By Robyne Wood, Director and Founder of ROBYNE’S NEST As a young teen, I grew up in an extremely toxic and dysfunctional home with little to no parental or family support. To escape that unhealthy environment, I left home when I was 17 and finished high school on my own
Where to Eat, Stay and Play in the “City of Fountains” A friend of mine joked with me recently that Kansas City is the loudest city in the midwest. He assured me that it was strictly due to the volume of sports fans: Royals baseball and Chiefs football, Sporting KC
There are a few places on my winter vacation shortlist: San Diego for a surf and sand staycation, Big Apple for the holidays, Big Sur to see McWay Falls at its peak, and South Lake Tahoe for literally everything else. Boating, shopping, gaming, nightlife, hiking, biking. Dining out or cooking
Adventure Awaits in the Ozarks A few years back my teenage daughter came home from school using the phrase “beyond.” I gathered after it was expressed a few times that it meant “extra,” or “really great.” And then I felt very old. After enough time passes though, those juvenile phrases
By Jeanne Huybrechts, Chief Academic Officer, Stratford School Is there any sound more wonderful that a child’s laugh? Often when we think about children, we have a vision of fun, play, and laughter. Psychologists have reported that the laugh of an infant activates reward centers in a parent’s brain, reinforcing
Full disclosure: I’m a mom of teenagers and as such, am continually on the hunt for bonding opportunities that a) don’t involve electronics and b) do entail entertainment and activities that are enjoyable for both age brackets. So I was thrilled when my suggestion of a day trip to the
Purposefully designed to make great wine uncomplicated One could venture to say with Micah Sampson, what you see is pretty much what you get – passion, excitement, intelligence. But each of those things is about as complex as the best glass of wine – and as a sommelier Micah will
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