March is National Craft Month! Crafters and Bloggers Wanted

March is National Craft Month and Say it Rah-shay wants you! Surfing through the interwebs (you’ve read that correctly; I took it back to the 90’s) leaves me in awe of the wonderful creativity I see online and I want to share it with you! For National Craft Month, I am going to feature a new blog and/or crafter and…

The Return of East Passyunk Restaurant Week February 23rd- March 1st

East Passyunk Avenue Business Improvement District (EPABID) announces the return of East Passyunk Restaurant Week on Sunday, February 23 through Saturday, March 1, 2014.  Twenty-four award-winning restaurants along Philadelphia’s “Best Dining Neighborhood of 2013” will serve up three course, value-priced brunch, lunch and dinner menus for $15, $25 and $35 each. From low key BYOBs to elegant candlelight dining to Italian…

yaRRnthings: Groups

In the past, it seems that this time of year rolls around and I am bemoaning the loss of my cro-jp (my crochet mojo) am looking for ways and ideas to start hooking again. This year there has been some slower periods but not the overall drop in stitching. I think this is in part to my adding knitting to…

#ad Elegance is key with Dress First

  My daughter, The Teen, formerly uninterested in what she wears, has suddenly declared that she likes “looking” at fashion. While shopping may be a challenge, she enjoys visiting different sites for clothes and is getting excited about her version of the prom, the eighth grade dance. We visited DressFirst.com and took a look at some styles that we both…

Write a Review Wednesday: Cleo in the Snow

It’s been so cold in these parts and here is a sweet book to share with your preschooler. Cleo in the Snow (Cleo the Cat) by Stella Blackstone and Caroline Mockford is a joyful book about a cat’s romp in the snow. This book is told in rhyming text and is accompanied by bold drawings. Cleo is such a cutie…