With all the 80s fun I’ve been having recently, I’ve been able to listen to music I grew up with. Whether it was Toto, Peter Gabriel or (God forbid) Air Supply, there are a lot of songs that have somehow influenced my taste in music today, which is a tad eclectic. A couple of weeks […]
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Explaining the 80s to Children
I have a love-hate relationship with school dress-up days. While Pajama Day can be fun (who doesn’t love spending a whole day in flannels), other days, like Crazy Pants Day, can require a bit more planning, not to mention a glue gun. My kids’ elementary school recently held 80’s Day. If you’re six-years-old, the eighties […]
5 Tips For Traveling Without Children
A long time ago, I posted 5 Tips for Traveling with Children (#1 was “Don’t”), but now it’s time to move beyond that (since my spawn can walk and talk), to something a lot more relaxing: traveling alone. Recently, before my trip to Hollywood to abduct Colin Firth attend Oprah’s After Oscar Party, I did […]
The Zoo: Seeing Much More Than Expected
While I was chatting with Colin Firth at the Oscars, my husband took Vivian and William to one of our favourite family activities, the kind where you can waste half a day with children and still emerge more coherent than Muammar Gaddafi. They went to the zoo. We love the Calgary Zoo. When the animals […]