Today @Sistafoo turns 9. While she is willing to accept the gifts and hoopla surrounding this occasion, to her it is really just another milestone on the road to getting her ears pierced at age 10. Yesterday, she suggested that “a good idea for a birthday present would be a collection of pierced earrings.” When [...]
MOHAI is Mo’ Better!
Last week the Museum of History and Industry, the venerable repository of local and state relics, artifacts, ephemera and more, turned a page in its own history book when it welcomed the public to its new South Lake Union location. Construction of the new 520 bridge pushed the museum from its longtime home at the [...]
Cheers and Big Ups to you 2013!
My datebook flipped to 2013 nearly six hours ago. And for some reason, my eyelids are wide open instead of tightly shut and twitchy with the kind of deliciously long and lazy r.e.m. slumber that New Year’s Day traditionally holds. Maybe my eyes sensed a chance to stare out my window at the uncharacteristically clear [...]
I’m with the band
When it comes to trendspotting and creative reuse, It’s no surprise that the stylish peeps over at Martha Stewart Living are miles ahead of average consumers like me. Yet I will confess to expelling a chagrined and whiny “noooooo!” when I flipped to page 28 of this month’s magazine. I slapped my forehead and gave [...]
Fly By Momfilter.com
I did a quick post called Fly By Baby for my hip but chill New York friends over at Momfilter.com. Pilar Guzman and Yolanda Edwards were the wizards behind the curtain at one of my gone-but-not-forgotten fave reads, Cookie Magazine. These days, when they are not conjuring up aspirational delights for the pages of Martha Stewart Living, they spend [...]
Buy-Wrap-Repeat…
The thing about birthdays is that everyone has one, even if they don’t celebrate it. Because I grew up as a Jehovah’s Witness, I never had or attended birthday parties as a child. Don’t frown, I didn’t miss them, I was too busy knocking on stranger’s doors! To this day, I sort of stink at [...]
On the Spot and out the door with Jessica Simpson
Even if you’ve read only one fashion magazine in your entire life you know that event-driven, last minute clothes shopping is almost as stressful as forgetting your kid is Star of the Week until the night before. I detest last minute shopping, and yet performing under shopping pressure [...]
Occupy 520 (Sorry, my bad!)
Yesterday, I aborted a planned trip to Costco while waiting for a parking spot in front of the Kirkland location. I decided timing was too tight, plus I was super thirsty, so I went to Starbucks and happily chatted with a friend instead. As I passed the 108th Street exit on westbound highway 520 I [...]
L.O.L: Meet My Bestest Laundry Friend!
Due to a slight driving malfunction (my apologies garage door!) I am forced to be myself today; a stay-at-home mom, the kind who is rumored to do laundry and stuff like that. But alas, when I was not-at-home yesterday, I neglected to acquire that which is necessary for the proper completion of that task: laundry [...]
Meet Heija
Hi! I’m Heija, the Worst Mother in the World. Before you let envy set in, know this, I share this wretched title with every other mother ever, even Angelina Jolie.
