Formerly Gracie

Fifteen Conversations to Have with Your Parents

November 23, 2010

This is an article written by Leslie Gilbert-Lurie, author of a new book Bending Toward the Sun: A Mother and Daughter Memoir. Since Thanksgiving is a mere hours away and many of you (though not us) will be spending it with extended family, I thought it made a for fitting and timely post. At the […]

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Supporting Small Business Saturday

November 22, 2010

Thanks to American Express for sponsoring my writing today about small businesses. American Express is presenting Small Business Saturday, a way to honor the local merchants who are the backbone of the economy, this Saturday, November 27. They’re offering statement credits to people who shop at small businesses, advertising for small-business owners, and donations to […]

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A Video Game Review…and a Giveaway

November 14, 2010

When I was invited to Zeum in San Francisco to attend a launch party for Sesame Street’s new video games, my feelings were divided. As products of a self-taught programmer/film-maker homebody and an athletically-challenged mommy blogger/tv obsessive, the last thing my children need is to be exposed to MORE screen time. The idea of introducing […]

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Umm, I think I just died…

November 12, 2010

If you logged on to Technorati today, this is the front page you would have seen…. But this is the front page I saw… Yes. My first article to be published on Technorati, “Do Our Children Have a Right to Privacy?“, made it to the front page of the site. The FRONT PAGE… above the […]

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Ten on Ten

November 10, 2010

A FUN and delightful project started my friend and fellow Mama Manifesto blogger, Heather Mattos of Cookie Mondays Take a photo every hour for ten consecutive hours on the tenth of each month. Document a day of your life and find beauty among the ordinary moments! The idea is to collect a whole day’s worth […]

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Best Way to Spend a Cold, Rainy Day

November 8, 2010

While I braved the cold and rain, this is what my children were up to…. See a resemblance? (click on image to watch video)

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Tiny Prints to the Rescue

November 7, 2010

My daughter’s birthday party this past summer was supposed to be a family affair. A small family affair. “Just the cousins, aunts, and uncles. It will be just darling!” Mike’s mom cooed over the phone. Then she asked what type of cupcakes I wanted and what color frosting. I was so relieved that she had […]

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Blog Puberty

October 30, 2010

Way, way, way back in August, I made the trek up to San Francisco with Tonya of Create–Celebrate-Explore… * Bee Tee Dub. If you haven’t discovered this fantastic lady’s blog yet, YOU ARE MISSING OUT. Go there. Now. I can wait…* Sooooo as I was saying… we made the trek up the peninsula to attend […]

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