Holidays + Seasons

Taking your children to have pictures made with Santa has been an annual Holiday tradition in most families for many years and, Atlanta has no shortage of places to go see the bearded man in the red suit. Whether you...

I love Thanksgiving. A holiday that revolves around food is pretty much right up my alley. I also love that it’s a celebration that doesn’t have anything to do with getting stuff! Add in the fact that it’s the...

It’s beginning to look a lot like Halloween! Ghouls & goblins have come a-haunting and the crunch of recently fallen leaves marks your every step. Pathways glow from the flicker of twinkling jack-o-lanterns. Best of all, those growls, screeches...

Do you live OTP? Specifically north OTP? Here's a list of fun family activities to bring on Fall this October! Woodstock Downtown Woodstock Scarecrow Walk (All  of October) One of our kids favorite things to do is to go to downtown Woodstock and...

The Art of Celebration – it's something that I vowed to teach my children even before they were born. The word "celebration" might get you stressed just by looking at it. You might think that word means an expensive 1-year-old birthday party...

Shortly after I moved to Atlanta in 2005, I went to a Fourth of July cookout. I met a group of runners who spoke very enthusiastically about the Peachtree Road Race. I was told it was the biggest 10K...

This year will be my 15th year running the Peachtree Road Race. I started running the race in 1993 and have run it on and off through a move away from and back to Atlanta and having 3 babies....

Looking for a family friendly place to celebrate the Fourth of July?  Look no further than these Atlanta Area Celebrations!! Auburn:  Fireworks only at dusk.  Located at 1369 Fourth Ave., Auburn www.cityofauburn-ga.org. Braselton:  4 p.m. - 9 p.m., parade at 6 p.m. ...

Pregnancy took a toll on my taste buds, robbing me of my generally adventurous culinary cravings and replacing them with those of a toddler.  My aversions were fierce.  I wanted nothing to do with the new recipes gracing the...

It’s summer already and that means you’re hearing the birds chirping, the bees buzzing, and the sound of children’s laughter wafting in through an open window. Want to know what’s heard at my house? A cork popping from a...