From the monthly archives:

March 2011

Alice Waters and The Edible Schoolyard

March 30, 2011

Over the weekend, I attended the San Francisco Flower & Garden Show at the San Mateo Event Center. My main reason for attending was to see Alice Waters of Chez Panisse fame talk about Edible Schoolyard, a program sponsored by the Chez Panisse Foundation to involve middle-schoolers in all aspects of food from dirt to [...]

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Feeling SAD Over the Rain

March 28, 2011

Thankfully the forecast is looking brighter this week after what feels like a month of nonstop rain. I like the rain and the staycation that it temporarily forces upon us when sports or other activities get canceled or even running errands gets postponed to avoid getting wet, but I’m always naive as to how I [...]

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Preschool Case of Measles a Lesson for All

March 25, 2011

There are worse calls to get while several states separate a mama and her kids, but it still royally screws up a relaxing vacation away from the children when the voicemail begins, “This is the San Mateo County Department of Health calling…” My son had been exposed to the measles. I had turned off the [...]

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Skiing on a Budget

March 22, 2011

It’s hard to believe that this time last year, my kids had never gotten on a ski lift and my husband had never strapped on a pair of skis in his life.  All of a sudden we’ve turned into a family that skis, with three trips to North Lake Tahoe already under our belt this [...]

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In Honor of Women’s History Month, Thank You Winifred Steiner

March 18, 2011

It was 1933 when Winifred Steiner was finishing her studies Long Beach Community College in California. She wanted to go on to Berkeley to complete her BA, but she didn’t have the money to pay for the difference after she was offered a scholarship that wasn’t enough to cover all the expenses.  Winnie thought her [...]

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Helper’s Home Bazaar in Ghiradelli Square

March 16, 2011

On my next trip up to San Francisco, I’m vowing to visit Joy Venturini Bianchi at the Helper’s Home Bazaar in Ghiradelli Square which benefits the Helpers of the Mentally Retarded charity for the last 50+ years. If you have never been before, you need to head up to SF right this instant for a [...]

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Is a Zero-Tolerance Policy Really a Zero-Intelligence one?

March 11, 2011

It was a shock when my spouse and I walked into what was supposed to be our first grader’s winter conference only to be handed the pocket utility tool that my son was caught with at lunch time.  The lunch yard duty found our son, alone under the playground slide, picking up tan bark with [...]

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When to Draw the Line at Coed Slumber Parties

March 9, 2011

My daughter was excited when the invitation to her friend’s slumber party arrived. This is a good friend and she loves slumber parties, so the party was a slam dunk…for her. For me, it was confusing, not because I was afraid to send her away for the night – she’s done plenty of sleep overs [...]

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Going Away and Leaving the Grandparents in Charge

March 7, 2011

We’ve left our two kids before while my husband and I went away for a weekend here or there, and both kids have stayed at my parents’ house for a few days during summers or school breaks, but this is the first time we’ve had my parents take over our daily routine while we leave [...]

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Creeping Out My Child at The Tech

March 4, 2011

I sadly missed most of winter break last week due to a last minute business trip, but I managed to pull my jetlagged self out of bed to take my kids to their museum of choice on Friday. I drew the line at playing outside in the freezing weather in my weakened state (it was [...]

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