We like some wine in the evening when we are watching a movie – the spouse and I.  The children of course – don’t get to drink at all – and we don’t encourage it till they are 21 but they have shown no interest whatsoever for drinking wine – they don’t like the taste.  [...]

I’m thinking of buying another handbag – and that started me thinking of getting my handbags organized because I’ve handbags in the living room, handbags in my study – handbags in my bedroom and handbags at the entrance way to my door.  Yes !  a wee bit too much handbags – and I want more [...]

My girlfriend saw this pottery barn table on sale for $350 – at the New York’s Craiglist and wanted to buy it so much.   It was definitely a nice piece – but if I didn’t have the money – I rather not buy it.  But she really wanted this piece as it fit her living [...]

We’ve learned it the hard way too – that buying a new car – in the Spring may not be the best deal that you will get when you are getting a car.  Many years ago – when our first born just came back from the hospital – we decided we needed a good vehicle [...]

I had dinner with some friends last night – and we were all chatting about raising kids while some who have been trying for years can’t have any and doing invitro and one had surgery in the city to try and have a baby.  But we all agreed that raising daughters are a lot harder [...]

Tulips are hard to find during this time of the year – but a friend has a hot house and grew some for his wife  and sent me some when he was in town.  Very nice eh – so I quickly have it put them in the living room – so that we can all [...]

I had dim sum for high tea with a few old and good girlfriends from college and we all agree that we are not getting older – despite the fact that we are still very active in our life.  But there is no denying the fact that our body does feel old many a times [...]

So we finally started a book club with  some of my friends from the neighborhood – we lament that we don’t relax enough and we don’t make as much connection as we should as neighbors for so long.  We chose a touch of the Irish in this book by Colm Toibin.  The Empty Family is [...]

Summer is not here yet – but if you have a few teenage kids at home, the smartest thing to do is to make them fill in application forms for summer jobs around the town and also job banks.   And unlike my parents – who never let us work in the summer – we never [...]

With 3 kids and a spouse who love gadgets from netbooks, laptops, phones,  ipod touches,  iphone 3g , LCD tvs – plasma ones – xbox systems, PS3 and a Wii – you can imagine – how clutter our home can get – if I do not keep them in order.  Love the gadgets – but [...]