The Hot New Neighborhood on the Block

by ErinL

With more and more families making Columbia City their home, it’s hard not to keep an eye on this up and coming South Seattle neighborhood. And while some residents of Columbia City are less than pleased with their neighborhood becoming more commercialized (They even have a Starbucks! Gasp!). But people flocking to their little nook, there’s no denying that...

Get Your Tickets Today for Zimmerpalooza: Maker Mania

by JacquiB

Zimmerpalooza is the Zimmer Children’s Museum’s biggest family fundraiser of the year! The theme this year is Maker Mania, where kids of all ages can design build, create and engineer projects of all kinds! With live music, great food, and, of course, tons of hands-on fun,...

Get Your Tickets Today for Zimmerpalooza: Maker Mania

by JacquiB

Zimmerpalooza is the Zimmer Children’s Museum’s biggest family fundraiser of the year! The theme this year is Maker Mania, where kids of all ages can design build, create and engineer projects of all kinds! With live music, great food, and, of course, tons of hands-on fun,...

Service: The Importance of Saying Yes!

by Jill Greenlaw

Service—Saying the word “yes,” especially when you’d rather say “no” can transform your mundane day-to-day into an exciting and fulfilling life adventure. I know this because a few years ago I said yes to a request I wasn’t absolutely sure I could fulfill. This yes altered my holiday celebration from...

Explore Chattanooga: Buy It Downtown

by Toni Carrigan I recently received a fabulous gift from my students at school, the Buyit Downtown gift card . I  had actually never heard of this but after speaking with others, it seems this is a pretty snazzy way...

Join Me in a Photo Farewell to 2012

by Robin

Christmas is over (whew!) and now it’s time for one of the parts of the year I like best – saying goodbye to the old and preparing to welcome the new. The combination of reminiscing and getting a clean slate is the best.

Last year at the end of the year I said farewell to 2011 in photos. I...

Fashion Flash~ Happy New Year

by The Glam Gals

Happy Monday!  It’s time for another Fashion Flash!

Happy New Years from the Fashion Flash

What is the Fashion Flash?  It’s our round up of the latest over 40 fashion and beauty tips just for you, our wonderful community of...

Karen Kalan, Making the Run Fun

by MissTina

It only takes one person to make a positive difference for the rest of us.

Take the winners of this year’s “We Shield Moms Contest” hosted by Blue Shield of California, for example.  After we scoured California for inspiring moms who make it their mission to promote...

Season of Sharing: 10 Ways to Give Back

by Scott

With the whirlwind of holiday shopping, visiting relatives, and the kids out of school, we often forget that the holiday season is all about giving back. There are countless local charities in Los Angeles that wonderfully serve the community year round so we dug around and asked local moms and dads where they choose to give back. The list...

Keeping Our Families and Communities Safe: Why I Left Instagram

by Amalia Deloney Last April I wrote a blog about Facebook’s purchase of Instagram (Stupid Fat Hobbit, You Ruins it!). In the blog I discussed how I left Facebook in 2010, and how I joined Instagram shortly thereafter, and how I now wondered about being pulled back into the FB empire.

 I moved to Instagram shortly after leaving Facebook in September of...