Life In Pleasantville
Food, Travel, Life
So, I’m sitting here watching MissRepresentation on my computer, because I had just sat, not an hour ago, and raved about it to a friend. About what a great film it is and how it shows how women are attacked and dehumanized in the media. About how hard it is to be a woman in …
I’ve mentioned before that my tween daughter has a voracious appetite for books. It’s hard to keep up with her, especially considering I’m very careful about what she reads. I was lucky enough to have Canadian author Joanne Levy contact me and ask if my daughter would like to read her new book, Small Medium …
My friend Anita tries to pretend she’s not all that and a bag of chips in the kitchen, but I know differently. The girl jars her own salsa for Pete’s sake! One day she served me this dressing with a green salad. I almost licked the bowl. It’s also delicious as a dip for fresh …
by Jayne Russell I woke up this morning with a sore back. There’s nothing new about that, it happens every day. It would be oh so easy to gripe about it all day and do the whole, “woe is me” thing. That’s easy. What’s harder is to remove myself from “me” and remember that far …
I hate coffee. I love coffee cake. I’m a total conundrum. Sour Cream Coffee Cake 1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, room temperature, plus more for pan 3 cups all-purpose flour (spooned and leveled), plus more for pan 1 tablespoon baking powder 1 teaspoon salt 1 cup sour cream (can use light) 1/2 teaspoon baking …
My good friend Heather, from Globetrotting Mama, was in town for the Social Capital Conference this weekend. I asked her to join us for breakfast today before she went home. She said she would, but only under one condition. That I go to absolutely no trouble at all for her. Fine. I told her she …
A few weeks ago I had a gathering of good friends at my house. It was a fantastic weekend , in which we threw our best parenting judgement to the wind. Our children were jumping in my pool long past midnight and eating junk food in excessive amounts until 2am. Yup, those kids should have …
Alright, alright, I’ll lay off the spinach smoothies today, just in case some of you can’t get past the green. How about chocolate? That’s a good thing to wake up too, isn’t it? Chocolate Almond Smoothie 1 frozen banana 1 cup skim milk, almond milk or soy milk 1/4 cup almond butter 1 tbsp honey …
