Many residents of Southern California have orange trees in their yards.  They are as common as Maple trees in Vermont.  Our oranges are usually ready to pick in December.  After picking our oranges, we soaked them in vinegar water in the sink and scrubbed them with a sponge.  Since we harvested...

I don’t usually buy art at Bed Bath & Beyond, but when I saw this plaque, I could not stop myself from buying it because these are OUR family rules…to a tee!  There are only two rules missing and those are: treat others in the way you would like to be treated and keep your hands to...

California turned FOUR yesterday, so we had a party for him at our house. When we received the gifts that we had ordered from Amazon.com, we noticed that we had TONS and TONS of paper that had been used as packaging. There was literally so much paper that I could not see the living room floor (see pic...

We love to support local small businesses when we get the chance to do so!  The Good Pizza in the communities of Westchester and Playa del Rey in Los Angeles makes it easy to support local small businesses because their pizza is so yummy, so healthy and can be personalized to meet each person’s...

Do you like this art?  Go to Papayaart dot com to see more designs like this one.  They sell gorgeous cards for every occasion, totebags, journals, calendars, art prints, water bottles and much more featuring creative designs similar to what is shown above. Every year during the holiday season, we...

On November 13, 2009, the movie 2012  premiered in theaters across the country.  We saw the ads for this movie in every nook and around every corner in L.A. and in cities nationwide.  Billboard slogans ranged from “2012:  Google It” to “2012:  Will You Survive?” to simply...

Tsunami preparedness information has been issued to residents of Los Angeles that live near the coast in the form of brochures and PDF files. These brochures/PDF files address the communities of Venice, West Los Angeles and the Harbor area of L.A., however the brochure also points out that “all...

I can’t believe that I even NEED to post about the importance of teaching boys how to cook in the year 2012. The truth is that the old gender based stereotypes still exist that girls cook and boys get waited on hand and foot. Wake up world…boys need to learn how to cook and let’s throw...

We had the privilege of meeting a turkey a few years ago at the Gentle Barn (which was located in Tarzana, CA at the time).  He was such a sweet, gentle bird.  He followed us around and loved to be petted.  Our experience with Tommy (the turkey) mirrors that of Erik Marcus, the author of Vegan:...

A Vegetarian Thanksgiving to Remember: Ideas and Inspiration for those who yearn for a vegetarian Thanksgiving Tennessee helped make pumpkin pies. We used 2 cans of organic pumpkin, 2 cans of organic sweetened condensed milk, 4 organic, vegetarian fed, cage free eggs, 2 organic whole wheat pie shells...