Healthy Eating at My House Is Very Sneaky

I enjoy eating. Well, actually, I wish that were true, but it isn’t. Eating, for me, is very often a torturous experience of navigating between the pleasure and the pain of food: the pleasure in eating, the pain in eating too much, the pleasure of a wonderful family meal, the pain of cooking food no [...]

I Have a Volunteer Hangover

Sometimes I just can’t say no. I wish I could. I try. I have started avoiding going to places where people will ask me to do things for free. And yet… Still, I have been asked, and unfortunately I have said yes. Shoot me right now. I have said yes to more things than I [...]

Legend of the Guardians

Legend of The Guardians: The Owls of Ga’Hoole is a terrific movie and I highly recommend seeing it. Read on to see about whether or not to take your kids. Now, I didn’t expect to have liked the film. The previews left me scratching my head and wondering why I would possibly care what happened to [...]

Sister Wives Premieres on TLC Sunday 9/26

I am fascinated by Sister Wives on TLC; I just can’t help myself. This show ought to make me run screaming from the room, but it doesn’t. This real-life Big Love is surprising in so many ways, not the least of which is: I really like the wives. I was sure I wouldn’t. I really [...]

Confessions Of A TV Addict

I don’t have cable. Want to know why? Because I’d never leave the couch. I love television. So much so, that I know my limits and I keep it regulated. I admit I am powerless over the Television, and that if I let them, my viewing habits would become unmanageable. Woe is me, then, for [...]

Alpha & Omega: A Mom and Sons Review AND Giveaway

Alpha & Omega opens in theaters tomorrow, September 17th, although I’m not going to tell you to rush out and see it. But in the meantime, let me tell you about the prize pack giveaway: There’s an Activity & Coloring book, a pair of Alpha Ears, a Bookmark, a Poster, and an Alpha & Omega [...]

First Day of School For LAUSD

Can you hear it? It’s a collective sigh from the parents of 700,000 students in Los Angeles public schools as summer finally ended and all the schools finally reopened. I, for one, am a little bit overjoyed at the silence in my house right now. And I am sure I’m not the only one. I [...]

Marmaduke DVD Launches With Dogs: A Mom & Sons Review

Marmaduke, starring the voices of Owen Wilson and George Lopez, is now available on DVD, and to celebrate the launch, dogs and their owners were invited to Three Dog Bakery (which makes gourmet dog treats) at the 3rd Street Farmer’s Market to meet the real star of the movie, George the Great Dane. The line [...]

POV Adoption Stories on PBS Tonight: Off and Running

Tonight, the second film in the POV series on adoption, Off and Running, will debut on PBS. It’s a powerful film about an amazing young woman who wants very much to find out about her biological family and her struggle is set against the backdrop of being a teenager and trying to find out who [...]