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Was this corn picked this morning? Here it is almost Labor Day and I have yet to write about the most iconic of American summer foods: corn on the cob. Well, how much is there to say about corn on the cob? More than you might think. First of all, you should know that I am [...] A beaded creation from Summer Art Camp This post originally appeared earlier this week on my new blogging community, The Chicago Moms. I hope that you will swing by and check out some of great voices being featured there. Arts and crafts has long been a summer camp staple, but imagine a camp where kids paint, draw, dance, and create with professional [...] Checking out "the Bean" with surprise guest, Daddy! When you live in a thriving urban suburban community as I do, it is easy to get lazy about venturing into The Big City. This is a shame because when there’s no traffic – uh, which is never – it is a mere 15 minute drive down I-290 – known locally as [...] These skinny cargos are a must-have It’s a good week at West of the Loop because my mailbox is full-to-bursting with thick, glossy magazines trumpeting the top fall trends. I love this time of year when, despite 90 degree heat, I run to the store to try on chunky cardigans and dream of all the boots I am [...] What would make a woman say that being stabbed ten times and nearly dying was “the best thing that ever happened to” her? Floating in shark-infested water for two days after a boating accident is “a great blessing?” It can be, if you live to tell about it. My fellow temple board member, Tribune reporter Barbara Brotman, wrote a [...] Chocolate zucchini cake Last week, my Rabbi and his wife hosted a cookout at their house as a social event for our temple’s governing Board. As I do in any potluck situation, I signed up to bring a dessert. I thought about what to make all week. Southern-style jam cake? It does show off my homemade jam, but remember last time I [...] Zuzu poolside with a hefty tome This post originally appeared earlier this week on my new blogging community, The Chicago Moms. I hope that you will swing by and check out some of great voices being featured there. My father came to visit us recently just because it had been a few weeks since he had seen my kids. [...] I have a new sponsor for West of the Loop that I am really excited about it, not only because it is a service that I believe will be of interest to my readers, but also because it is a business started by a cool enterprising mama. The company is called mamaloot. Mamaloot is a daily deal site that [...] Stuffed zucchini can easily be made vegan by omitting the cheese on top Recently, I was out with a group of moms at a social event for our preschool board and I took it upon myself to order some appetizers for the table. Without asking if anyone was a vegetarian, I ordered some chicken kabobs, and [...] J.R. with his binky in happier times While I was away on my girls’ trip this past weekend, I was hearing reports from my husband of not only a vomiting, feverish Zuzu, but also of an irrational, tantrumy J.R. I knew that J.R. had been going through a big Mommy phase for the past, say, three and a half years, so I [...] The view from dinner during my girls' weekend My husband travels quite a bit for work. He is usually gone at least one, and sometimes two, nights a week. Any mom with a husband who travels frequently will tell you that everything bad – from sick kids to a flooded basement — seems to happen [...] |
 
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