Dear San Francisco,
I’m celebrating 21 years of living here this year. It’s the longest I’ve lived anywhere. Guam was dethroned nine years ago in 2011; I had lived there for ten years. Most people don’t even know where Guam...
In my three and a half years of being a mom, I’ve said the Mean Girls quote, “I’m not, like, a regular mom; I’m a cool mom,” more than once. I think most of us want to be that...
Did you guys know that the Grinch doesn’t live in Whoville? He actually resides deep down inside each one of us, and he rears his mean, grumpy head whenever he is triggered by holiday stress.
I witness this transformation...
One of my oldest friends visited recently. We had a lot to catch up about. We spoke about his blossoming career as a social worker and about mine (yes, it’s a job) as a full-time mother. And among other...
In a few weeks, our family of three becomes a family of four. Since we don’t know the baby’s sex, we have affectionately called the baby “Hash Brown.” We have spent months preparing our daughter Ilse for the pending...
Parenting is hard.
I think this is an understated sentence and something that is not talked about enough. Sure, it is rewarding and sweet at times, but it is not easy. We are not only doing this for the very...
San Francisco Bay Area Mom’s recently connected with Debbie Matenopoulos, co-host of the daytime talkshow "Home & Family" on the Hallmark Channel. She had some amazing ideas to make the holidays special and she shared some great recipes that...
It’s a popular topic of conversation at every parent’s association meeting, moms’ group discussion, and school planning committee meeting lately: how can we keep ourselves connected, virtually?
I’ve heard this conversation often repeated, nearly exactly, in the work environment where...
The pandemic has been a roller coaster; a ride I never wanted on. And while we all buckled in and braced ourselves to find out as much as we could about COVID-19 we also saw things get political. No...
“Trick or Treat, Trick or Treat, Give me something good to eat . . .”
Who remembers that rhyme? With the arrival of Halloween and all things pumpkin-fied, here comes the tidal wave of candy options. Since this year...
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2026 Summer Camp Guide – San Francisco Bay Area
It's time to start signing your little ones up for camps!
To make things easier for you, we have put together our top picks of
this...
