This Zucchini Spaghetti Recipe is one of Four things parents can do to kick start the best year of their children's lives! is a sponsored post. As a new year unfolds there's a mantra we all repeat: I can't believe Fall 2021 is already underway-wasn't it just the beginning of summer vacation?! This year feels so monumental as it has already held a few life-altering … [Read more...]
Happy 16th birthday my sweet Mellie a seven pound shih tzu who has taught me more about life than I ever could have imagined
Although I didn't physically birth her, being that she has four legs and is covered in fur, I consider my Shih Tzu Mellie, who turns 16 today as much a member of my brood as I do my fairly hairless, two legged kids. For these past 16 years she's been a constant presence;, the one living, breathing creature who has always been eager to comfort me. In fact for the first half of her life- I … [Read more...]
Happy Jewish New year; resolutions and family fun
I know I simply can't fathom that another year is already underway... I look at my eleven-year-old daughter; the red-headed tween who has somehow grown to the point where the top of her head currently reaches the small of my neck who has somehow perfected her tween scowl- to a tee- and I wonder- WHERE the heck did the time go? It needs to be noted that this was our New Year's card from last … [Read more...]
There’s so much to “treasure” on Staten Island, come out today and Treasure Staten Island!
The reason I created The Staten Island family was to showcase all the wonderfully rich resources and talented, creative and supportive individuals who inhabit this Island of ours. So of course it is with the greatest of pleasure that I get to feature one of my favorite Staten Island annual celebrations Treasure Your Island an event taking place today May 20, 11:30am-4pm which is a consortium of … [Read more...]
Create a family memory you can renew each year; start planting with your kids
Every year in the spring, almost like clockwork, as soon as it feels the least bit warm my kids begin to ask me when we can get our annual planting underway. Don't get the wrong ideas- we're not shlepping out the hoes and tractors , rather we are replenishing the flower boxes that adorn three window sills of our house. My children are now 15 and 12 and since they were wee ones took an … [Read more...]