Play is something I talk and think about a lot. I believe that in childhood, school, adulthood and work, play has a vital role in helping us be better at all that we do. Today, well this morning, I am not working, despite the fact that I have a lot to do, because it has…
Category: Parenting
I’m your parent not your friend.
Parenting is: A multi-part series
Sometimes parenthood is being wrapped up nice and tight in a huge warm blanket… and tiny hands yanking the other end so you spin all the way undone and come out spinning, cold, and utterly confused. You are left with two choices… tumble on the ground together in a fit of giggles and start all…
Tiger Mom Goes to Woodstock: Summer & School Should Never Meet Maybe
I don’t really believe in summer school but on the other hand I want everything to be done as best as possible. It is how I approach just about anything. I’m not a tiger mom by a long shot, but I eat, sleep and breathe tiger air. I can’t help it. It is in my…
Tired Parent, Goes Hungry
On our way out the door to camp, a rare rainy morning required rain boots. I opened the shoe cabinet to find not only my Hunter rain booties but wedged between all the shoes a bag of tortilla chips. Until you have children you don’t know what tired really feels like or how silly things…
Bygone Baguette Days: Mon Dieu, A French Shift in Habits
It is hard to believe that there was a time when Wonder Bread was king and anything other than that required a plane ride to Europe. You might have found a good Irish soda bread depending upon the heritage of your community. If you lived in NYC crusty, fresh, Italian loaves were baking daily but…
Silk, Linen, and Pearls: 12 Years Married
Silk/linen and Pearls. Silk for the flawless soft, sensual feel of silk but knowing it can snag easily and needs a lot of special care. Linen for the crisp, clean, earthy feel and look. Linen is a light, airy, carefree fabric, but at the same time it wrinkles easily and somehow works best if just…
Le Bec Fin: Pop Ups, Revivals and an Era of Nostalgia and Innovation
Frank Bruni of The New York Times covers the three day revival of Le Bec Fin and, as I read, I get goose bumps again because of what an exciting time it is for restaurants, chefs and diners. Now don’t get me wrong, I still recognize that a chef’s life is an extremely difficult, exhausting…
Feeling Green: Gardening with Starbucks
Whether you’re a daily Venti Americano drinker or an occasion shaken Passion ‘Tea-totaller’, love or hate Starbucks, they’ve got something your garden likes and they give it away too. Starbucks has wonderful bags of grounds for you to pick up and add as a brown layer to your compost or to sprinkle around your hydrangeas…
Fall Fashion: My favourite stores to clothe the kids
As a kid, I remember always loving the end of summer and beginning of fall. Maybe that makes me a bit of a nerd but in fact, I think it had very little to do with school. ‘Back to school’ meant new clothes, even if was just opening up the box of hand me downs…
5 Ways To Upgrade Leftovers: Season to grownup taste
Leftovers used to be something I dreaded as a child because my brilliant mother would whip it up into what she called cottleston pie. I am certain it was in fact delicious, but as a child who liked flavours and textures totally separate, there was no way I ‘d even let myself enjoy any bite…
Leah's Life: Pearls and Oysters 