Dancing is one of my great loves. Before I was pregnant, I would take one or two modern dance classes a week. When I found out I was pregnant with twins, I switched to yoga and really enjoyed doing that, right up until a couple of weeks before I delivered.

I haven't exercised since. Really. Not in nearly four years.

My husband has kept up with his workouts as best he can, and he encourages me to take… Read More

Writing a recent post about taking our daughters to the Dan Zanes and Friends show the other day reminded me of something ...

Last October, we took a trip to San Diego so we could go to Sea World. The night before we ventured into the park, Djuna, while we were waiting for our table at a restaurant, bumped into a poorly-lit railing that was sticking out too far from the wall. She cut her forehead, a… Read More

For my family's first encounter with live music in a proper theater, we took the girls to see Dan Zanes and Friends for a rockin' Saturday morning concert in UCLA's Royce Hall. It was a fun show from the first moment the band entered the theater, strolling down the aisle, all singing with mandolins, to the last moment when the band left the same way.

Grammy Award-winner and former Del Fuegos frontman, Zanes is a … Read More

The flags were at half-mast at the post office this morning. Still a little morning bleary, I could see them at the end of the street as I pulled out of my apartment complex's driveway. As they came into focus, I wondered why, trying to recall what political figure had died.

Oh, national tragedy, I remembered. Flags at half-mast aren't just for political figures ... and all the thoughts of the Virginia Tech massacre settled back on my shoulders… Read More

I drove to a tough section of Los Angeles this morning to report a story. Naturally, I was wondering about the safety of the location, wondering where I'd park, what to leave in the car, what to take with me. While driving, the news about the tragic shooting rampage at Virginia Tech hit the airwaves. Only then, that early in the morning on West Coast time, it wasn't a rampage, but a single death.

As the day ground on,… Read More

We're going to the zoo today! We've been looking forward to it all week.

Having a membership to the zoo has proven to be a cost-saving, strategic way to handle this favorite destination.

Today, we want to see how much the baby giraffes have grown, and with the membership, we don't feel pressured to go to the zoo and see absolutely everything. So, today, we'll see just the giraffes and maybe the zebras. We simply pick the things… Read More