To be that wonderful mother and wife that everyone has come to expect, mommy sometimes needs a time out too. The whining, the dishes, the piles — it can get to be too much. Mommy needs to ditch the kids and the hubby and spend a weekend...
Be honest — when you think of food in Chicago, you think deep-dish pizza, Chicago style hot dogs and maybe some Garrett’s popcorn — if you really know your stuff. But I’m here to tell you that the Windy City food scene is so much better...
I recently had the chance of sitting down with prolific yoga master, Shiva Rea, for a fireside chat. OK, maybe she was driving on the freeway and talking to me through her cell phone and I was sitting in my office, enduring the hot summer heat but...
The Stagecoach Music Festival is coming April 2/24–4/26 and it will be the perfect girl’s getaway. Sure, you could take your husband or your kids, but why would you want to do that on a girl’s weekend? The last five years I’ve attended Stagecoach with my best...
Not a fan of country music? Don’t worry — there’s plenty for you to do with your girlfriends on a Nashville getaway weekend. And who knows? You just might be converted by the end of the trip. I recently spent seven days in Nashville — half business and...
When I was in college, I read an assigned book in my women’s psychology class, written by Erica Jong, called Fear of Flying. She used flying as a metaphor for the limitations we put on ourselves. I’m not saying I don’t do that anymore but I do...
