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It's a perfect day to celebrate National Hot Tea Day. So have a cuppa. January 12, 1934 - George Cukor's star-studded extravaganza Dinner at Eight, went into general release in the US on this date. Jean Harlow was in awe of Marie Dressler's talents and praised the veteran actress for her generosity. "Being in the same cast with Marie was a break for me," said Harlow. "She's one trouper I'd never try to steal a scene from. It'd be like trying to carry Italy against Mussolini." January 12, 1944 - Probably Alfred Hitchcock's most underrated film, Lifeboat, opened in NYC...

A pleasantly nutty thriller about a crafty, high-end toy, “M3GAN” exploits a child’s grief for the greater good of the killer-doll genre. That may be enough for 100 minutes of your early January. The writer Philip K. Dick once asked: Do androids dream of electric sheep? M3GAN, which stands for “Model 3 Generative Android,” looks as if she/it dreams only of Nicole Kidman in “To Die For.” She’s a fast learner, this wide-eyed miracle of artificial intelligence and machine learning — mean girl, nice girl and killing spree all wrapped up in distinctive dance stylings, interesting eyewear, cunning emotional manipulation...

The holidays have come and gone in a blink as it always does. I had full intentions of posting some blog content but we had a very crazy fall and beginning of winter. We continued to fight fall illnesses including a scary emergency room for our youngest (I'll share more below). But as we turn the page into a new year, I am happy to report we are all healthy finally (for now!) and I am past my morning sickness. 2023 is looking hopeful as we start back into routine and I have some energy to feel a little like...

I’ve never felt more ready to head someplace hot and sunny. As I’m typing this, there are power outages happening in the area due to flash flooding. Grant and I have a few ideas for trips currently being marinated on for the end of the month. We are thinking about a quick escape to Mexico late January and have a bigger trip to the Caribbean slated for late February. In the meantime, I’m loading up my cart with the below pieces that are pulling at my heart strings for resort. (feature image taken on a past trip to St. Barth’s)...

Meet Michael, a 4-year-old who “usually comes to school in jeans and a T-shirt but always goes to the dress-up area as soon as he arrives and puts on a dress or skirt.” The preschooler is the subject of a 2019 case study in the education journal Young Children’s “Focus on Ethics” column, a recurring feature about how educators ought to respond in fraught situations––in this real case, a parent objecting to their child’s gender expression.Take off that skirt, Michael’s mother tells her child one day while volunteering in the classroom. She orders him instead to put on firefighter gear,...