• family

    cut tomatoes or ride a bike?

    I was in the middle of cutting tomatoes on Monday night for that night’s dinner pizzas. I felt a tap on my leg, which quickly became a full on body hug from the munchkin. “Mommy! Let’s ride bikes!” “Miss L……

  • homey

    flashback Friday: the BIG house purchase

    Four years ago… this was us! Happy as clams to be new homeowners! After wading through the first wave of foreclosures in our area (trust me – we saw lots of crazy stuff) and the last of the “newly constructed”…

  • crazy

    flashback friday: spring sing-ing 2000

    Each Spring, UCLA puts on an epic all-campus talent show known simply as “Spring Sing.” It’s held in the outdoor tennis arena (the Los Angeles Tennis Center) on a usually warm Spring night in early May, and it’s really one…