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February 22, 2013June 30, 2024 Los Angeles Featured, Gluten Free, Lifestyle

Photo Friday; Tar & Roses in Santa Monica

Photo Friday; Tar & Roses in Santa Monica

I haven’t posted anything here in quite a while because most of my content is going to MomsLA.com. But I’m going to

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September 28, 2012June 30, 2024 Blog bilingual books, Featured, Latina, Lifestyle, milk giveaway, Parenting, Reviews, spanish english books, walmart gift card giveaway

Las Olas de La Luna (The Waves on the Moon) and Milk Giveaway

Las Olas de La Luna (The Waves on the Moon) and Milk Giveaway

Bedtime at my house usually involves my two boys running around the dining room table yelling that they’re not tired. Like I

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September 27, 2012June 30, 2024 Blog Featured, Gluten Free, Latina

Two Good Eggs and Melissa's Produce

Two Good Eggs and Melissa's Produce

Two MomsLA bloggers, Nicole Presley of Presley’s Pantry and Ericka Sanchez of Nibbles and Feasts, started a breakfast blog called Two Good

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September 25, 2012June 30, 2024 Blog california propositions, california voter registration, Featured, last day to register to vote in california, Latina, Lifestyle, register to vote

It's National Voter Registration Day!

It's National Voter Registration Day!

And I really mean that exclamation point. This is a crucial election especially in California. There are two ballot measures, Proposition 30

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September 14, 2012June 30, 2024 Blog Featured, getting kids to sleep, Latina, milk before bed, Parenting, Reviews, sleep

It's Time To Go To Sleep

It's Time To Go To Sleep

One of my claims to fame with my circle of friends was that I could get my kids to go to bed

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August 31, 2012June 30, 2024 Blog Featured, Latina, Lifestyle

Ozomatli Talks About OzoKidz

Ozomatli Talks About OzoKidz

It’s no secret that one of my favorite bands is LA’s own Ozomatli. Their music helped me get through many a long

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August 20, 2012June 30, 2024 Blog education twitter party, Featured, Parenting, STEM education, teaching technology

'Raising Kids to Love Science' Twitter Chat

'Raising Kids to Love Science' Twitter Chat

My boys love science and nature. I love the outdoors so while it may be easy for me to get them excited

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August 14, 2012June 30, 2024 Los Angeles butterfly pavilion, craig bartlett, dinosaur train, Featured, Lifestyle, natural history museum los angeles, Reviews

Dinosaur Train at The Natural History Museum

Dinosaur Train at The Natural History Museum

This week is the beginning of “Big Big Dinosaur Week” on PBS Kids and to kick it off PBS SoCal brought Buddy

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August 10, 2012June 30, 2024 Blog Featured, Latina, Parenting

The View From The Trail

The View From The Trail
July 25, 2012June 30, 2024 Blog 2012 election, aurora colorado, downton abbey, downton abbey season 3, Featured, Gluten Free, gluten free cherry pie, gluten-free pie crust, Latina

Summer of Feminista, Downton Abbey, and the Difficulty of Being a Mother

Summer of Feminista, Downton Abbey, and the Difficulty of Being a Mother

My relatives have been asking me why I haven’t posted here as much. That’s because I’ve been over at MomsLA, where I

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July 12, 2012June 30, 2024 Blog climbing cake, Featured, Gluten Free, Lifestyle, rock cake, rock climbing birthday cake

How to Make a Rock Climbing Birthday Cake

How to Make a Rock Climbing Birthday Cake

  This Rock climbing cake was a big hit at my son’s 8th birthday at the rock climbing gym, Rockreation. It was

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Instead of staying up last night reading about all Instead of staying up last night reading about all the f-d up things going on in the world, I listened to podcasts about all the f-d up things in the world while I made For Goodness Cakes 🎂 🧁s.  It was my first attempt at cookies and cream and glad I researched what to do before I made it. I used boxed cake mix and subbed whipped egg whites for whole eggs to counter the denseness of the cookie crumbs and milk for water (I don’t remember why). For the strawberry frosting, I used cream cheese and whipping cream along with the butter, powdered sugar and dehydrated strawberries so the frosting wouldn’t be too sweet with the cookie crumbs. At first I thought this kid’s request for strawberry cake with Oreos cookies and cream and strawberry cream frosting was 🤮 but now I think she’s a culinary genius. It’s was so good I’m going to make it again but gluten free.
Did you know that the Minneapolis shooting that ki Did you know that the Minneapolis shooting that killed two children, injured 17 and traumatized countless others wasn’t the first school shooting this year?

“There have already been four shootings at K-12 schools this school year — not including today’s shooting in Minneapolis. So far in 2025, there have been at least 57 shootings at K-12 schools,” according to Everytown for Gun Safety.

It wasn’t the first Mass Shooting either. There’s been 286. As of today, 833 kids 17 and under were shot and killed, 2,236 were injured. Total number of gun deaths is 9,801 and that doesn’t include suicide. Source: Gun Violence Archive.

I’m sharing this because I don’t know what else to do. We talk and talk about making America safer but America will never be safe when about 1/3 of the country owns a gun (PEW Research). Today’s news will be added to a long list of terrible things that happened this week, this month, this year.
Vegan, vanilla tie dye cake! #losangeles #vegancak Vegan, vanilla tie dye cake! #losangeles #vegancake
I know worse things are happening in Los Angeles, I know worse things are happening in Los Angeles, but kids and young people are going without birthday cakes. I’m an occasional volunteer for the nonprofit For Goodness Cakes, where volunteers bake homemade birthday cakes for kids in foster care and children and young adults overcoming adversity. Since the ICE raids started, one of the participating organizations I’ve baked for has stopped requesting cakes because it’s not safe for their community to pick them up. So kids who are already going through a scary time won’t get the simple pleasure of having birthday cake on their very special day. It’s not the worst thing, but it really sucks.
I wrote about L.A. Taco this week for the Washingt I wrote about L.A. Taco this week for the Washington Post.
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