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Today we have a guest post about being a dad in honor of Father’s Day from none other than Zuzu and JR’s dad, that is to say, my husband. I hope he realizes that publishing his guest post here actually constitutes his Father’s Day gift from me. My kids are lucky to have such a great [...] Like Kate Middleton on her wedding day, JR does his own makeup. I have been laid low this week with a summer cold. Henry James once said that “summer afternoon” is the most beautiful phrase in the English language. If that is so, then “summer cold” must be one of the ugliest. The cause of [...] 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. Outdoor concerts are great for all ages. Not so much the Symphony. I have written before about my love for the CSO’s Kraft Family Matinee series. This series [...] Today’s post is part of the From Left to Write online book club. The idea of this book club is not to write a book review, per se, but rather to write a post in which the blogger connects that month’s book to an experience from his or her own life. One of the book club books for May is Good [...] A year ago, I wrote the following post for the Chicago Moms Blog about Mother’s Day and my discomfort with the hype surrounding the holiday. On the eve of Mother’s Day 2011, I thought I would repost it here. This week’s Oak Park Patch also had a provocative Moms Council post about Mother’s Day, which [...] Dinner at Carnivale: breaking out of my suburban rut One of my three New Year’s resolutions was to have a monthly date night with my husband. When you have small children and busy schedules and limited funds, it is so easy to find yourself sitting in front of a DVD — or more likely in [...] Who left these little green footprints? “Mom, you’ve got to come see this!” Zuzu yelled down the stairs. “What is it?” I replied a little too innocently. “Look what the leprechaun brought me! A book about rocks and minerals. And some new earrings! And a Pez for my collection!” “It looks like they left a [...] Today’s post is part of the From Left to Write online book club. The idea of this book club is not to write a book review, per se, but rather to write a post in which the blogger connects that month’s book to an experience from his or her own life. March’s book is Mr. Rosenblum Dreams in English, a novel [...] A column about what happens after the wedding is paid for. This article was first published earlier today as Paying For It: Currency in Marriage on Technorati. You may notice that it has a slightly different tone than a typical West of the Loop post. The Wall Street Journal weekend edition launched a new column last Sunday, [...] I love being home with these kids. Really. When I started this blog, almost a year ago, my intent was to write about the subject that weighed most heavily on my mind at that time — the same subject that weighs heavily on me to this day: my decision to step away from my legal [...] "Ooh! I just hate those green pigs!" Saturday was a big day for seven-year-old Zuzu. After months of saving all of her allowance, birthday money, Hanukkah gelt and Tooth Fairy loot, she finally had enough to buy her heart’s desire: an iPod Touch. I escorted the future tycoon to the Apple store where a nice, tattooed twenty-something named [...] This snow picture is actually from the DC blizzard of Xmas 2009 It looks like there is another snowstorm heading towards the Northeast. It has been a crazy winter in New England and the Mid-Atlantic — to say nothing of the freakishly cold weather in the south that left folks in Atlanta snowbound for days. Lots [...] 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 daughter was ushered into a sorority yesterday: the sisterhood of the pierced ear. As I explained in a post written last September, I had originally told Zuzu [...] Never fear! The J-Man is here. J.R. turns four later this month. I’ve already started referring to him as “my four year old” with new people. My husband objects to this practice on the grounds that 1) it’s not accurate and 2) what’s the rush? My response to that is: rounding is the only concept in math that I [...] Lunch at Simple Cafe in Lake Geneva It’s a Midwestern rite of passage, the winter trip to the indoor water park. Not being from this part of the country, I had never been to one of these ersatz subtropical environments. But then our annual Christmas trip to Florida was canceled by the Blizzard of 2010, [...] 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. At this time of year, there is a lot of discussion in the media about what I call the Christmas culture wars. In a multi-ethnic society like ours, [...] |
  
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