Inspiring High School Teens Give Back

Art Of Giving Club 11 Resized

My daughter, Bianca, designed this collection titled “Simply Coronado”.  She led 16 students to create this one-of-a-kind art piece to donate to the Coronado Schools Foundation Auction Gala held annually at the Hotel Del. Bianca established  The Art of Giving Club at CHS with the mission “Creativity For A Cause.” This is the second donation the club has made to CSF. [...]

BlogHer 2011 and The Newbie

The Swag. The parties. More Swag. The screams of In-Real-Life meetings! The Expo Hall giveaways. The brands. More parties. And more Swag. This BlogHer newbie did not know what to expect, but the blogger conference exceeded any expectations — and believe me, they were high. I'd been hearing about this unique conference for bloggers for [...]

BlogHer 2011 in San Diego

The largest convention for bloggers is cleverly called BlogHer. It will take place this Friday and Saturday at the San Diego Marriott and Convention Center, and it will be my first time attending the much anticipated convention of the Blogosphere!   Over 3,000 people are expected to fly in from every corner of the country to network, learn, [...]

Rant Brought to You by California State of Emergency

A blogger friend recently contacted a group of us to discuss the dire situation in our schools due to more budget cuts looming on the horizon.  Those cuts include reducing the number of school days by yet another week.   I heard that collective woot! from students thinking that less school and more vacation is [...]

Coachella Music Festival – Friday and CrumpetsandT.com makes The Desert Sun Newspaper

From my vantage point, day one of the Coachella Music and Arts Festival looked and felt like a modern-day Woodstock.  The heat, sweat, and excitement of over 90,000 bodies at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, Ca was more of a nightmare for this wannabe 'hipster' mom, but it was my teenager's dream come true. Check out today's Coachella Festival article in The Desert [...]