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November 28, 2011 Uncategorized cookie basket in los angeles, fresh baked cookies, los angeles gifts, Reviews

Treatsa – Milk and Cookie Delivery Review

Treatsa – Milk and Cookie Delivery Review

There’s nothing that gets my attention like an email with Cookies in the subject line. I recently got an invitation to try

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November 23, 2011 Uncategorized bret mckenzie, jason segal, kermit and bret sing together, muppet show, muppet trailer, Muppets, Parenting, Reviews

The Muppets!

The Muppets!

Last year I made my boys sit down with me and watch The Muppet Show. I was determined to make them like

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November 23, 2011 Uncategorized California milk, california milk board, Gluten Free, gluten free flan, Latina, latina mom bloggers, master of the glass half full, milk recipe, pumpkin flan recipe, Reviews, Traditional flan recipe

Nothing Says Home Like Flan

Nothing Says Home Like Flan

Milk, sugar, and vanilla: Three of my favorite things in the world. As a child I wasn’t allowed to have sugar (too

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November 22, 2011 Uncategorized NFL Sunday ticket, playstation, playstation streaming movies, Playstation Vita, ps3, Reviews, sports on ps3, streaming television shows

PlayStation Family

PlayStation Family

My boys love playing video games, but I don’t always love that they often stand stationary (or like my little one; lay

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November 9, 2011 Uncategorized blender giveaway, California milk, Latina, milk giveaway, milk recipes, Nook giveaway, positivitiy, real california milk, Reviews, yoga giveaway, yoga mat giveaway

Master of the Glass Half Full Twitter Party

Master of the Glass Half Full Twitter Party

I don’t know if you’ve had a chance to read the awesome bits of wisdom that The Master of the Glass Half

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October 31, 2011 Uncategorized los angeles bakeries, magnolia bakery Los Angeles, pumpkin cookies, Reviews

Halloween: No Tricks, Just Treats at Magnolia Bakery

Halloween: No Tricks, Just Treats at Magnolia Bakery

My 7-year-old son loves baked goods almost as much as I do. But he’s picky, too. When I try a new recipe

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October 28, 2011 Uncategorized ford new technology, intelligent vehicles, Latina, Reviews

Ford’s Car of Tomorrow

Ford’s Car of Tomorrow

The first new car I bought was a Ford Ranger pick-up truck with a bench seat. It was about 15 years ago

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October 27, 2011 Uncategorized California milk, Gluten Free, master of the glass half full, nutrition in smoothies, Reviews, smothie recipe

Berry and Cherry Smoothie Recipe with Milk and Yogurt

Berry and Cherry Smoothie Recipe with Milk and Yogurt

Every once in a while I pull out pictures of my 2 boys as babies. There’s the older one with a bowl

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October 17, 2011 Uncategorized documentary, Latina, lisa ling, Parenting, polygamy, Reviews, television review

Our America With Lisa Ling

Our America With Lisa Ling

In preparation for lunch with Lisa Ling, a group of us were given access to three episodes of Our America with Lisa

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October 16, 2011 Uncategorized jason segal, muppet movie, Parenting, Reviews

The New Muppet Movie Trailer

The New Muppet Movie Trailer

It’s no secret that I love the Muppets. I love the Muppet Show, the Muppet movies, and I can’t wait until November

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October 5, 2011 Uncategorized Parenting, Reviews, santa monica high school music program, santa monica schools

Big Voice…Dare to Dream Documentary

Big Voice…Dare to Dream Documentary

A friend told me about this amazing documentary that his sister is producing. It’s about a Santa Monica High School Choir Director,

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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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