Cheesy Pennies

When I'm making dinner at home, my daughter invariably gets right to the point. "Is there gonna be topping for dessert?"* Fo...

My son sent me this link today. Via email, of course. Not on facebook.

The much buzzed about Test Kitchen is the brainchild of people I don't know, but I wish I did because they are clearly clever, interes...

I open the email, and immediately yell down the hall to my son.  Me:  Honey? He yells back. Him:  Yeah? The conversation continues a...

After our daughter was born, we moved down from the hipster Hollywood Hills to very suburban Sherman Oaks.  One of the upsides (aside from t...

Take a loaf of French bread.  Split it in half. Spread one entire stick of softened butter on one half.  Spread another entire stick of s...

1.  The kids will be learning critical thinking skills and how to solve problems independently. 2.  There will be several field trips and a...