Another ‘Twilight’ Saga

Robert Pattinson Autograph

In honor of the upcoming film, “Breaking Dawn – Twilight Saga Part 1,” I thought I’d share my parenting fail in helping to create the frenzy around this franchise. Well,  it’s not exactly me but my teenager. You may recall reading how she persisted until she got Robert Pattinson to mail a personalized autographed photo of [...]

Cirque du Soleil's KA at Comic-Con 2011

KÀ BY CIRQUE DU SOLEIL TO PRESENT GRAVITY-DEFYING STUNT FOR OPENING NIGHT OF COMIC-CON 2011 IN SAN DIEGO, CA An Unprecedented Display of 3-D Projection and Live Performance Will Transform a Brick Wall Into the Site of an Epic Battle Between Good and Evil.                                              The resident production of KÀ by Cirque du Soleil at [...]

A Proper College Send Off and Celebration

Our son's graduation is finally behind us!  It was a TWO week-long celebration full of formal award presentations, sports banquets, mass, blessings, parties and lots and lots of family. Our first-born is the fifth in our family to go through the pomp and circumstance of graduating from high school, but the second one going on [...]

How About Those Padres?

One of my all-time favorite movies is “Fever Pitch” with Drew Barrymore and Jimmy Fallon. My family can totally relate to Ben, the main character in this film about baseball, and his obsession with the Red Sox because we were on the same boat but with a different team — we were ardent San Diego Padres fans.

Madonna Celebrates Obama

“This is a historical evening … We are lucky to be sharing it with each other” Madonna exclaimed after announcing to her captive audience that Barrack Obama had been elected President of the United States. In the middle of an outstanding performance, the long awaited results of the presidential election came in, and while the 50 year old music icon tried to concentrate on playing the guitar and singing, the significance of the moment overcame her.