There’s been a lot of mumbling, whispering, and questioning lately. It’s not about Santa Claus. We know he’s real, plus he lives in Huron Village ( not sure if he is couchsurfing, has a regular airbnb reservation, or just a condo he lives in part time.). The mumbling is coming from the adults. Something about…
Category: Parenting
I’m your parent not your friend.
The Thoughtful Gift: Hobbies & Passions
The perfect gift doesn’t have to be big, it doesn’t have to be expensive, but it’s best if it’s a perfect fit. The only way to perfectly match a gift is to know the recipient well. Give them something that shows you know what they’re into, where their happy place is, and how they get…
Shopping Huron Ave.
Huron Village is a little corner of Cambridge along Huron Ave. The village is over by Fresh Pond nestled between Fresh Pond Parkway and Concord Ave. It is amazing to think that in just a little two block-span we have the incredible assortment of shops and wares. Huron Ave. is a perfect little spot to…
Bedtimes Bites…I mean Books
The problem with reading bedtime stories (Chapter Books no less) like Everything on a Waffle and now Dumpling Days is that by the time you get downstairs all of a sudden you’re craving dim sum or you feel like cooking up a batch of perfectly boiled potatoes. We started off just listening to Polly Horvath‘s…
Boston Ballet: So Much More than Nutcracker
It’s been a long time since I’ve been to the ballet. Not because I don’t love it, but I was spoiled by my “hometown” ballets in Canada and New York. After moving here, my first Boston Ballet performance was a huge disappointment. In the 90’s Boston Ballet was perhaps a little lost on the ballet…
Fall Recipes
Slightly Citrus Cranberry Sauce Cranberry Roquefort Tartines
A Week in Phrases: Dance Moms & Idioms
This week has been about phrases, the dance kind and phrases as in sayings. If you’ve taken dance classes ever or you’ve become a closet Dance Moms lover, then you know that dances are split into phrases. I’d say I’m definitely not a dance mom, but until recently a mom that used to dance. Now…
Yom Kippur: Variations on a theme
Family photo taken at Mass MoCA (artist – Sol LeWitt photographer – me) This year, as I do every year, I am fasting for Yom Kippur. Isabelle asks why we fast. I explain that we fast to feel discomfort and do something hard. Then reflect on how, in our particular lives, we rarely have discomfort…
Being Pampered: Wet Paint Nail Spa & Corbu
I don’t get my nails done often, but I do appreciate a good manicure. The other day as I was sitting at Wet Paint Nail Spa waiting for my nails to dry, a very pregnant mama or mama-to-be waddled into the spa. I reminisced about how I felt I had to have a pedicure before…
Reflections on a birthday
So today is my birthday and it’s nice to get the calls, the cards, and the facebook wall wishes, but I think about what is so often said, “Do you feel any different?” The good news is that you don’t have to wait a year to feel different on one day. The other good news…
Hot and Spicy on a Sunday Morning
I know, I know, its not exactly the image you were hoping for given the heading, but if you need to recover, just go turn on the Olympics. This is just the result of an unusual Sunday morning and the goop on my face is just a mud mask. But let me start from the…
In the Seaweeds: Knitidiot to Knitter
So my daughter suggested I learn to knit with her one Saturday morning while we were at the Knitter’s Brunch at Gather Here. I’d been hiding behind my embroidery while Isabelle knitted along and the kind knitters helped her through any snafus. So I decided to pick it up and give it a try. My…
Leah's Life: Pearls and Oysters 