I have to hand it to the meteorologists here in the D.C. area. They’re accurate. It started snowing at 9:30 a.m. on Friday and didn’t stop until 6:00 Saturday evening, leaving us with the predicted 25+ inches of snow. The sun on Sunday lured us out to do some shoveling, play a little and snap [...]

With one snow storm behind us and another one on the way, I’m thinking warm thoughts to try and stay toasty. 

The latest weather report predicted 18-20 inches of snow for us over the weekend. Today I’ll join the masses buying up extra milk and bread in case we’re stuck in the house for the next three [...]

I was lucky enough to spend the past week basking in the California sunshine. The flowers, palm trees and sun were all gorgeous. I even enjoyed a few guilty pleasures while I was there. I think my favorites were dining out every day (and not ordering off the low-cal portion of the menu) and sipping [...]

One of the most amazing women I blog stalk is Rachel Coleman, the co-creator of the Signing Time series and a mom of two girls. This week on her blog she had an inspiring post on Creating The Year 2010. For the past few years, she and her family have declared each year The Year [...]

Freelancing is hard. Everyone will tell you that. But freelancer Mindy Long compares the challenges of freelancing with the other jobs she has had and realizes it isn’t that much harder.

I had high expectations of our trip to the National Book Festival on Saturday. I had visions of sitting on the front row in the fiction tent, taking in everything the authors had to say. Meanwhile I figured Evan, my two year old, and my husband, Bryan, would be entertained in the PBS kids’ tent. [...]

This weekend I went to a Northwestern alumni event and had a great conversation with one of the Medill School of Journalism’s incoming freshman. I had fun talking with the student and her mom, and it made me realize how much has changed since I graduated with my Master’s Degree in 2001.
My only tools of [...]