August 2008

Pageant of the Masters- Mindfreak for art lovers

Last night I attended The Pageant of the Masters in Laguna Beach. This is a very local event- and it is UNIQUE.  Let me attempt to describe. Basically hundreds of people work all year long to re-create famous works of art as LIVE works of art. So that lovely ballerina in Degas work? At the [...]

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My first post with Blissfully Domestic is up today….all new material. On the ‘material’ girl herself! Go check it out here and have a giggle…..

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A boy and ONE of his dreams

   Remember that awesome cool electric guitar Jack got for his 10th birthday? You don’t? Well where have you been? This was BIG news people! Jack has been asking to play the guitar since he was well…this old:  And I stuck with my mommy mantra ‘oh honey your hands aren’t really big enough’. This was [...]

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Oh jealously…

Once upon a time I was getting all bitter and jealous about a blog I was following. See this blog was very popular. I mean VERY. And the blogger had gone off and started an online magazine of sorts that was just amazing in design and content. And it too had a lot of followers. [...]

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The revenge of a blogging orphan…

Please click to see a ONE minute video -especially if you blog or know a blogger. It is very short. I promise! blogging-orphans_0001 In this video my first born refers to himself as a Blogging Orphan.  I am certain he will need therapy soon. Either that or an Oscar. We will see how this pans [...]

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My plan on planning to plan

Today my boys and I were talking about how to spend our NEXT summer. (see with only two weeks left of THIS summer, we are already scheduling for the next. We Massuras are planners.) And we all agreed it would be a great idea to rent an RV and take a road trip. My dad [...]

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AdTalk: Marie and the pantsuit

Marie had always wanted to be a model. But she married straight out of Wellesley and before long she was knee deep in PTA meetings and president of her neighborhood book club. Not to mention her charity work with the Assistance League. Marie was an old fashioned girl. She owned one pair of pants, and [...]

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Lucky number 13

Tucker: Cool that I am number 13 mom. Me: Oh yeah, why is that? Tucker: Cuz when they see me coming they will know I am bad luck for them, and they are gonna get HURT.* *Public Service Warning to mothers of baby boys: They are only sweet and kind until they become football players.  [...]

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Words to live by…

Hello and welcome to the first installment in “Do-it-Yourself-Whatever”. yes, I am throwing in the ‘whatever’ to keep it more open ended. I know a person like you can’t be boxed in. Actually this is all part of a fabulous linky from We are THAT family. You know that blog don’t you? It is one [...]

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Shopping for a dinosaur…

On Tuesday we went to Jacks orientation meeting for his new electric guitar lessons. I was asked to buy a 3-ring binder, extra guitar picks and….a CASSETTE TAPE.  Whaaaaa? I was not even sure if they still sold these anymore. The owner of the school explained to me that there is really no other option to record voice/music [...]

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The Round Table Sessions: Paper or plastic?

Today I had the opportunity to meet with a ’round table’ of journalists and writers. We met at a lovely Chinese restaurant which quite literally had pink laminate ROUND tables complete with a ‘lazy-susan’ in the middle. Ya know so we could pass our thoughts and ideas around the table along with the Kung Pao [...]

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