Creative Ways to Multitask!
May 5, 2010 – 3:05 am | 2 Comments

Typically my daughter spends a good 15 to 30 minutes in the bath each night. During the time, I am usually scrambling to answer as many emails as possible, cleaning up the kitchen and …

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5 Minute Beauty: Get Gorgeous and Glowing in just five minutes!
December 28, 2009 – 3:44 pm | 2 Comments
5 Minute Beauty: Get Gorgeous and Glowing in just five minutes!

With these 5 simple yet effective steps, I will describe how you can create limitless looks in minutes!
Step 1-Using fingers, apply concealer under the eye, on the eyelids, on the chin & above the lips, …

My Wegman’s Odyssey, Part 3
December 27, 2009 – 10:32 pm | One Comment
My Wegman’s Odyssey, Part 3

And so, having purchased all of my simple (but high-quality) soup ingredients–and having added the excitement of fig-bedecked chevre to the menu–it was time to choose the wines.  One white and one red would suffice, …

My Wegman’s Odyssey, Part 2
December 20, 2009 – 5:47 am | No Comment
My Wegman’s Odyssey, Part 2

I headed for the soups aisle.  My dad, who taught me to cook, had been a huge proponent of always making one’s own stocks from scratch.  But I knew there would be no time for …

My Wegman’s Odyssey
December 19, 2009 – 6:26 pm | One Comment
My Wegman’s Odyssey

I was a Wegman’s virgin.  I sat and listened in awe as my two fully-Wegman’s-initiated friends described its many delights and wonders.  The visual-sensual feast that is the produce aisle.  The exotic adventure that is …

“The Holiday” in Real Life: Home-Swapping
December 18, 2009 – 6:27 am | No Comment
“The Holiday” in Real Life:  Home-Swapping

You saw the 2006 movie The Holiday with Kate Winslet and Jude Law, right?
And as you watched it, you thought (after sighing a bit over Jude Law) how cool it would be to exchange homes …

Spend A Night on the town…or two…or three; Its Restaurant Week!
December 17, 2009 – 6:00 pm | No Comment
Spend A Night on the town…or two…or three; Its Restaurant Week!

Lovely moms of DC, the wonderful 2010 DC Restaurant week list, was just posted and I am excited once again to get out there and drag my husband to as many restaurants as he’ll let …