I was pretty sure I was making the right decision when I left New York City to move back home. Even though, in the city, I had some pretty fancy services. My food was usually made for and delivered to me… My apartment had a dishwasher… And my laundry was done for me…. But, of course, you never know what [...]

Ever since I made the decision to try to spread my cooking wings, I have been making a noble satisfactory valid effort to step out of my comfort zone in the kitchen. (Remember, my “comfort zone” was right about at you-just-can’t-get-any-worse-than-this, so there really wasn’t anywhere to go but up.) The turkey/rice wrap and omelette I made were (dare I [...]

I was in no mood to cook dinner last night. I was still tired from Sunday (waking up at 4:30 AM in Rhode Island, driving to New Hampshire, running a 16 mile race, and then driving to NYC all in one day will do that to you). Then, the shuttle back to Manhattan from Queens (where I work on Mondays) [...]

My apartment is tiny. Really tiny. How many steps do you think it takes for me to get from the couch in my living room to the bed in my bedroom? It’s a trick question: the “living room” and the “bedroom” are the same room. (And the answer is: about a half a step.) If I stood in the middle [...]

Pressing question: How many times is too many to return to the Salad Bar in a very nice restaurant with a very nice Salad Bar? This question came up yesterday as Jane and I were having an early dinner on our drive back from New York City. We didn’t plan to be among the “Early Bird” senior citizen contingent. It [...]

I’m a work-at-home-mom. I run MomGenerations.com (with my mom and sister) out of my house. But… one day a week we work from my mother’s house. We update each other on deadlines and calendars and just basic work information. Today was our lunch day. I decided to bring my own lunch. My Healthy Choice Sweet Asian Potstickers. Jane had never [...]

Last night my mom, dad, Audrey and I went out to dinner to celebrate Audrey’s 31st birthday. Yes, her birthday was a week earlier, on May 23, but it fell on Memorial Day weekend, and it was a pretty jam-packed weekend at that, so the birthday dinner was pushed to May 30. It’s funny that Audrey wrote a post just [...]

An Edy’s Strawberry Fruit Bar bit my tongue. Not kidding. I know. I know. It’s usually the other way around. But sometimes love hurts. And this is one such time. I remember the first time we met… Edy’s Fruit Bars and me. It was summer. It was hot. It was magic when I saw something in the frozen foods aisle [...]

My Friday night impromptu hair and make-up session by my fabulous friend Leah before going out on the town After getting pampered by Leah, having the best time with her and Yadira – two ladies who make me laugh and just make it fun to be silly Taking Ryder and Seth to the dog park Saturday morning and watching them [...]

I was running on the treadmill at the gym today (I hate the treadmill, but it was just too icy to run outside) and a song came on my iPod that I hadn’t heard in awhile – When You Were Young by The Killers. A little back story here. Usually I have my Playlists all set up for my outside [...]