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Benefits of Being a Small Town Mom

I grew up in a small town on an island floating in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. To say that I lived an isolated existence would not be far from the truth. Popular trends, such as MC Hammer pants, jelly shoes and Members Only jackets took a while to catch on in Hilo, Hawaii. Fast-forward 25 years. As fate would have it, I happen to live in another small town, roughly 5,000 miles away from the one where I grew up. Only now I am the parent of 6-year-old daughter and I no longer have winged hair ala Farrah … Continue reading →

Are Your Kids in Danger?

As a kid growing up on an island floating in the middle of the Pacific Ocean I always dreamed of moving to New York City. Don’t all small town kids have the same dream? I was going to take a monster bite out of the Big Apple and never look back at the tiny Hawaiian town of my youth. My girlhood dreams included taking over for Jane Pauley on the “Today” show, marrying Jason Bateman and calling a Manhattan high-rise (preferably with a spacious cupola), home. Well, we all know what happened to those dreams. Anywhoo, now that I am … Continue reading →

Silly Bandz for Parents

While I often drool over her fab wardrobe and to-die-for bank account, there is something I absolutely, positively don’t envy about mega-celeb parent Sarah Jessica Parker—-her obsession for Silly Bandz. Talk about a fashion faux pas. What’s a good-looking, highly successful, Hollywood heavyweight like SJP trying to prove by appearing in public wearing wacky neon-colored plastic bracelets that are a must-have for the 10 and under crowd? Apparently, the super celeb mom has a son who is part of the Silly Bandz cult, so now she too is covering her forearms with the cheap rubber band bracelets shaped like zoo … Continue reading →