by Francie | Sep 10, 2014 | Food, mom, Music
I was hip for two hours with my family at the Electronic Dance Music (EDM) and Sriracha Food Festival in San Jose. Food trucks featured the tasty hot sauce in their signature dishes be it tacos, poutines or cupcakes. I just knew my boys would like it, particularly the...
by Francie | Sep 7, 2014 | College Tour
The University of British Columbia was the last stop on the Summer 2014 college tour. The other schools we toured included: University of Oregon, University of Washington and University of Puget Sound. As long as we were in Seattle, we thought a...
by Francie | Aug 26, 2014 | College Tour
The University of Puget Sound was the third stop on the Summer 2014 college tour*. Our tour guide made the hour long walk around campus an entertaining and welcoming experience. She encouraged everyone to talk and tried to match up their interests with someone she...
by Francie | Aug 22, 2014 | College Tour
The University of Washington was our second stop on the Summer 2014 college tour. The other schools we toured included: University of Oregon, University of Puget Sound, University of British Columbia. Our guide was pretty smart, just like the school. He said coming...
by Francie | Aug 20, 2014 | College Tour
Summer 2014 was packed with college tours. Our oldest is going to be a junior and because we are planners, we are starting the college hunt now. I don’t know how much fun he is having with the search, but the parents are really into it. Neither mom nor dad had a...
by Francie | Aug 2, 2014 | Blogs, Celebrities
Last week, I went to my first blogger’s conference, BlogHer14 in San Jose, a three-day affair. For my readers, BlogHer is what I call the BIG BLOG in the sky, a website home to just about any type of blog imaginable in one place– a directory and community of...
by Francie | Jul 29, 2014 | Food, Travel
Doughnuts and LA go together about as well as candy bars and diet pills, at least that’s what I used to think. To me, LA conjures up images of beaches, bikinis, movie stars and Malibu Barbie. A recent trip to LA was anything but a suntanned and slender experience. We...
by Francie | Jul 17, 2014 | Age, Medical
For about a week, I had a “smudge” at the corner of my left eye. All I wanted to do was clean my glasses or my contacts but the smudge didn’t go away. I kept thinking of a photo a stranger took of my husband, my 14-month-old and me in front of the Louvre in 1999, his...
by Francie | Jul 12, 2014 | Francie, Tech Rants
Four years ago, I didn’t know much about blogs or how the camera on my phone worked. Now I know three platforms for blogging. I have a camera app on my phone so I can edit photos creatively and easily. I have a personal page and a blog page on facebook; I...
by Francie | Jun 30, 2014 | Family, teen scene, Travel
A family reunion on the Oregon coast drove an eating frenzy across the state a couple of weeks ago. My family of four is all about the food so we planned our trip by the menu. Road-tripping was the way to go so we could combine it with a college tour at the University...
