The Jungle Book Review: You’ll forget about your worries and your strife

  “Forget about your worries and your strife” is the perfect description for the effect Jon Favreau’s 2016 live-action remake of “The Jungle Book” will have on movie-goers. You’ll be so absorbed by the new take on the old story, you’ll forget about real-life for a while. For those not old enough to know, these are also the lyrics to “The […]

Art Alive at the San Diego Museum of Art. Win Passes!

THIS GIVEAWAY IS NOW CLOSED. WINNERS HAVE BEEN SELECTED. THANK YOU FOR PARTICIPATING! Art Alive blooms again at the San Diego Museum of Art from April 29 to May 1,2016. Enter the giveaway and you could win a pair of passes to experience these incredible floral displays! “For the 35th annual Art Alive, more than 100 […]

Coachella Fashion 2016. Items for Sale

If you have teenage girls going to Coachella for Weekend 1 or 2, score extra parent points by helping your festival goer look like she’s been there, done that, before. Nothing like not looking the part on the first time out to Indio, CA! My daughter attended this music festival three years in a row. Each year […]

Travel Greece: Athens

If you’re considering travel to Athens, Greece this summer, here are some tips and information to help you plan and make your trip easier. We traveled to Greece for our 25th wedding anniversary in May 2015, and we took our 20-something children.  Four-member families, especially with older teenagers, is not considered ‘normal’ by European hotel standards. In general, […]

Movie Review: Lisa Whelchel springs into our hearts in Hallmark’s “Hearts of Spring”

Lisa Whelchel springs into our hearts in Hallmark’s “Hearts of Spring.” This TV movie shows us that it’s possible to turn those potential nightmares that come with raising teenagers into sweet dreams. Lisa Whelchel, best remembered for her role as sweet and fashionable Blair in “The Facts of Life,” is a mother of three, a blogger, an author, and now she’s […]