LA is my current hometown and when girlfriends come to visit I have a routine down: Thai massages, Malibu hikes, swanky bars, groovy shops, trendy restaurants. All very fun activities, but not ideal for a family vacation. Read Related: Fun Activities for Kids in San Francisco So when a girlfriend recently came to town with […]
On July 16, McDain’s Restaurant in Monroeville, Pennsylvania, made headlines when the management banned children under 6 from dining at the establishment. Owner of the casual bistro, Mike Vuick, sent an email to his customers, which read: “Beginning July 16, 2011, McDain’s Restaurant will no longer admit children under six years of age. We feel […]
I was never more popular than when I lived in a tiny studio apartment on Miami Beach. The bed pulled out of the wall, there was permanent construction in the building, and the neighbors were suspicious. But there was a view of the ocean and it was steps from the hottest strip of South Beach […]
Women are hardcore gamers and who knew? A recent survey by Info Solutions Group (ISG) revealed that the average person playing online games, such as Farmville and Mafia Wars, is a 43-year old woman. In the United States, 55% of online gamers are women and 38% of the these women say they play several times […]
I have a friend who swears she will put it in her wedding vows that she will never, ever drive a minivan. In fact, if her future husband even suggests it, the marriage is off and she gets everything. I personally think she is brilliant, fantastic, incredible… Oh okay, it’s me. You can judge. It’s […]
Summer is the time to relax, to have fun, to chill, to sit on your lounge chair in the backyard and soak up the sun and silence. Riiiight. Any well-seasoned mami knows that as soon as she sits her butt on any chair and closes her eyes, those two words will echo loud and clear […]
She burst onto the screen as MTV’s first Latina VJ, continued to break barriers as Revlon’s first Latina spokesmodel, and solidified her name by becoming one of the first celebrities to brand herself. Daisy Fuentes has always been a leader, a force of nature, and an inspiration. And she has always done it with a […]
“I wish they had this car when you were growing up,” my mother tells me. She’s talking about her new Prius. And she is in love. My mother raised us children in the era of THE BIG FAMILY TANK. She started with a station wagon in the late 70s, graduated to a minivan in the […]
My friend called me recently and instead of saying “hello,” she greeted me with those five words every new mami has uttered in desperation, “I. Need. To. Get. Away.” That’s exactly how she said it. A period after each distressed word. She had a baby 9 months ago and had been swimming in a sea […]