So much to share about our quick trip to Syracuse last week. We went back for the first time in a very long time for SU’s student-run radio station reunion. (More soon on WJPZ – the greatest media classroom in the world!) SU was #1 for about 5 minutes, so we had some fun watching…
Big thanks to Mom and Dad. We went away for the weekend (more on that soon) and they came up from Florida to watch the kiddos. Mom has been unbelievable since Benny was diagnosed. She just jumped in and learned everything. In fact, we had a trip planned less than two months after we found out…
So excited to let you know some fun book news. JDRF National has linked I Can't Cook But I Know Someone Who Can to their website! On the front page of JDRF.org you click on "other ways to get involved," or just check it out here. As you know, I donate 100% of profits from I…
Want to let you know I'll be at Morton's Steakhouse Friday night. Great week-long event "A Steak in Our Community" benefits a different charity each night. Friday it's JDRF. More info here (you may have to click on "special events"). I'm bringing the whole family and Benny & Lea are excited to help out. We'll be your maitre d's for…
These flowers arrived at work yesterday. At first, I thought it was a valentine bouquet. A day or two late, but why not? Turns out, it was a very nice way for the Mecklenburg Times to announce I am one of their 50 Most Influential Women this year. (Yes, when we're not in the studio we work in…
So much fun Friday night! We braved the snow to drive to Charlotte and I'm glad we did. I can't say I was expecting the parade of mustaches (or guys dressed like everything from Ned Flanders to Ron Burgandy to Mario and Luigi) but it was a blast. Best part? $55,000 and counting raised for Donors…
Bias comes in many forms. And the end of the 1970s marked a significant turn – and began a dark period – of discrimination against mustached Americans. While until then it was fashionable to wear a mustache, virtually overnight, it became a fad reserved for the likes of law enforcement, steel workers, motor cross drivers,…
My eight-year-old daughter loves watching all the cake shows on the Food Network. Any of the Challenge shows and especially Ace of Cakes. Much excitement in my house in December when Duff talked about celebrating Chanukah. (Mom, Ace of Cakes is Jewish!!) and absolute madness when he made a guest appearance this past week on the…
We're starting 2010 with some reminders that, several years into my son's diagnosis of type 1 diabetes, there will always be something changing. We drove to my parents' house in Florida for the winter break. It's about a ten hour drive from our house near Charlotte so we broke it up into two days. My kids go…
I know, I know. Chanukah ended Friday night. Over the weekend, though, I heard from some relatives who wanted to know what happened to the Chanukah Moose. I didn't realize that had become a tradition around here! Yes, the ridiculous blow-up menorah is up again this year. We still have the hat, although it's not so big…