It didn't take long after we returned from our family vacation in New York City for us to be completely thrown back into our normal life. The kids have taken turns getting colds and staying home from school, we celebrated Beau's birthday over the weekend,...
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The family and I took a boat ride to Liberty and Ellis Islands before our flight home, and it couldn't have been a more perfect closure to a truly full circle experience for all of us in the city that we all grew up in...
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While family truly encompasses the spirit of the holidays, New York City is like the tinsel on the Christmas Tree. The magic in the air swirling around the chilly buildings within the streets of Manhattan is nearly palpable. Up until we moved to the city...
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We flew into New York City on a red eye flight this morning, all six of us. I packed for almost two days straight prior to leaving and still managed to leave Zoe's socks behind. I mean, how does one forget socks? Traveling with four...
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Four weeks. I can barely believe it's been four weeks since Evvie was born. It's just like a new mother to say something like that, isn't it? A whole month. I want to mourn the time passing but the time has been so healing for our...
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I've always been a proponent of change; Big changes, little changes, hardly-a-blip-on-the-radar changes. Shifting what we're comfortable in, our safe place, is growth, life and progression. I seldom feel content in those safe places, mostly because I think my brain is light years ahead of...
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An amazing thing about documenting my children-specifically my baby and puppy-every day is I get see how they have grown so incredibly rapidly. Normally, I feel as though they just happen to wake up looking older and wiser than they did the night before. Theo and...
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My first trip to New York City after our move to Santa Cruz in August was in late February this year. I was so anxious to stand amongst the towers of endless buildings and see if I felt any different than I did when we...
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From where I sit at my desk in the corner of our master bedroom typing this, there are three diplomas on the wall. All three belong to my husband, and he worked incredibly hard for those achievements. Rather than being a brag-wall for himself, those...
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I get asked all the time if I miss New York City. Our move from one of the largest cities in the world to a cozy beach town on the opposite coast was pretty drastic, especially in terms of culture shock. The truth is that...
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I truly loved living in New York City. It was, of all the places that I've lived, the one that made me feel the most alive. No matter what kind of day I was having, how I was feeling or the troubles I was facing,...
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Last week, one of my favorite New York Fashion Week events held their third annual show featuring none other than mothers. Strut, The Fashionable Mom Show, took place on Saturday, and is not only managed by mothers Denise Albert and Melissa Gerstein, but the models...
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