I spent the weekend with my girlfriends for our annual Palm Springs weekend. The temperature reached 102 and so this is where you found us almost the entire trip–in the pool. ✶✶✶✶✶✶✶✶✶✶✶✶ We heard some Burt Bacharach while sipping our cocktails under the misters and I think he provides the perfect Palms Springs soundtrack.  "The […]

In an attempt to be perfectly attired for the Ducks game last week I bought a pair of black Converse.  My goal is to have a standard Ducks outfit I wear to each game.  I  also do the same thing for Disneyland (and sadly, no, that's not my confession).  I settled on an orange shirt, […]

All day I've been thinking about my friends who have lost their moms.  It seems as the years go by more of us have to say good-bye to our parents.    Tomorrow I wish everyone warm memories of their mom if they can't be with her. If you are a mom, I wish you a […]

Sometimes, as a parent, you can prepare for those big moments in a kid's life. You see them coming like a herd of angry, stampeding elephants. You can brace yourself. You can practice your speech. You can make sure you have your running shoes on.  But, the hard part of parenting comes when those moments […]

I just returned last night from a trip to Kay el Bar Ranch in Arizona. It’s one of those Dude Ranches where you can go for a few days and live like a real cowboy girl. That is if cowgirls can soak in the jacuzzi every night, get a fresh lemonade on the trail and […]