In the non-stop age of technology and Zoom, who else is in desperate need of disconnecting so you can reconnect? National Day of Unplugging is from sundown-to-sundown March 5-6, 2021 and there’s no better time than now to unplug.  Interesting facts: 75% of Americans spend anywhere from 3 to 10+ hours a day on a device. 48% of […]

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The countdown is on for Spring Break 2021 and even during a pandemic, there are still opportunities to play safely! Whether you want to hunker down indoors, get outside or explore something new, we have you covered with these fabulous Spring Break offerings, categorized by geographic area. COVID restrictions are in place and many attractions […]

It’s a stab in the (almost) complete dark! A secret venue in the heart of the city is host to new concept dining-in-the-dark event ‘Pitch Black’. You may wonder what the benefits are, but the absence of distractions promotes the idea that eating in the dark heightens diners’ senses making for a more pleasurable experience. […]

My husband and I are celebrating 18 years of wedded bliss on February 15. Before we were married, I told him our anniversary, Valentine’s Day and my birthday (all of which fall within a week of each other) are three separate and distinct occasions and should be celebrated as such. Yeah, right. I now have […]

You don’t have to be a skier or a single mom to deeply feel all the feelings of Arc’teryx’s 13-minute film: Motherhood.  It is often said that the hardest part of any adventure is getting out the door. Planning and packing are tedious and time-consuming. But the moment you cross over the threshold from the […]

I just got back from taking my oldest daughter to college in Nashville, a trip I’d been dreading since…well…I guess since March 2020. Haley had come home on March 9, 2020, packed for a weeklong spring break. Ten months later she went back. The 2020 spring semester was scary, but easier – the school had […]

A heartbreaking home birth leaves a woman grappling with the profound emotional fallout, isolated from her partner and family by a chasm of grief. Netflix’s new film “Pieces of a Woman” is a deeply personal, searing, and ultimately transcendent story of a woman (Vanessa Kirby – Best Actress Winner, Venice Film Festival 2020) learning to […]

Our family’s longtime tradition the day before Christmas has been to go to brunch together and then to see the latest Star Wars movie in the theater. Well, for COVID reasons, that obviously isn’t happening but my mood was boosted when I looked into what Star Wars features are coming down the pipe and believe […]

As the holidays approach, you might be looking to get into the seasonal spirit or maybe you just want to escape the reality that is 2020. Either way, your cure is a cheerful, heartwarming romantic comedy series. Enter “Dash & Lily,” a new, original show from Netflix that introduces a Grinch-like Dash (played by Austin […]