eat Ranch dressing on my shoe. My kids think I like my computer more than I like them. I have road rage.
