Holidays

I started thinking… who did raise me? I thank my parents for their love, for their dedication, and for raising me in a way I am proud of.

Ah, Christmas. The lights! The presents! The snow! The cookies! The list of ways to celebrate is endless. When my daughter was first born I was so busy planning and executing that I would forget to pick up my camera until Christmas morning. In more recent years I've gotten a bit wiser, and I've started taking pictures much earlier. In fact, I pick up my camera in mid-November and don't put it down until January.

The holiday season is a magical time, and what better way to celebrate than to take in a festive performance? Get into the spirit of the season with an afternoon or evening out at one of these family-friendly holiday...

You can't get much more "Massachusetts" than Thanksgiving! For the past few years, my husband and I have hosted Thanksgiving for our families. It's by and far my favorite holiday, and I love bringing everyone together for such a monumental meal....

Whether everyone is happily stuffed with turkey and simply wants to set their brains to neutral, or whether everyone is so over talking to each other and needs something to stare at, there's a Thanksgiving TV episode for every situation.

While the days of hitting up Faneuil Hall to drink ourselves into a green-beer-induced stupor may be long behind us, we can still get in the St. Patrick's Day spirit with these adorable crafts to adorn our homes! And the best...

Too hot to cook? Snack plate. Forgot to plan something for dinner? Snack plate. Time to clean out the fridge? Snack plate. And while you're at it — make it patriotic!  A red, white, and blue snack plate is easy to...

Serving up the same old pizza at every party can get monotonous. Enter The Urban Epicurean — my new favorite go-to for the perfect Boston pizza festivity.

For 364 days a year, Brockton, Massachusetts, is known as the City of Champions. On the last Saturday in November, though, Brockton transforms into a far more magical place — USA Christmas Town awaits! James Edgar, a Brockton department store...

This holiday season seems to be the latest thing we can add to the “pivot” column. When I learned that Thanksgiving was no longer a safe social gathering, I heard Jo March from "Little Women" saying, "Christmas won’t be...

I learned that my daughter’s epic airplane meltdown did not make her a bad kid, or me a bad mom. It made us both human. And resilient humans, at that.

My oldest son's birthday is February 1. With much excitement, he informed me that National Eat Ice Cream for Breakfast Day fell on his birthday this year, and we simply must celebrate. After dutifully obliging to this request, I began...