D’s Magazine Debut!

You all, I am so so so excited to share that one of D’s recent projects is the cover feature in Luxe Magazine this month! I can’t even express how proud of him I am – he’s not only a natural talent, but an extremely hard worker. Here are the photos! (You can click to […]

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5 healthy smoothies to start the day

Get Your Smoothie On

Do you smoothie? Well, I’m a self-professed Vitamix-loving, smoothie-making fiend myself, and the above 5 smoothies are in constant rotation at our home. (Disclaimer: I have to add blueberries to the two green ones to appease my dear son who detests anything green.) Check out these 5 recipes, and let me know if I should […]

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My Top 5 Celebrity Crushes

If you didn’t catch our Mad Med recap on Monday, I pretty much admitted to finding distant, brooding jerkwads completely attractive. I think my eloquent phrase was, “I like assholes.” (Seriously, it’s a miracle I married such a nice gentleman.) Well, as you will see in this week’s Mama Said video, I am sticking with […]

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braised pork ragu

Christening the Le Creuset with Pork Ragu

For last year’s birthday, I received a Le Creuset 5 1/2-quart French Oven. Except that it wasn’t an actual French oven, but an image of said oven printed on a small piece of paper and hand-delivered by my kids. I very much appreciated this gesture because we were knee deep in the kitchen renovation at […]

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Our Easter Tradition

We’re spending our last day lounging in Palm Springs, but popping in to wish you a smooth post-holiday weekend reentry. I loved seeing everyone all gussied up on Instagram yesterday. Since our families live halfway across the country, we are creating our own holiday traditions, and spending Easter in Palm Springs has become a given. […]

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100 rules of dinner

Odds and Ends No. 20

photo credit: Dinner: A Love Story 1. Jenny from Dinner: A Love Story pretty much rocked my ever-loving socks off when I bought her book last year, and she’s done it again with her 100 Rules of Dinner. You guys, if you click one link in the post, let it be this one. BRILLIANT.  (Some […]

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