Happy 90th Birthday, Burbank Parks & Rec!

This Saturday join the City of Burbank in celebrating it's Parks and Recreation Department's 90th birthday!  It's free and open to the public at Vickroy Park from 9-11am.  Come learn about programs and events in the community and enjoy a rock climbing wall,  bounce house, obstacle cour…

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L.A. Mama Re-Launch

It's hard to believe it's been an entire year off but, alas, I have returned refreshed, renewed and ready to share all sorts of goodies with my wonderful readers, old and new.  Let's see, in the last year my oldest son became a high school senior; my daughter entered high school, and my…

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Lunch Time! Take a Bao

So, I just took advantage of an Uber Eats promo which, as you may or may not know, is kind of a gamble because you basically get whatever they have on their very, very limited menu that day.  You're at the mercy of those who are in charge of deciding whatever they feel like serving up that day…

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I'm still here!!

Sometimes I get so bogged down with work, kids, and- well, LIFE (don't even get me started on this deployment) that this poor little blog takes a backseat to everything. I'm still here though!  I would say I'm back but I never really went anywhere- but you know this because you're f…

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#NeverForget

On September 11th, 2001 I was at work with the radio on.  As I sat at my desk my regularly scheduled program was interrupted with breaking news- a passenger plane had flown into the World Trade Center in New York. Was it an accident?  The question in my mind was quickly answered with a resounding n…

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Time for an Upgrade!

I passed up both incarnations of the iPhone 5, unimpressed. The iPhone 6 is the first iPhone I've been genuinely excited about in a while. So much so that I've already sold my iphone 4S on  Gazelle.com  for $105. Better than nothing, right? What I'm loving is the gorgeous design, larger sc…

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California Strawberry Festival

Summer is just around the corner, the weather is warmer, and the days seem just a bit longer.  That means it’s time for some outdoor fun and what better way to kick things off than this weekend at the 30 th  anniversary of the Annual Strawberry Festival in Oxnard, California where you can experience…

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