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The Mom Vivant
Wow, is this a worthwhile article. We Moms are on the front lines of the dance around technology. Yes, technology is a boon in many ways. I love that I can google a recipe for dinner and that I can actually read my son's research paper if he has done [...]
Must read for kids!
The following are excerpts from a piece in the Washington Post about Eric Schmidt's graduation speech at Boston University. They might be worth mentioning to your kids at the dinner table. Could be an interesting conversation. ●Among those who text, girls ages 14 to 17 sent a median of 100 [...]
Easy is good at this time of year!
Pasta with peas and parsley-walnut pesto From the pantry, you'll need: garlic, walnuts, fresh black pepper, kosher salt, extra virgin olive oil, Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese, pasta, onion, wine you'd be happy to drink. Serves 3-4. Ingredients For the pesto:1 cup fresh flat-leaf parsley leaves2 Tbsp roughly chopped walnuts1 large clove of [...]
The Mom Vivant / Debbie Baldwin of Ladue News
I really don’t know what to say. I feel like I’m waking up/coming down from an absinthe- induced daydream. Either that or somebody made a live action version of SpongeBob SquarePants. I’m not a big follower of the grand tradition of French absurdist comedy, but I can see its value. [...]
Tough Love
Progress sometimes comes in quietly. Or as they say in North Carolina, on kitten's paws. Other times it's a dramatic, "Wow!" "Wow" is what I have to say after reading about Mia Love. What's not to love about her story? The daughter of Haitian immigrants who arrived in the United [...]
Debbie’s “Encharitos”
In a large glass bowl, combine shredded, cooked chicken, a small can of chopped green chilis, a cup of grated colby jack and 1 cup of salsa. Combine and spoon into flour tortillas, roll and place on cookie sheet. Cover with salsa, cheese and crumbled corn chips. Bake at 350 [...]
Only in New York! Kids draw the News
Kids Draw the News: The Case of the Missing Manholes By ANDY NEWMAN Liam, 11, Burundi, Africa Our colleagues at The Times’s City Room blog have a new feature called Kids Draw the News, where they assign the 12-and-unders in the audience a current article about New York City to [...]
Timely topics
Wow, it has been an interesting season for Moderate Moms. I just got back from North Carolina where voters voted overwhelmingly for a constitutional ban on gay marriage. North Carolina is such a beautiful state and in some ways, it is quite progressive. It's a state that likes to keep [...]
The Mom Vivant / Debbie Baldwin of Ladue News
By Debbie Baldwin I have an idea for a board game, working title: Diet Tribe. In it, players would move a tiny grocery cart around a board that represents a grocery store. The goal is to be the first to check out with a full cart of food that will [...]