Izzy just messaged me to say she and a few gal pals have planned a spontaneous trip from London to Budapest. They leave tomorrow morning. How fun is that! My response – #GoulashTime Thinking of Budapest reminded me of our…
Izzy just messaged me to say she and a few gal pals have planned a spontaneous trip from London to Budapest. They leave tomorrow morning. How fun is that! My response – #GoulashTime Thinking of Budapest reminded me of our…
Our friends over at PartyIdeaPros.com tell us they recently conducted an informal non-scientific poll about the most stressful, anxiety producing aspects of planning and hosting the perfect event. 98.7% of their visitors responded that more than anything else they were consumed with…
Featured Photography Credit: Latkes photos by Alison Bickel; method photos by Sheryl Julian Over 30 years ago, when my oldest son was enrolled in pre-school at what we used to call the “Green School” (not because its mission was to…
Living in temperate San Diego, we sometimes forget the rest of the country actually experiences extreme weather swings with lots of variations in temperatures. Nothing like a quick trip to New York to remind us just how hot and humid…
Wow! We found this great Father’s Day gift guide on Party Idea Pros and just had to share. With Mother’s Day up first, Father’s Day is often an afterthought for many of us. And as we enter summer, we are…
Featured Aprons and Cookbooks: Taste of Home Christmas: 465 Recipes For a Merry Holiday | Retro Aprons According to our friends over at CompanyHolidayGifts.com, traditional corporate holiday gifting was originally designed around a now outdated notion of male executives who look forward to receiving…
by Sarina Our friends over at MomMeMatch.com put together this great collection of matching mommy and me aprons. Why reinvent the wheel when someone else did it so well. They not only nailed the aprons, they were able to…
GreatGets was created and designed to celebrate and showcase the best of the best of everything and anything. On rare occasion when we find something we think is pretty darn special, we even award our own, very much coveted, DARE TO…
New Year, New You! Leave all the negative energy in the past because it is time to focus on you. This year will be about helping yourself work on your body, mind, and spirit. Practicing yoga will start you on…
Aprons make fabulous teacher gifts, mommy or grandma gifts, administrative assistant gifts or even a grab bag gifts – add a delicious Christmas plate of homemade cookies for that extra personal touch! So many gifting options – pick up a…
Update! We are so so disappointed but Plow & Hearth no longer carries these pistachios. We have, however, found some great alternatives including one gift box from Fiddyment Farms available on Amazon Prime which is almost identical! Pistachios – The…
Sometimes it becomes imminently clear that we have our priorities mixed up. Rather than beginning this series of articles about our quick trip to Playa del Rey and Marina del Rey with a reflection on the hours we spent walking…
