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We Are NOT Ready For Pumpkin Spice Season!

08.31.23 08:13 PM By Lisa - Comment(s)
We Are NOT Ready For Pumpkin Spice Season!




My daughter Maggie loves pumpkin spice and everything nice..... so when she surprised me with eggs, bacon, a pumpkin-cream muffin, and a pumpkin spiced latte on the morning of August 30, 2023, I just smiled. It was sooooo sweet of her to do that for me. She's an amazing cook! 


I realized everywh...

Happy National Raspberry Bombe Day!

08.11.23 04:45 PM By Lisa - Comment(s)
Happy National Raspberry Bombe Day!

Celebrating one of our favorite desserts that just happens to have its own National day!! 


It appears the origins of the bombe desserts are found in the United Kingdom, with the earliest mentions having been in the early 1900s. An iced cream base with many ...

National Clean Out Your Medicine Cabinet Day! (April 21st)

04.21.23 02:00 PM By Lisa - Comment(s)
National Clean Out Your Medicine Cabinet Day! (April 21st)



Ok, we all have stuff in our medicine cabinets that need purging. Everything from expired antacids that have crusted up the edges of the screw cap to the antibiotic you only half completed 25 years ago when you got your wisdom teeth out. The time for spring cleaning has arrived and you guessed it: t...

National Garlic Day!! (April 19th)

04.19.23 02:00 PM By Lisa - Comment(s)
National Garlic Day!! (April 19th)

Who knew garlic had its own day! April 19th! 




It is one of my favorite root vegetables. It adds flavor to most of my Italian dishes and it also tastes great on its own, baked until soft and spread on crusty Italian bread (as seen below).


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National Crawfish Day (April 17th)

04.17.23 03:00 PM By Lisa - Comment(s)
National Crawfish Day (April 17th)

When your bestie from college has a deep southern Louisiana connection, you are destined to experience these amazing mini lobsters called crawfish (or mud bugs as the locals refer to them as). I have roots close to the Cheasapeake Bay. I grew up casting the crab traps off of my grandmom...

National Wear Your PJs to Work Day AND National Eggs Benedict, Day!  (April 16th)

04.16.23 08:00 AM By Lisa - Comment(s)
National Wear Your PJs to Work Day AND National Eggs Benedict, Day!  (April 16th)

Happy April 16th!!!


Now you can celebrate National Wear Your PJs to Work Day with National Eggs Benedict Day! 

If you work remotely, then you can do both and enjoy breakfast in bed! :) 



Get your fa...

What to do with Leftover Decorated Easter Eggs

04.12.23 03:59 PM By Lisa - Comment(s)
What to do with Leftover Decorated Easter Eggs

Every Year I ask myself the same question, "What the heck do I do with ALL of these leftover decorated hard-boiled Easter eggs?"  Even though this kiddo in the picture below is 15 years old now, we STILL enjoy the creativity of dying Easter eggs every year. 


Maggie (age 3)



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Happy National Pet Day!!

04.11.23 10:01 AM By Lisa - Comment(s)
Happy National Pet Day!!

We LOVE our fur-babies! 


The Working Mom wanted to take a minute to honor the ones in our lives that steal our hearts and love us unconditionally! 


Happy National Pet Day! 







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Highlight on Phyllis Hsieh, President & CEO of Sesha Skin Therapy

04.03.23 04:33 PM By Lisa - Comment(s)
Highlight on Phyllis Hsieh, President & CEO of Sesha Skin Therapy



Phyllis Heish and Lisa Piliero Drozdowski


As consumers, we enter stores like Ulta, Sephora, and Nieman Marcus and are faced with thousands of products claiming to do what they say, "Erase or minimize the signs of aging". As a 47-year-old woman who is always in search of the fountain of yout...

Stay Tuned for Our Upcoming Meetings with CEO & Co-Founder of Sesha Skin Therapy

02.26.23 06:13 PM By Lisa - Comment(s)
Stay Tuned for Our Upcoming Meetings with CEO & Co-Founder of Sesha Skin Therapy

The Working Mom, LLC is headed to the Sesha Skin Therapy headquarters in West Chester, PA this week to meet with their CEO and co-founder Phyllis Hsieh to try some of their latest products. These products were born from technology that was initially meant to deliver insulin and other large density d...

Châteauneuf-du-Pape: The Regal from Rhône

12.12.22 04:11 PM By Lisa - Comment(s)
Châteauneuf-du-Pape: The Regal from Rhône

Châteauneuf-du-Pape 

Pronounced: shah toe nuf dew pop




Below is a map of southern Rhône. Châteauneuf-du-Pape is the southern Rhône’s most exclusive appellation: 



The name Châteauneuf-du-Pape literally means the “New castle of the Pope“. During the 14th Century, the city of Avignon, just s...

Holiday Beverage Traditions from Around the World

11.17.22 09:16 PM By Lisa - Comment(s)
Holiday Beverage Traditions from Around the World

Holiday Cheer Around the World


As we are approaching Thanksgiving and the December holiday season, I thought I would focus on the holiday beverage traditions around the world. For those of us in the northern hemisphere it is cold, dark, and often festive with the holiday lights, sounds, and s...

Managing Stress when you feel Crushed by It

10.04.22 11:48 AM By Lisa - Comment(s)
Managing Stress when you feel Crushed by It


There are many days I roll out of bed, and I want to sell everything and move to a small coastal town in Italy near my family where everything is just simpler. Why do we as a culture put so much pressure on ourselves? We are like ants... moving from place to place with a mission, but that mission ge...

All About Acne

09.28.22 05:00 PM By Lisa - Comment(s)
All About Acne



Please join us in welcoming Dr. Antonietta D’Urso as our expert in an ongoing series of pediatric topics that are of common concern.


Dr. Antonietta D'Urso MD beca...

Hawaii Coffee Company & The Working Mom, LLC

09.05.22 10:00 AM By Lisa - Comment(s)
Hawaii Coffee Company & The Working Mom, LLC


Working Moms enjoy their morning coffee! 


Join us as we welcome Hawaii Coffee Company to the Working Mom circle.  100% of the proceeds generated from our sales link will be given to the "Dress for Success" organization that is near and dear to our hearts! 


The mission of Dress...

Teenage Acne and How to Approach It

08.31.22 05:00 PM By Lisa - Comment(s)
Teenage Acne and How to Approach It


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We all remember when we were that age. No one wants to stand out and be different in a negative light, especially when you are a teenager. Here is the stepwise approach to managing this common dermatologic annoyance.


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Firstly, "An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure," as best stated...

Pinot Noir: The Heartbreak Grape

08.18.22 10:25 AM By Lisa - Comment(s)
Pinot Noir: The Heartbreak Grape

Happy National Pinot Noir Day!!
As we now have a greater following, I thought I would re-circulate some of my prior wine education blogs.  Hopefully you can enjoy learning about the amazing world of wine, as I have all these years. I'm currently studying for the Certified Sommelier Examination (...

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE WORKING MOM!!!! PLACED #30 OUT OF 100 WORKING MOM WEBSITES (and climbing) INTERNATIONALLY!!! 

08.03.22 12:45 PM By Lisa - Comment(s)
CONGRATULATIONS TO THE WORKING MOM!!!! PLACED #30 OUT OF 100 WORKING MOM WEBSITES (and climbing) INTERNATIONALLY!!! 

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What Do I Wanna Be When I Grow Up?

08.02.22 05:00 PM By Lisa - Comment(s)
What Do I Wanna Be When I Grow Up?


It hit me a few days ago when I was talking to a colleague at work about our career paths. He said "I have a history of severe depression. Why in the world did I pick a career where people are whining and complaining all the time?" (He is a former surgical Physician Assistant). He did go o...