family time

One of the most difficult aspects of the COVID-19 pandemic is navigating how to safely feel close to family, friends, and loved ones. While Google hangouts and Zoom dates are great, their appeal may have worn off slightly in the last few months. Nevertheless, safety needs to be ...read more

I fall into bed exhausted after a full day of learning and playing and homeschooling and working and assuming the role of referee to my wrestling quarantined kiddos. It's a long day when you know you have nowhere to go and nobody to see and tons to get done. I wake up, bee-line ...read more

We are blowing through this first part of the year and have found ourselves already at spring break. If you're planning to "hug the hearth" as they say, we have five fun-filled spring break staycation ideas to avoid the ever-daunting, "What are we going to do tooodaaaaayyyyy?" ...read more

We have been hosting big parties for our children's birthdays for many years. While it is always a good time; the parties are costly, don't give us a lot of time to really spend together, not to mention they are exhausting. When it came time to celebrate my son's birthday, we ...read more

We're using Skype software to share our summer memories and muddle through a renovation. This summer my husband is working in the city and I am in the country. He's working his normal job in Manhattan, I'm navigating swim meets and summer camp. He's overseeing our apartment ...read more

WIth Memorial Day this upcoming weekend, we know a lot of you will be grilling and enjoying some relaxing time with the family. To help us out, Celebrity Chef & Food Network StarIngrid Hoffmann shared her favorite grilled dishes for barbecues and pool parties. Check out her ...read more