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Archives for June 2012

Family Fun, Vegas Style!

Like every family we have our rituals. The summer is no exception. Just about every 4th of July we go to Sin City for fun and fireworks. That’s right. Las Vegas, Baby! We’ve been going since the kids were in preschool. Now I know, Las Vegas might be the last place you’d think to take […]

Filed Under: Parenting, Popular Posts Tagged With: las vegas, Mandalay Bay, pools, sharks, summer vacation, The Mirage, topless sunbathing, vegas baby

21 Things I Learned From My Dad

Father’s Day is always a little bittersweet for me. A holiday that reminds me of what I no longer have and everything I have missed over the last thirty years, and yet it is filled with great joy, excitement and the making of new memories now that we have children of our own. I love […]

Filed Under: Lists, Love, Parenting, Popular Posts Tagged With: daddy's girl, dads, Father's Day, fatherly advice, parents wisdom, what did you learn from your father

Summer Camp: It’s Not All Fun and S’mores

As the baby of three, I grew up watching my older brother and sister hop on the big yellow bus for day camp almost every summer morning, right outside our front gate. Mom would blow them a kiss and yell with a cheerful smile, “Watch out for the bees!”, while I waved excitedly and smushed […]

Filed Under: Parenting Tagged With: bees, day camp, homesick, smores, summer camp

Tinkers

by Paul Harding

Filed Under: Reading List

How To Rock A Little Black Dress

I love wearing dresses. They are a little more forgiving than pants, especially if you’re curvy like me. And there is nothing like the Little Black Dress (LBD). It’s every woman’s secret weapon.  Black is my favorite color to wear, because it’s sleek, sexy, and sophisticated (think Audrey Hepburn in Breakfast at Tiffany’s), and with […]

Filed Under: Beauty, Fashion & Exercise, Midlife musings Tagged With: Audry Hepburn, Breakfast at Tiffany's, LBD, little black dress, rock a little black dress, Snookie, Spanx, stiletto

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