Some of you might have followed the story of the Austin bomber and then moved on to the next news cycle. It’s taken a bit longer for me to process it because he lived in my town, he [...]
Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah and season’s greetings! I don’t know about you but my December was CRAZY. In a mere 25 days we’ve: Marched with the Girl Scouts in the [...]
Shocktober. noun. That feeling you get when you’re already overwhelmed and then realize that Christmas is in 8 weeks. I’m not sure how or why it happened but every weekend this [...]
Happy July 4th! I recently stumbled across this picture taken of me when I was very pregnant with my son and trying to bribe my ob-gyn to induce labor. It was at the beach near our home in San [...]
Happy International Women’s Day! This is a great day to thank all the women in your life and support local women-owned businesses as well. And speaking of that… I will be doing [...]
I’m Catholic so this week I get to transition from the gluttonous celebrations of Marti Gras/Carnival/Fat Tuesday into the season of Lent, fasting and abstinence from meat on Fridays. Marti [...]
I was standing in line, dutifully purchasing Minions Valentine’s Day cards and pink cupcakes for my son’s school party when the cashier just went off on a rant. “What’s [...]
What started as an expression of anger after Hillary Clinton’s defeat organically grew into something bigger than just one election. The Women’s March was a collective expression of [...]
When Bad Things Happen If you live in another country and follow my blog, you may be wondering about my thoughts on the election of Donald Trump. I’ve been going through the seven stages of [...]
If you have had your head buried in the sand for the past few weeks you may not realize that tonight is the MOST EPIC EVENT EVER if you are a political nerd/engaged citizen about to experience [...]
