Chocolates seem like a go-to Mother’s Day gift that can’t fail. But it can also be boring if you just grab any old box on the way to Mom’s house. The way to make this can’t-fail gift idea special is to suss out gourmet chocolate treats that are almost too pretty to eat. Enter the […]

Pets underfoot during the festive season are not so different from toddlers when you’re trying to wrap, decorate, and host. You move cocktails left on the coffee table; put scissors right back in the drawer after wrapping; scour the floor for stray ornament hooks; and instinctively look around before opening the oven. With Thanksgiving upon […]

Even if we’re not planning to get dressed up this year, it’s a given that our pups need to don a disguise. OK, fine, maybe they don’t exactly need to. Maybe the truth is that we can’t dress our children up anymore on Halloween, and so we take whatever silly fun we can still get. […]

Pet parents, have you heard of Crown & Paw? It’s an amazing company. They specialize in custom pet portraits. You send in a picture of your pet, and their artists come up with a one-of-a-kind, framed work of art. They’re beautiful and modern. We had one made of our calico, Jub Jub, about a year […]

So, who else is all about December? As soon as turkey day is in sight, I’m leaning in to all that says holidays. Draping twinkly lights on every last thing. Gingerbread lattes. And, counting down the days until Christmas with a fun Advent calendar.  Aside from proving to be the perfect present to yourself, an […]