I wrote a little bit of a how-to guide over at Alpha Mom today, in case you needed some tips and pointers. You know, of how to make a complete moron of yourself while you approach the finer details of maturation with your kids. For the full article, go here.
If you’ve never tried gazpacho, I recommend you do. It’s a perfect summertime meal: colorful, healthy, light and full of zesty garden goodness. Also great because there is zero cooking involved. Don’t you just dread turning on an oven in the summer months? Perfect for lunch or dinner, could be fun to take to your next cookout, served in clear plastic cups. We like this recipe at our house, a modification of Barefoot Contessa’s famous recipe. Mr. J prefers his…
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I saw this on Design Mom, via Top Cultured. Really clever. What do you think?
While in Monterey we stayed at the Victorian Inn. And we loved it. The Victorian Inn is a charming hotel just a couple of streets up from Cannery Row and the Monterey Bay Aquarium and only a few walking blocks from Fisherman’s Wharf. It was a great location. Not too crowded or noisy, but close enough to the center of it all. What a welcome to the hotel! There were some chocolates in the basket that didn’t even make it…
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Monthly Nutrition Tip…….. Summer is here and how is your water intake doing??? Many times when it gets warm out and we get busy with summer fun….we forget to drink the water our body needs. Almost 70% of the human body is made up of water. If we study the physiology and anatomy of the human body, we’ll find that water is responsible for almost all the vital processes occurring in the human body, whether it’s the digestive system, circulatory…
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As part of our trip in California last month we drove from San Francisco, CA to Monterey. Usually when we go places we tend to take it slow and enjoy the drive. Needless to say, we are quite capable and ready to barrel through 18 hours straight if we need to, but this trip, we set things up to try and travel at most 4-6 hours each day. The drive traveling along HWY1 from San Francisco was as beautiful as…
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it’s one of my greatest thrills in life: a visit to The Container Store. I don’t live near one, so I visit in other cities or shop online. it’s my happy place. i love that so many items are multi-purpose, and also good looking. The Container Store is having a huge sale right now: 25% off everything. [enter code CLUTTERCREW at checkout] Some of my favorites: clear zippered cubes great travel bags for cosmetics, baby items, beach sundries. I like…
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Hope you all had a great 4th! We spent the holiday with my in-laws in the mountains. Snowbird does an annual pancake breakfast. We arrived just before they closed down and enjoyed a nice breakfast together. It was wonderful to escape to the mountains where the air was a little cooler—despite the fact that it didn’t occur to me to bring a light sweater. Because it was cool and a little overcast, none of us thought to wear sunscreen. My…
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I love Independence Day. The Fourth of July. I love our national anthem. I love our flag. I love my freedoms. I love this country. I love the friends, picnics (including this delicious side dish–best ever.), sparklers, small-town parades and fireworks done big. A refresher course on flag etiquette can be found here A brief history lesson about the Stars and Stripes can be found here Go on, impress your friends and family with your smarts. Enjoy the holiday weekend…
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