Friday To Do List for April 13: Take in the Pasadena Showcase House of Design

April 13, 2012

A stormy Friday here in Pasadena, but that doesn’t dampen my enthusiasm for this year Pasadena Showcase House of Design opening on Sunday, April 15th.    As you can see, this year’s makeover queen,   a 1927 Spanish Revival in La Canada, is impressive from the outside. And, I can tell you, it’s lovely on the [...]

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Do the Work Wednesday #7: Tapping Into Your Creative Spirit

April 11, 2012

I am often approached/accosted by fellow mom friends asking the same question, “Lian, how do you do it?  The writing, the podcast, the cranky e-mails to companies about their appalling customer service. You’re always busy with something creative.” Then, these same moms follow-up with the lament, “I wish I had some creative outlet in my [...]

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Friday To Do List for April 6: Brunch, Write and Re-Think the College Tour

April 6, 2012

I hope those of you on Spring Break are enjoying a little break from your regular school year routine. Do you think that’s what Spring Break really means? I never thought about it like that.  I know we are here. With only one son to get off to school int he morning, it’s seems exponentially [...]

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Vogue Diet Mom Controversy: How to Talk to your Daughter about Weight

April 2, 2012

On Chaos Chronicles podcast 510, I talked about the controversial article in Vogue by Dara-Lynn Weiss about putting her 7 year old on a diet. I had the opportunity to read the Dara-Lynn Weiss article before the controversy hit the web, so I went in unbiased. My first thoughts when I read the article were [...]

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What We Find When We Go Looking for Facebook

March 29, 2012

Today, I spent the day writing and then “upgrading” my Facebook pages to the Timeline layout. (It doesn’t feel like an upgrade when they threaten to do it for you!) Trying to find photos and logos that fit the FB specific sizes proved to be challenging– but I did come across some perfectly fine photos [...]

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