by Karyn Brodsky What’s the best way to keep track of your kids this summer? Make your backyard the “place to be” and their friends will want to hang out there. It’s a win-win: you always know where your kids are, and you get to add some fun outdoor…
by Karyn Brodsky Summer’s here and the time is right…for making home improvements! With more hours of daylight, summer is the perfect time to tackle all of your remodeling projects. Be sure to focus on those that you can enjoy now and those, which will boost the resale value…
by Lisa A. Beach Are you in a “fun rut”? You know the signs: your weekends start to all look the same, your date nights stay within a two-mile radius of your house and you’ve got a “been there, done that” attitude about things to do in your community….
As a native Bostonian, Kenny Bowers grew up surrounded by great pizza. Now, he’ll bring that classic, East Coast style of pizza to North Texas when he opens Kenny’s East Coast Pizza in Plano’s Berkeley Square shopping center at the prime intersection of Park and Preston. “I love bringing real…
“Sandwich Generation” Parents Face the Worry at Both Ends by Alicia Wanek Driving is independence. The freedom to jump in the car and go where you want, when you want, is a privilege that is integral to the lifestyles we lead. When a teen gets a driver’s license, his or…
by Dr. Susan Sugerman | Contributor We live in a fairly privileged, relatively low-stress time in history, at least in terms of our day-to-day lives as Americans. Though there are definite exceptions, many of us don’t spend a lot of time worrying whether our children will have enough to…
Recording our lives for our kids allows us to reflect on our own sense of balance and reveals our hopes for the future and our thoughts on the past. by Colin Smith | Contributor There was a great one-liner in Ferris Bueller’s Day Off that has stuck with me over the…
A 15-Minute Scan Can Put Your Mind at Ease (And you take the test fully dressed) By Jeannie Benson | Contributor People tend to think of bones as unchanging, but the truth is that bones are in constant flux. Even as you read this sentence, specialized cells in your body are…
Good Morning Texas’s Paige McCoy Smith talks about finding balance in the sea of life… by Paige McCoy Smith | Contributor People often ask me how I balance it all: the kids, job, homework, marriage, carpool, deadlines, commute… I have to stop now. Just writing it down makes me tired. I…