My son started cooking recently. He started off just making pancakes from scratch– not much harder than a mix. He moved on to creme brulee which is similar to pudding but with a fun element of blowtorching. Molten chocolate cake was one of my favorites that he mastered. He recently converted our Thanksgiving leftovers into…
Category: Parenting
My blog covers education and children’s books. When I cover parenting issues, it usually contains book recommendations. Parenting topics include academic subjects, summer learning, bullying, special needs, fitness and more.
Cabot Links in Nova Scotia: Our First Trip without Kids!
Our First Trip without Kids! It may seem crazy, but we’ve never left our kids for a trip before and it’s been twenty years. We live in Boston far from relatives, and we relied on babysitters from Boston College which is nearby. The thing about college students is that they are really busy. You can…
Best Boxing Gloves for Women
I’ve been boxing for seven years and before that, I trained in kickboxing for more than ten years. I’ve worn out a few pairs of boxing gloves, but even worse, I’ve purchased boxing gloves only to find that they don’t work out. I honestly can not remember all the different boxing gloves that I’ve owned…
Visiting Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago: Kids Interacting with Art
I was thrilled to see my daughters interacting with art at Ernesto Neto exhibit at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago. His piece, Water Falls from My Breast to the Sky, 2017, is textile art along with other materials including wood, polyurethane foam, and lavender. I wasn’t familiar with Ernesto Neto and I learned…
My Gift Guides
Have you started your holiday shopping yet? Every year, I resolve to finish before Thanksgiving but it never happens. I have, however, covered art, STEM, and difficult to shop for gifts over the years. Here are my most popular gift guides. I hope it helps you find the perfect present for your loved ones! How…
My Dorm Room Start Up Celebrates 35 Years & Entrepreneurship Children’s Books
I founded Aquent, now the world’s largest talent agency for creative and Web professionals, in my college dorm room with two classmates, in 1986. Fifteen years later, Aquent has grown to 60 offices in nine countries, generating more than $200 million in revenue last year. It’s a far cry from the early days when we were…
5 Ways to Get Better Quality Sleep Starting Tonight
My son, since his long-term concussion, has had trouble sleeping at a normal time. He has to wake up at 6:30 am to get to high school on time. As a result, there are days like yesterday, when he was running on no sleep and falling asleep in class. We are working on his sleep…