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First of all, I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving. Celebrations were likely smaller than usual for a lot of people, but based on all the posts I saw on social media, many embraced the idea of a more intimate dinner with immediate family and still managed to enjoy and feel thankful. 

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I'll try to blame it on my Italian upbringing that I'm drawn to Chianti, but it's not really true, I just love the way it tastes. I envision the beautiful Tuscan Cypress trees, colorful poppies in the fields, and a distant villa, surrounded by grape vines......If only I could board the plane now.......

As I sit here on a chilly fall night, just outside of Philadelphia, PA, with a Stouffer's microwave mac-n-cheese (because sometimes after a long day, that's all us "working moms" can muster up) paired with one of the best chenin blanc wines from Stellenbosch, South Africa (because it doesn...

This is sure to be a different type of holiday season for most people in this country and all over the world. For many Americans, Thanksgiving is a favorite holiday, and it is a time for large family gatherings. As someone who has a small family, I could never envision the scene when others would ta...

I think most of us realize now more than ever, that one of the ways we like to have fun is going out to a restaurant. The limitations we have dealt with over the past several months and continue to deal with now have definitely changed this simple yet enjoyable activity. It can be fun to have favori...

For many years, Monday nights at 8pm the girls in my house which included me, my mom and my two daughters would gather around our biggest and best TV to watch Dancing with the Stars. We began watching the very first season back in 2005 and we were  loyal fans for many years. We would pick our f...

The red wine known as Valpolicella is typically made from four grape varieties: Corvina Veronese, Corvinone, Rondinella, and Molinara. It is a full-bodied wine with deep garnet colors, flavors of wild cherries, jam, vanilla, coc...

This is another childhood favorite of mine. Chicken, prosciutto, mushrooms, and fontina cheese are central to this dish. The chicken is so tender and the mushroom sauce makes it a delicious topping for both the chicken and your plated side. I prefer capellini (angel-hair pasta), but rice or steamed ...

Let's run 10 miles but stop 15-20 times to complete obstacles with varying degrees of difficulty...and lets's do it all in the mud! Sure...sounds like a great plan....was NOT my response when my physician assistant asked me if I would be interested in doing a Tough Mudder. It was 2013 and I had just...

In November of 2016 we took a short pre-Thanksgiving trip to another one of our favorite places, Naples, Florida. It was a common place for me to go for orthopedic meetings, so the girls and my mom joined me for one and loved it there. We then went for spring break a couple of times, and it became a...

It was August of 1994, and I just started medical school. I remember being very excited to complete my first week, and then be heading home to New Jersey to be a bridesmaid in my best friend from high school's wedding. I was running late when I showed up for the rehearsal and just jumpe...

Ever wonder where the idea for the wine cork came from? Up until the mid-17th century, wine bottles were sealed with clay, fabric, wax, and leather. Glass became more commonly used, but would often fracture and break into the bottle, as those closures were often difficult to remove. At that time, ea...

It's Sunday night and you think where did the weekend go...I am not ready to start another busy week. I have this feeling often. Mondays come too soon, and I never feel like I got enough done over the weekend. My work days are long, and even though I don't have kids at home anymore, I still feel lik...

When one daughter is a senior and the other is a sophomore, it's a great time to have a pre-homecoming party for both! What better way to have fun than to throw a party. We enjoy having parties at our house, and this was a special one. It was the pre-party before the Homecoming dance in 2017. We hav...

We got off to a slow start at The Working Mom this week and have not posted on the blog until today, but we will get back to our daily content next week and get our new products on the website as well so stay tuned!

I love doing a Throwback Thursday post, because it is so much fun to look back over o...

As I explained in yesterday's post, I love Halloween and not only have I had fun at home with my kids, but also at work with my partners and staff. Several years ago, I suggested we have a Halloween Happy Hour in the office just for something to do at the end of a work day to boost morale. I thought...

We are big fans of Halloween in my family,  and I have enjoyed dressing up with the kids over the years. When they were young I would dress up to take them trick or treating, and we had so much fun. I have brought my love of Halloween to my office as well which I will expand upon tomorrow on th...

Five years ago if someone would have said to me "you will be a competitive ballroom dance student traveling around the country and even the world to dance", I would have laughed and never believed it could be possible. I am happy to report that person would have been right! I could never h...