When my daughter started high school this year I made a vow to not be one of those parents – the type who micromanage every detail of their child’s life while on a perpetual quest to get them into “the”…
When my daughter started high school this year I made a vow to not be one of those parents – the type who micromanage every detail of their child’s life while on a perpetual quest to get them into “the”…
Hey, I was on the radio today, talking to the very kind Frank Carmichael and the gang at WLIP radio in Wisconsin, talking about everything from Girl Scout cookies to the Oscars! It was fun. Thanks for having me Frank!
I’m working in Century City this week, amongst the young and the lawyerly, so I’ve made a point to blend in by wearing my nicest slacks and my dry clean only blouses. At lunchtime I like to go over to…
It was a banner weekend – saw two entire movies – so lots of trailers to report on. First we saw We Bought A Zoo, a very nice film. Matt Damon and his on-screen daughter played by Maggie Elizabeth Jones…
Here’s my piece in the CS Monitor today – The Fellowship of the Christmas Ham THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE HAM About the time I thought the vein on my neck was going to explode from the stress of the holidays,…
My mother needed her Christmas card list updated because – well there’s no gentle way to put it – because her friends keep dying. Since I took over the printing of her address labels after my dad died, now the maintenance of her…
This weekend I saw The Muppets, which I really enjoyed even though it’s a little slow in the middle and it’s probably made more for adults than kids. But, since it’s marked towards kids all the trailers were for kids…
It’s the most wonderful time of the year! Is it time for the holidays already? No. It’s Bulky Item Trash Pick-up week! I can hardly contain my excitement whenever I receive the postcard from the rubbish company announcing that we…
I’ve added a new blog feature – movie trailer reviews. I figure I don’t get out enough to do movie reviews so I’ll just review the trailers. (Since you get to see three or four of them at a time.)…
This is a little roundup of our LA “Staycation” in LA Parent magazine.
Kristen Hansen Brakeman 