When It Comes to Eating, Orange is the New Black

Join Annie and create fall recipes with a healthy twist incorporating orange foods.  Each week will have a featured ingredient used to make one savory dish and one dessert. Menu highlights include: Pumpkin and Farro Risotto with Rosemary Pesto, Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Bars Twice Baked Sweet Potato ‘Tacos’ with all the fixings, Sweet Potato Cornbread […]

Crossbar Challenge for Ben

Please share with all the soccer players you know.

10 Places I Hate That My Kids Love: A Happy Kid’s Bucket List

Ah, the things we do and the places we go for our children–places that were off our radar before kids and that now, we dread even being asked to go to. We pray that some other generous parent will offer take our child so we can cross it off their little happy child bucket list. And if we don’t take […]

A Show You Cannot Miss

Through Sunday, October 29, 2017 Over the last 20 years, I’ve had the pleasure of viewing Dale Chihuly’s glass works of art in many places. Most notable, was at the Tower of David Museum in Jerusalem. To see that bright, colorful, fragile glass against the rough, craggy edges  of historic stone was a sight that has remained […]

Back to School Brunch

The stress-free days of waking up late and not having to be anywhere are over.  But just think of all the things you can do once school has started without children in tow. So in celebration of this event, have a mommy brunch with your friends. After taking the kids to the first day of school, […]

End summer boredom at Round 1 in Hicksville

  “I’m bored.”  I think this is one of the most irritating things to hear from my child during the summer.  Kids spend all year waiting for summer break and when it comes they suddenly have nothing to do.   In my quest to entertain my children (I know that’s wrong, but I need to […]

“The Sinner” on USA is a MUST see!

Usually the only time I tune in to channel USA is to watch reruns of “Modern Family.”  A few weeks ago….while watching a rerun of “Modern Family”…. I saw a preview for a short mini-series starring Jessica Biel. I’m a big fan of thrillers and the fact that Jessica Biel was starring in it definitely […]

Do You Hygge?

So I’m sitting in my living room today with rain pouring outside tapping against the glass, an unfinished puzzle in my den, my niece and nephew playing with my kids somewhere in the house, laundry waiting to be folded while I stare zombie like on my phone alternating between Facebook and Candy Crush.  Does this […]