San Diego Comic Con Child Care in 2017

Hello everyone! I'm very happy to say that our favorite Comic Convention of the year is fast approaching. In 63 days we all have the ability, the right, hell, the obligation to geek out at the San Diego downtown convention center. (Sorry if you didn't get tickets, it sucks, I know) But for everyone who is going, woot woot! …

Book review: Girls and sex: Navigating the complicated new landscape by Peggy Orenstein

Peggy Orenstein does justice to adolescents everywhere with this book by examining the realities of sexual education in current times and their impact on young girls and women. The book describes a series of interviews she made to several young women about their sexual education and experiences, and examines how the American culture has dealt …

San Diego Comic Con Open Registration 2017

This year Open Registration has been announced for April 8, 2017. This will be open to everyone with a Member ID who has not yet buy a badge for Preview Night this year after 8:00am PST. After 9:00am PST the waiting room will close and participants will start to get randomly selected to buy badges. …

Vegan on the go, breakfast edition

Let's face it, we all know that breakfast is an important part of our days. It can make the difference between a mid-morning mood or lack of concentration and a happy effective day. Yet, most of us treat it as a lesser priority. Whether we try to beat traffic in the morning or prioritize our …

The pink cage

When I was a kid I got lost twice. The first time I was about nine years old and I was camping in the woods with a group of girls. The troop had awakened early in the morning and we were told we would be going for a short hike. The plan was to walk …

What we teach our kids

Reading a book the other day I started thinking about the things we teach our kids. This book in particular (Cinderella ate my daughter) was about what we teach our girls as a society. The princess culture was at the center of the discussion in the book and it talked about how the concept of a …

Netflix ‘s new Girlboss series

Great news! Netflix has announced a list of several new series and movies coming up next month among which is Girlboss, season one. For those of you who don't recongnize the tittle, Girlboss was a book published back in 2014. The book followed the life of Sophia Amoruso, founder and CEO of Nasty Gal. In …

The End of Naruto

Spoilers! You've been warned...   We have seen the last of Naruto. The legendary story has come to an end after 15 years of delighting and inspiring audiences. This highly successful anime is divided into two different series, the first one “Naruto” aired for the first time in October 2002 and ran until 2007 after …

Visiting the Smithsonian Museums of Natural History and the Museum of Air and Space with kids

This year we decided to visit the Smithsonian museums with our son who is three years old. My sister and niece also joined us during the trip. We were very excited about showing our son and niece the dinosaurs,  airplanes, mummies, pre historic animals, and space artifacts in the museums. These are a great source of information and …

Navigating conversations with friends as a new Vegan

As a new Vegan I have to admit, the first few months were a bit of a struggle, but to my surprise, this had nothing to do with food. The biggest concerned I had during the first few months of my transition to veganism was how would this affect my interactions with my friends and …