On a rainy Saturday morning, the girls and I stumbled into a charming toy store in Berkeley, California, that harkened back to my own childhood: one filled with wooden toys, Legos, design-a-plate kits and lots of books. I loaded up on Melissa & Doug place mats and special crayons. So much fun for Coco to [...]

Hope you all had a lovely Thanksgiving! We sure did, northern California was great, but there’s nothing like coming home. So, the last thing you are interested in, I’m sure, is more about one of my favorite topics – food. But… Thanks to the Goop newsletter that I receive, I came upon this amazing site, [...]

So the family is off on a road-trip to northern California for Thanksgiving. My husband has a show up there on Saturday, and with flights in and out of our home base being slim pickings, it was looking like he was going to have to leave us for the holiday in order to get to [...]

My in-laws sent us the most beautiful gift as a thank you for our hospitality during their last visit. It’s from a site called Viva Terra, which is lovely. Yes, the fruit was delicious, but it’s the basket that I can’t get enough of…

I know I’m not supposed to use it. Petroleum, and all. But I can’t stop. It’s so dry here, and the climate plus the heat in our house is just destroying our skin. Little Coco had a nasty case of excema break out on her chin and upper lip, but I put Aquaphor on the [...]

Pea is totally into science, which is so special for me because I was not. I’d do anything to avoid it. But she embraces it. So when we were in Chicago, her grandmother bought her a copy of “50 Science Things to Make & Do,” and I think it’s safe to say that as the [...]

Katie Did is a blog that I used to read religiously. A lovely mother in Brooklyn who was creative beyond creative. Check out the photos on her blog of the clothes she made her children. I found every little thing that she did so completely inspiring. It’s a shame that she’s no longer out there, [...]

I am so ready to go see someone for one of those IPL treatments. Living in a high-altitude community where we are outside most of the day is about destroying my skin. The brown spots. Ugh. I look in the mirror and can’t see past them. I’ve cut bangs (myself, not a good idea, ever) [...]

My obsession with any and all products that you apply to your lips continues… Mally Beauty has a liquid lipstick-like thing (I don’t know why they can’t just call it what it is: a really nice gloss) that I am currently fixated on. And I’ve Googled her make-up line six ways to Sunday but could [...]

A couple of weeks ago, we took the girls to Chicago for a whirlwind weekend. The highlight for me? Our trip to the Museum of Science and Industry. As far as I am concerned, it’s the greatest museum in the country for kids and adults alike. I could spend days in there… One highlight? The [...]

We’ve already had our first snow here, in the mountains. But it didn’t last long. Bummer. I was all geared up for sweater weather: warm knits, tall leather boots, chunky scarves. Sigh. A girl can dream, though. And if she really had it in her, she could also get to knitting. (Note to self: get [...]

About six months ago, I attempted to order two pillow pets for the girls, so that they could have them for a long road-trip to Arizona. Unfortunately, they arrived at our doorstep the day after we loaded up the car and headed out. Needless to say I was so pleased with myself that I actually [...]

For someone who spends most of her days in some form of ‘comfy’ clothing, this sweatshirt is it for me. I cannot get enough of it. Chic but practical. A new staple in my wardrobe…

I have no idea why Magna-Tiles are so stinking expensive, but you know what? Totally worth it, when you take into account how completely absorbed kids become when they are building and creating with these things. I cannot get enough of them. In fact, I’d give them to every kid I know for Christmas if [...]

Tauped by Sonia Kashuk, available at Target. See if you can get your hands on a bottle. Yes, it’s a trendy color, but I love it! And you should never pay big for something that’s here today, gone tomorrow, right?