A year or so ago, I bought Coco a pair of Sanita clog boots. They are lined with faux shearling and are just so adorable. They were enormous on her, but the fact that they were about to be discontinued forced my hand. We had to have them. (Thankfully, she’s still wearing them this year!) [...]

My newest obsession: “So What Do You Eat?”   From a lovely cookbook author and mother living in the U.K. The book is charming. It’s full of simple and delicious recipes that also happen to be completely vegan. Which if you have been reading my blog lately, since my bout with pneumonia last spring and Coco’s [...]

A new sunblock, for the whole family, to add to my enormous collection of bottles, tubes and sticks. To say I am obsessed with sunblock would be an understatement. A friend just had a pre-cancerous spot removed from her nose less than one week ago. Slather it on. Then slather on some more.

This is the cutest most incredibly awesome parka around for those of you with little ones in cold climates. Love the color, love the faux fur-trimmed hood, love the temperature rating, love the little thumb holes. Love love love. Oh, and I love love love these boots, too.

It’s the time of the year wherein my skin dries out and tortures me with it’s itchy, unhealthy qualities. Ahh. Autumn in the high desert. These times of the year, I’m all about oils and lip balms. They are a necessity. My I-keep-a-tube-in-everything-I-own: Smith’s Rosebud Salve. But not the old one, in a pot. No, [...]

I have found one of those products that will forever be in my beauty arsenal. Paul Mitchell Smoothing Super Skinny Serum. I have no idea how, but one pump of this product smoothed over my wet hair is nothing short of a miracle-worker: my hair dries faster, with no frizz and, dare I say it? [...]