Several months ago, a few of us were enjoying an after-work glass of wine when the conversation stumbled into skincare,…

February 18, 2016

A few weeks ago, a friend, in a fit of New Year life-improvement and decluttering, exclaimed, “I just need to accept…

February 9, 2016

Whenever I move to a new city, one of the first things I search for is a good fabric store.…

January 19, 2016

So…does anyone have advice on a child finally dropping their nap? We’ve been dealing with a Growth Spurt to end…

January 15, 2016

Funny how daily uniforms sneak up on you. I’ve been wearing this for over a month now, so I can attest…

January 6, 2016

Thanksgiving holiday week, or as I like to call it Birthday Week, is already off to a start here. Did…

November 20, 2015

  Bean hit the “why?” stage of life this week, resulting in some highly unusual conversations around here. I’ve found…

November 13, 2015

With days getting dark early and daylight savings quickly approaching, I’m at my Autumn crossroad once again. I can no…

October 15, 2015

There are a LOT of trends floating out there, y’all. Flare jeans, high waists, long open vests, suede, fringed things,…

September 28, 2015

For a half year now, any get-together with girlfriends has included some oohing and aahing over a Stitch Fix find. I’ve been…

September 21, 2015

My special shoe unicorn is leather upper, rubber lower. Leather upper = keeping it classy, no grungy mom here, no…

September 16, 2015

In the past, I’ve written about Marie Kondo’s The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up and travel wardrobe minimalism. And yet,…

July 30, 2015

I first became aware of postpartum belly bands in the last months of pregnancy, usually from other pregnant women who…

July 28, 2015

Well, what turned out to be preschool week is over. Thank the lord. We’ve toured, we’ve inquired, we’ve judged lunch…

July 24, 2015

Did you happen to catch this piece in today’s New York Times Well Section: How Nature Changes the Brain. It…

July 23, 2015