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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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Burn Out

04.06.23 07:04 PM By Adrienne Towsen - Comment(s)
Burn Out

Burn out...a term I seem to hear a lot these days. I have been in healthcare for over 20 years, and there has been a significant change in the field during that time. It can be very difficult to deal with burn out at work and not let it affect your home life.  We have discussed the...

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...

Guest Author: Parenting Expert Stef Tousignant

10.20.22 03:54 PM By Adrienne Towsen - Comment(s)
Guest Author: Parenting Expert Stef Tousignant

We are so happy to share a post from our first guest author, Stef Tousignant! She provides excellent strategies to deal with childhood entitlement. Please enjoy this post just as we did and check out more of Stef's work through the links provided in her bio at the end of the post. You can also follo...

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...

A chat with Maria McCool

09.18.22 04:04 PM By Adrienne Towsen - Comment(s)
A chat with Maria McCool


I am thrilled to add the second entry to our 'interviews with working moms' category. I had the pleasure of lunch and a great conversation with the very impressive Maria McCool. She is the mom of three as well as the co-owner of award winning Calista Salon and Spa in West C...

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...

A plane ride away

08.27.22 12:58 PM By Adrienne Towsen - Comment(s)
A plane ride away

Next week both of my daughters will be a plane ride away for the first time. If you follow this blog you know that my oldest is now a college graduate and my youngest is about to start her junior year. So it has been a while since both girls were living at home, but with one in Boston and one in NYC...

Vacation Highlights...Asia!

08.21.22 10:03 AM By Adrienne Towsen - Comment(s)
Vacation Highlights...Asia!

Let's go back in time first...spring and summer of 2020. The world changed and no-one knew what to expect. We were faced with a crisis we won't soon forget, and technically speaking, it's not completely resolved now...over two years later. It was a time of great loss for many in lots of different wa...

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 (...
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