This was the view from my front yard for about 3 minutes last Wednesday. It happened after a light rain. Thank you, nature. this is for the Sunset Sunday series at Shanamama … [Read more...]
One Night Only
At BlogHer this year I plan to enter my name in the drawing for the open mike session, Listen To Your Mother. I have never "performed" a blog post as a spoken word piece, so I've been reviewing my material and I have chosen a few candidates, but I'm wondering: … [Read more...]
Smashburger Has Arrived in Thousand Oaks
As if there weren't already 245 burger restaurants on our side of town - a figure that I just made up, but you know what I mean - Smashburger, a new-to-us burger joint opened last week on Moorpark at Wilbur in Thousand Oaks. I attended their opening night party for three … [Read more...]
Sunset Sunday
The last several days were filled with family togetherness, sand, sulfur-smelling hot springs, snacking, walking, wading, swimming, sleeping, and more snacking. There was some TV in there, and lots of reading and puzzle-putting-together, and coloring, and playing. What there … [Read more...]
10 Ways to Enjoy BlogHer 2012
Members of Operation Glory, the flashmob dance troupe from BlogHer 2011. Photo by Jeanne Fratello. This is an update of a post I wrote in 2010 and I've copied it here almost in full because not much has changed. In case you were wondering, I will, in fact, be attending … [Read more...]