Generally speaking, I’m not a person who does *simple*. If there’s a “keep it simple” path and a “drive yourself and everyone around you nuts” path, I’m inevitably trailblazing the latter. Back in good ‘ol 2009, mere weeks before I discovered I was pregnant with Delilah, I had made the decision to freelance rather than day-job in order to support… Read more →
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How To Survive A [Toddler] Sick Day
So you and your kid have made it safely to the first day of preschool. Congratulations! You ain’t seen nothing yet. I thought leaving the baby years behind meant that I could finally take a deep breath for a minute and celebrate this milestone. That is…until I realized that the air around me is filled with a preschool class’s hoard… Read more →
Just Because We CAN Photoshop Ourselves Beyond Recognition Doesn’t Mean We Should
My Sister-In-Law, Maegan (along with a group of fine fashion bloggers) recently lent her image to the fall catalogue of a popular handbag company. But what appeared in the catalogue wasn’t quite what she expected…I got all worked up and wrote about it over on Babble — I’m going to cut to the chase: After an email exchange in which… Read more →
Retro Toys For Your Modern Tot!
Over the weekend my big sis, my brother-in-law, Scott, and myself took a stroll down memory lane thanks to a pair of Shrinky Dink earrings my super grown up niece Eva made for me. The result was my latest Babble Voices post recounting eleven super awesome retro toys that will totally still entertain your modern tot. (And also a healthy dose of… Read more →
The More You Know…
Have you heard the rumblings about Prop 37? It’s a California ballot initiative that aims to require nearly all food sold in California containing genetically modified ingredients to be labeled accordingly. If passed, it would likely roll out to the entire nation. I’m digging in to the how and why (or why not?) on Babble with my friend Leah from… Read more →
I’ll Be There In A Minute
Somehow this past week passed me by. Not like…in a bad way, per se, but in the way where I just could barely keep up with my own self and then all of a sudden it’s next Wednesday and the Jewish holidays are half over, and I’ve clocked like 50 hours of freelance work, and I have no effing clue… Read more →
Being Depressed While Pregnant Sucks; Getting Your Own Babble Voices Column Doesn’t
Long weekends are weird, right? It feels like Monday, but it’s Tuesday, which is disorienting, but closer to Friday, so I think we’re all probably good with that. Anyway. When I was pregnant with Delilah I suffered from Antepartum Depression. That was fun, and then when she was born I got hit with Postpartum Anxiety, sort of like a one-two… Read more →