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Our First Lemonade Stand of the Summer…
Okay...we just completed our first lemonade stand of this summer. It was a huge success! Well...by huge, I mean the kids are all taking away a few bucks. Me, however, well...I'm out quite a bit of money. Lemonade stands when I was a child (a long, long time ago),...
Review of The Sixes: A Book By Kate White
Kate White rises to the pinnacle of modern suspense with The Sixes, a page-turning stand-alone thriller from the New York Times bestselling author of Hush, and the former editor-in-chief of Cosmopolitan magazine. With taught prose evocative of Laura Lippman’s Life...
Black & White And Loved All Over…The Panda Trek in San Diego
There were many wonderful adventures we had while we were visiting San Diego, but one of my favorites was The Barlin-Kahn Family Panda Trek at the San Diego Zoo. I'd always heard about the San Diego Zoo panda bears but had never been before. Like most of the...
Sharkarosa – A Wild Animal Adventure Close to Home…
Sharkarosa? What? Is it an aquarium? I wasn't sure what Sharkarosa was when I was asked to chaperone my daughter's field trip to this place. But...whatever it was, I knew I wanted to go. I think every field trip with my kids will result in a fun and exciting blog...
The Grumpy Unicorn… A Wonderful Children’s Book by Jen Hodge
The Grumpy Unicorn by Jen Hodge, was one of our treasures that we stumbled upon while we were in San Diego on a short vacation. We were walking along the boardwalk on Sunday, and there were several tents and tables set up by various people - some were selling...
50mm Prime – You MUST Get This Lens!!
So I dropped my kiddos off at school and decided that my task for the day was to clean out my "camera closet." Well...I don't want you to think that I have an entire closet dedicated to camera equipment...I wish! What I actually have is a small shelf, in a closet in...
Trappy, Our Venus Fly Trap! Visions of ‘Little Shop of Horrors’ in my Kitchen!!
So I was at Market Street last week, and as I passed the floral section, a little container that said "Venus Fly Trap" caught my eye! What? A Venus Fly Trap! How cool! Right? Wrong... My kids were thrilled when they came home from school and found this cute...
Emporium Pies in Bishop Arts District…YUM!
So I headed off last Friday with my Mom and my sister to have an early Mother's Day lunch together. We are all 3 moms, so we decided to celebrate together before the actual day on Sunday. Our destination? Eno's Pizza Tavern in the Bishop Art's District. I think...
Which Tripod Do I Need? The Manfrotto Tripod!!
In my article, Be in the Picture, I talk about remote controls you can use to remotely trigger your camera so you can be sitting happily in the picture with your family, but there's one other important part to this happening easily that I didn't talk about in...
My “New” Pentax K1000…An eBay Adventure
I'm a sucker, I know! And I proved it again just the other day after reading my own article that I shared on my BallCapMom Facebook page called Love Classic Film SLRs? Check Out This Video on the Legendary Pentax K1000. I saw this title, and of course I clicked on...