It takes a village
Posted in Children: Recipes, Grown-Ups: Recipes on Feb 29th, 2008
The ubiquitous banana bread. There it is: at every potluck, every play date, and every breakfast party. But many of these banana breads come from a box. Don’t get me wrong, I was raised on boxed everything, and they are great in a pinch, but they don’t come close to the flavor or […]
Posted in Grown-Ups: Services on Feb 26th, 2008
Why is it that that every few months, it seems we are looking for another good babysitter? We don’t move every few months, our children aren’t hyenas, we’re (relatively) clean, and we get along well with our sitters. Could it be that, um, all sitters around here are students whose class schedules change every three […]
Posted in Children: Shopping on Feb 22nd, 2008
This post comes too late for those of you who have already suffered through an airport slog with your kids over February break, but if you’ll be traveling in April you may want to think about checking out the Trunki ride-on suitcase which is finally available in our area, at Stellabella Toys.
If you’ve ever struggled […]
Posted in Grown-Ups: Recipes on Feb 22nd, 2008
This is an unusual soup from the South of France. I just made it tonight, and it is soooo good. What I love most about this soup is the textures. You have the soft vegetables in soup with smooth polenta and chewy prosciutto. The balance of flavors is just delicious. Serve with […]
Posted in Responsible citizens on Feb 18th, 2008
I read an article the other day about EcoMoms. The day prior to that, a friend e-mailed me a link to EcoMom Alliance. I think the website is well done and helpful. I think the idea behind EcoMoms is brilliant and more important than I allow myself to think.
Though I think it is easy […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Feb 16th, 2008
Wanted to share a nice little something I re-discovered in one of the random boxes of household flotsam I have promised promised PROMISED myself I will try to sort through this weekend…I believe this was a gift from my lovely cousin Jennifer, onetime Boston Herald reporter and mama to four zany and fabulous kids on […]
Posted in Children: Health, Grown-Ups: Health on Feb 16th, 2008
Yikes! According to today’s Boston Globe, this year’s flu shot did not have the right mix of strains to protect us from the flu virus going around this winter. Frankly, although I knew it didn’t necessarily protect you from everything, I didn’t realize that putting the vaccine together was such a crapshoot.
Posted in Grown-Ups: Recipes on Feb 16th, 2008
Preliminary mumbling to self: While my friends here at Cambridge Moms Blog write about night life and poetry, I am going to stick with what I know best– no, what I DO MOST, which is cook. Ten- no, six years ago, I would also have written about who to see and where to be in […]
Posted in Grown-Ups: Entertainment on Feb 15th, 2008
Ok, so about a year ago we went to a fundraiser for the wonderful Agassiz Preschool and saw a bunch of great performers. That school definitely has a wealth of talented parents! A real standout, though was Tim Gearan, who plays excellent bluegrassy singer-songwriter stuff, and his band has the chops to keep things from […]
Posted in Grown-Ups: Services, Responsible citizens on Feb 15th, 2008
You may have heard this week that Popular Science rated Cambridge number six on its list of America’s 50 greenest cities.
Don’t rest on your Cantabrigian laurels though (unless of course you plan to compost them) — you can get your green on that much more by checking out the chic eco-friendly offerings at Greenward, marking […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Feb 15th, 2008
Another really amazing thing about Cambridge is the poetry here. This morning I am really wanting some poetry — so I thought I’d offer up one of my favorites. It got me through a time in my own life — having small children and juggling the elements of woman, of mommy etc…
It sounds silly […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Feb 13th, 2008
Yesterday in the car, my youngest son, Blake, asked, Why isn’t it great that it’s so warm, mommy? I don’t remember doing it, but I must have told him that the warm weather was creeping me out. So what can you say — something, quick something, that will both allow a child of five to […]
