Last weekend I had the opportunity to spend a night in the mountains with an amazing group of women hosted by our friend, Michelle, to celebrate her birthday. To be honest, it was really hard to get it together to get away. The night before, the kids complained that they didn’t get enough time with [...]

Last night we took the kids night skiing for the second time in two weeks. It’s a hassle. The chore of wrangling the gloves and helmets, making sure all the gear still fits from season to season, and even at this time of aggressive growth spurts, from week to week is part of the reason [...]

Happy New Year! Things are changing around here…  It may be my annual dose of super optimism, but I’m feeling like 2013 is going to be a good year. Everyone around here is certainly becoming used to change with new schools, new jobs and a ton of new experiences. One of the things that has [...]

Last night was simply amazing. Not only does our country get four more years of Barack Obama, a leader who is truly inspirational, inclusive and representative of who we are as a country, but many states, including Washington, approved marriage equality. It was an incredibly important election for so many reasons. As a woman and [...]

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Iwas worried it was going to be a hard birthday for her. While she was thinking about dolls and sewing and pretending to be famous gymnasts with her sister, I was torn between enjoying her flitterings and mourning the fact that I’m not able to say goodbye to my cousin and waiting for updates about [...]

First a disclaimer: I have been hesitant to launch into e-readers in any way since their inception. E-readers remove that intoxicating smell of ink from the reading experience, as well as the ability to dog-ear the corners in a way that makes you feel like a fourth grade rebel. You can’t rip off the half [...]

The most wonderful time of the year… It may be, but it’s also one of the most complicated. When I sent my kids to Jewish Day School, I expected the annual conversation about why we don’t celebrate Xmas, but somehow I expected the impact to be lighter than it was as the only Jewish kid [...]

If you haven’t already checked it out and especially if you’re thinking about a gift for your favorite photographer, you should check out Olympus’ Pen Ready Project. Olympus gave more than 1,000 people a new Olympus PEN® E-PM1 camera as part of a campaign that spanned more than six cities to show what non-professional, everyday [...]