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I didn’t grow up in a baking home. As the child of an Asian immigrant, and on top of that a child of the 80s, our home was all about brand-name American packaged food. If there was something baked in the house it was most likely made with love by Hostess, Nabisco, or Duncan Hines. [...]
The other day I was in the plastic surgeon’s office again. It was a rescheduled appointment. The week before, my doctor actually talked me out of doing what I wanted her to do. She knew I had a magazine assignment and she said I wouldn’t want to go out so soon afterwards. We discussed the [...]
I have really high expectations for Mother’s Day this year. Almost impossible actually. Instead of a card or chocolates (please don’t), and in lieu of a crowded Mother’s Day brunch or a kids’ birthstone trinket, what I really want is time. Lots and lots of time, the kind that disappears quickly into the day to [...]
We’ve lived in our house for going on seven years. When we moved in here there were some things that I knew needed immediate attention, like the forest green trim outside and the eggplant walls all over the kitchen and the play room. I still dislike that eggplant color every day, even though a few [...]
Right now outside the door of my home office there are noisy 3-year-old twins having a pullback toy car race on the hardwood floor, intermittently giggling and fighting over who won or who should wait their turn. I have mismatched family photos on my Ikea desk and a photo of a dream romantic bedroom I clipped [...]
I’m so excited to share another guest post from my talented working mom friend Michelle Weller. Michelle makes the most beautiful meals with fresh ingredients for her family. Her daughters: Isabelle, 5, and Abigail, 4, both look like they’re having so much fun making these homemade pizzas on the grill – perfect for the warm weather coming up. I love her two easy [...]
About 100 Awesome People I Know I’ve always been the most awkward person I know. When I was a kid I was a classic nervous smart girl. School was easy so I should have been bored but mostly I was just uncomfortable in my own skin. The only way I ever had a strong “voice” [...]
Today is Earth Day. My 3-year-old twins know it’s Earth Day just like they know when it’s Valentine’s Day, Easter, and Christmas. I think that’s pretty cool. There are families who do more eco-friendly, organic, sustainable, locally-sourced, and low carbon footprint living than we do. I’d like us to be like them but we’re not. [...]
At difficult times like these moms are often heard saying, “I want to go home and hug my kids.” For me, that sense of needing to circle the wagons around my family has come up a few times. And with every step we’ve taken with our twins, my husband Irvin has been there. Irvin is my [...]
I made my twins’ baby food at home. That’s the best part of our food story to date and a reason why lately I’ve been doing some reorganizing in the kitchen. Somewhere between the attention I gave to their first foods and now, I’ve seen their toddler/preschool palates shrink down quite a bit. When they [...]
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