shopping

The Vons/Pavilions No-Cook Cook-Off Challenge!

It was a hilarious blast of fun, even though I didn’t win. I spent the morning with some other mom bloggers* and the Executive Suite of Vons/Pavilions. We shopped, we “cooked”, we ate each other’s recipes, and generally had a good time. But let me back up. I was invited to participate in this challenge [...]

A Matter Of Desire And Intention

I went to Toys R Us to buy my son a bike. I was very clear with myself (and with the Universe, and anyone else listening) that I had gone there to buy a bike. Not to buy a box with an unassembled bike in it, not to buy a bike that they assembled for [...]

Adventures At Costco

  OK, take it from me, there's only one way to do Costco: you must pay for the Executive or Business membership, or else you can't shop until 11am — which is ridiculous and breaks up the day. The place doesn't open even for Business members until 10am, which is bad enough, but hey, it's [...]