Be Out There: Cool Outdoor Ideas for Hot Summer Days

I wrote a NWF “Be Out There” Summer E-Book
 (Life List/Menu Item: Published Author) post back in June where I shared my excitement about being compensated as one of the contributing authors for the National Wildlife Federation’s (NWF) “Be Out … Read More

Cooking with Kids: Easy Kid Friendly Guacamole

A funny thing happened since I started this food blog a few years ago…I began to measure most of my food ingredients so that I could recreate the recipes. Before, I simply seasoned to taste with a little bit of … Read More

Secrets to Raising Well-Behaved Boys

My guys I have “almost” written this post many times over the last several years, but I hesitated to write about raising well-behaved boys. However, I have decided that I’m going to start writing more about the questions that I … Read More

“Oh yes we did (enjoy SMURFS 2). Oh, yes we did.”

Credit: SONY Last week, my family attended a “Smurftacular” SMURFS 2 event at Manhattan’s Sony screening room. The food (including blue cupcakes from Crumbs!) was plentiful and the activities for the kids were entertaining. My oldest son Michael ended up … Read More