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The casual marathoner and occasional foodie and fashionista.

February 28, 2013June 30, 2024 Los Angeles kids sports los angeles, Lifestyle, los angeles driving, Parenting, yahoo ceo, yahoo telecomuting

NPR and CBSLos Angeles

NPR and CBSLos Angeles

This week has been very exciting. I was interviewed for a piece on NPR called In Many Families, Exercise is by Appointment

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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 Latina, Lifestyle, obama 2012, Reviews, samuel l jackson obama, wake the fuck up obama ad

Samuel L. Jackson Obama Ad

Samuel L. Jackson Obama Ad

This video is too awesome not to share. As you can tell from the title there is some swearing. But it’s time

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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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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 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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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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June 30, 2012June 30, 2024 Los Angeles dynamic you, Fitness giveaway, fitness studio west los angeles, giveaway, gym west los angeles, Lifestyle, personal training west los angeles, Reviews, west Los angels giveaway

Dynamic You Fitness – A West Los Angeles Workout Studio

Dynamic You Fitness – A West Los Angeles Workout Studio

I love to work out, but I’m not a fan of the gym. That’s not true; I’m not a fan of big

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June 27, 2012June 30, 2024 Blog Featured, Lifestyle, santa barbara beach pictures, santa barbara camping, santa barbara state beach

Wordless Wednesday; The View From My Run

Wordless Wednesday; The View From My Run

It’s become a habit of mine to stop and take pictures when I go running. It’s partly because there are so many

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June 26, 2012June 30, 2024 Blog father's day, Lifestyle, Parenting

Dear Husband, Happy Father's Day (A Little Late)

Dear Husband, Happy Father's Day (A Little Late)

Two Saturdays ago, I was working diligently to finish a Father’s Day video for MomPulse. I had just pressed saved and 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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