Archive for the 'manners' Category

Saying Goodbye to the Kid’s Menu

August 15th, 2011

by Caroline When Lisa told me about her family’s road trip plans, I was envious (the sun! the stars! the Missions! the meals!) and then, instantly, dubious on the one point she was nervous about herself: the meals. Two weeks of restaurant meals. Forty-two restaurant meals. With two kids. At (among other places) several theme [...]

42 Meals: A Vacation Odyssey, The Overview

August 3rd, 2011

By Lisa We’ve just returned from our annual family vacation, which this year involved a long an epic road trip from the Bay Area to San Diego, one of the most southern parts of our state.  Our initial destination was ComicCon in San Diego, which was a blast & included a preview of the upcoming [...]

Ella’s Table

November 6th, 2009

by Lisa We have good nights and bad nights as far as the manners go, as everyone does. Some nights are really peaceful. Other nights it looks like we’re feeding the dog we don’t (yet) have off our floor.   Some nights we have a really fun conversation. Other nights, well, let’s just say other nights [...]

Pumpkin Time

October 22nd, 2009

by Caroline It happens every year, the clamor for pumpkin treats: pie, cupcakes, pancakes, muffins. Eli, particularly, adores all things pumpkin and thinks it’s quite reasonable to expect a pumpkin pie for dessert an hour after we return from the pumpkin patch. Well, maybe so, but not with the new pumpkins, certainly. In fact, you [...]

Dinner in 20

October 14th, 2009

by Lisa I  love to cook.   I do not always want to cook. These statements are not mutually exclusive. While I will very often prep a little bit of dinner at lunchtime (the virtue of working from home), one day last week I had done nothing for dinner.  I hadn’t even taken a mental inventory [...]

Table Matters

October 13th, 2009

By Lisa I am not proud of this fact, but I have occasionally been known to watch the show about the former couple who has more than a dozen children, even though it makes me feel dirty  and I generally can’t tolerate more than about 15 minutes. However. I am going against my better instincts [...]