Dear Dean McDermott, Aren’t you the guy who married Tori Spelling? You really haven’t been on my radar, but then I stumbled on your blog. In particular, I found myself reading your post Think Outside the Brown Bag, which is all about making food cute and packing it in cute bento boxes. Dean, I’m going [Read More]
Brown Braggin’
I appreciate the brave souls who, after reading my lunch post the other day, reached out to me and assured me that I am not the only one who does not send their kids to school with cranberry sauce and brie on cinnamon bread for lunch. (That sandwich concoction was suggested in September’s Parenting magazine.) [Read More]
Not My Kids’ Lunch for a Month
I was flipping through the September issue of Parenting magazine when I came upon the story, Lunch for a Month. “We’ve packed the calendar,” the story proclaimed, “with four weeks of out-of-the-lunch-box ideas that’ll make prepping your kids’ midday meal a breeze.” Well, that sounds good, I thought. I’ve got 2 school-age kids now and [Read More]
Poop Sandwich 2012
It’s the last week of school in our neck of the woods. That means there are numerous year-end events: talent shows, recitals, parties, etc. But what’s missing, and has been since September 2009, are any peanut butter and jelly sandwiches in my son’s lunch. No, it has nothing to do with allergies. The reason my [Read More]