What are your weekend plans? We have three parties this weekend - two kids' birthdays and one high school senior graduation! (I'm planning to do lots of yoga;) This week was such a sad one with Kate Spade and Anthony Bourdain . What really upsets me is to think of how many low-profile,
I have always had a special place in my heart for Kate Spade. Her bags, as the New York Times said, " carried women into adulthood " and that was the case for me. Looking back on my college to adult life, Kate Spade was there for every big event. The first time I was pick-pocketed, it w
I hope you never have to send your toddler into surgery. On the one hand, Theo's surgery a few weeks ago was really hard (for me), and on the other hand, it was just like nothing really (more for him;) but nonetheless, I do think that some of the ways we prepared did make it easier on every
How is your weekend going? This morning, we went to the park to meet some (hopefully;) new friends of ours. A woman I work with - but only over email and the phone - and I decided we should meet up. We're in similar boats in life. Her kids are 1, 3 and 5. She and her husband moved their famil
On the European continent, everyone eats with a fork and knife - always. The fork is held in the left hand, tines down, and the knife in the right hand with the pointer finger on top of the blade. It's continental style and everyone does it. I mean everyone - even little kids by the tim
