This post is sponsored by the Capitol Hill Arts Workshop. By Megan Cheek The days are warming up, the end of school is drawing near, and the parents are sweating. One question hangs in the air: “Now what am I going to do with my kids this summer?! Capitol Hill Arts Workshop (CHAW) to the […]
Sunshine, puppies and kittens are up there, too — please don’t think that just because I got to eat a metric ton some samples of Ben and Jerry’s Greek Frozen Yogurt, I’m suddenly forgetting the less-creamy pleasures in life. However, I wanted to bring you all a little of those pleasures, because seeing people smiling, […]
This Saturday presents a confusing cultural conundrum. It is the day of the Kentucky Derby, the tradition-bound horse race that somehow also celebrates seersucker and mint juleps. Saturday is also Cinco De Mayo (no relation) a Mexican holiday that celebrates margaritas and sombreros. Many people who have zero affiliation with, or even understanding of, either culture […]
I have just learned via the Interwebs that Saturday’s moon is supposed to be a SUPERMOON. What does that mean, you ask? Apparently, the moon is closer to earth around this time of year, and so it’s going to look absolutely gigantic! So, in addition to all the awesome things you are planning to do […]
There was a point a few weeks ago, when I was eating funnel cake at Busch Gardens shaping young minds on a tour and dreaming of a better life, that I wanted to pack it all in and move to a cabin in Montana. But I got through it, with the sure knowledge that as bad […]