My wife’s a genius. Why spend buckets of money on complicated electronic toys when sometimes the cheapest toy is the most fun? Yesterday she bought Toddler Harbat some hair curlers at the dollar store. Actual cost of plastic? Three and…
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An Ode to My Daughter’s Hair
When my daughter was born her hair was like spider silk. It couldn’t be combed or styled, just smoothed down in a rough dome shape. By the time she turned one, her hair wasn’t thick enough to hold even the…
Surf’s Up
Here’s one of the things I love about living in San Diego: the surf report. Every morning on my drive to work, our local public radio station does news, traffic, a blurb on weather, and the surf report. The laconic…
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Methylchloroisothiazolinone (And Other Yummy Ingredients)
My recent trip to the verdant hills of Sonoma reminded me that food is a luxury, and fresh simple ingredients always win out for health and taste. So I was pleased to read this morning in Salon that an expert…
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