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Living Grand
Thanksgiving has always been a really big deal to me. A holiday that focuses on family and food - no religious restrictions on driving or using electricity, or planning around the requisite six hours in shul (synagogue) - this is my kind of holiday. The whole thing - shopping, cooking, planning, setting the table, inviting family (the ones who were born to me, the ones I chose, and the lucky few who are both) and spending time enjoying each other's company, telling stories, a


The Quest for Freedom
After eight years of saving, three years of talking about how it could never really happen, a Big Decision, and three months of intensive research, logistics and planning...we got outta Dodge. We pulled our four kids out of school and took off for seven months to travel India, Thailand and Bali. Today, we're two months in. But WHY? Why would you save enough for a new car, an addition on to the house, or a down payment on a small property... and blow it all in less than a year

