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Living in San Francisco, we are fortunate that winters are mild compared to the rest of the country. We don’t have snow, and we get some sunshine. What we do get a lot is...
One of my guilty pleasures is watching “The Real Housewives of New Jersey.” I grew up in Jersey and even though my childhood in the Garden State looked nothing like the lives portrayed on the show, the casts' accents,...
We want our kids to develop independence, but how do you deal with throwing food at the dinner table? Your child’s age and the individual situation will dictate the best decision, but you can definitely deal with this behavior...
Pregnancy mood swings get all the attention, but few things are as hormonally fraught for a new mom as breastfeeding. The highs are exhilaratingly high—the incredible closeness, that sleepy, snuffling sound—and the lows are crushingly low—the screaming newborn who...
I am not a movie buff, and I can't recall the last film I saw in a movie theater (or even at home, for that matter), but I still make it a point to watch the Academy Awards every...
Sometimes my children's whining is so impressive that I wish I could hand out awards for it. Think of the commitment it takes for them to completely change their tones of voice, switch up their posture into a pathetic...
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Thirty-five years ago I entered a coloring contest in the local paper in hopes of winning two tickets to the ‘Ice Capades.’ Somehow I won the contest and landed my first and...
Today I was in my bedroom finishing up a brief phone call when I heard swooshhhhh, swooshhhhh coming from the bathroom.
About twenty minutes earlier, both my kids had taken those (rather large) plastic cups into the bathroom to bathe...
Friday is National Margarita Day and we can't think of a better way to close out the workweek that actually began with National Drink Wine Day on Monday. Here's a guide to everything margaritas, courtesy of a few sister sites in...
As usual when it comes to the hit drama “This Is Us,” the February 12 episode was chock full of poignant moments and Messages with a capital “M.” You know when you sit down to watch it that you’ve...
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Vitalant Offering Blood Donors a Free A1C Check in September
This September, nonprofit Vitalant is, for the first time, offering blood donors an extra check on their health while they help save and improve...
