Category: Editorial & columns
The Art of the Picnic
0 Escapeoften referred to as vacation does not need to be expensive, require hours in the car or involve airplane tickets. In fact, it can be as simple as a picnic. I am fortunate to be the daughter of the Queen of Picnics. My mothers picnics were popular and beautiful, so much so that Vogue…
Pretend you are a tourist at home
0 When I lived in San Francisco before I had children, I never once visited Alcatraz Island. When you live in a place that attracts tourists, you learn to eschew places where tourists congregate. I avoided San Franciscos Fishermans Wharf like the Plague. A couple of years ago I was in San Francisco for a…
Rhythms and reasons of allowances for kids
0 In order to provide experience and lessons around money, many parents, at some point, choose to give their children an allowance. If they dont have a planned allowance strategy when this time comes, its often Google.com to the rescue. As with most things, people have come up with good, better and best allowance systems….
Helping Children Tap into Their Creativity
0 There are countless books on creative projects for children that can be done at home. On a bulletin board near my desk is a still life of flowers in a vase that my daughter drew and gave me years ago. I keep it there because it is a beautiful drawing, was a gift from…