The boyfriend and I are planning a trip to the Pacific Northwest next summer and the major reason I chose it was to see orcas in their natural habitat. We are flying to Seattle but Victoria came up as a great place to see the wildlife. The problem is most of the whale watching companies I saw were giant tourist…

I dunno how small they are, but it's always hilarious when tiny kids only decorate in one area because their arms are too short to reach anything else.... ❤️❤️

Yikes- best of luck! Christmas tree decorating with kiddos sounds so fun, though!

I have been waiting two years to attend this again, but Denver has a White Christmas ball each year. Everyone dresses in vintage, swing dances, drinks, and watches performances from White Christmas ("Sisters"!") Plus the proceeds to the Wounded Warrior Project and when all the veterans are there celebrating and…

I'm ways slow to put these things together. But I was visiting family in Kentucky last week and, unlike the fairly liberal minded oasis that I live in, they're all conservative right wing nuts. I knew good and well not to bring up Ferguson unless I wanted my head to explode. Of course it came up anyway, followed…

I don't feel like the most popular names have changed much in the past few years. I know so many damn Sophies and Sophias it's ridiculous. Same with Izze/Bella/Isabelle. I decided recently that I liked the name Bernadette, Bernie for short. Seems like a surefire way to have a spunky, light spirited child. But if I…

I'm not planning to get married in the immediate future, but I've had my eye on some gorgeous tea length dresses. Maybe now they'll be easier to find-my sister recently bought her wedding gown and there were no tea length dresses at any of the shops....

Is anyone else finding themselves more and more stressed by expectations, obligations, and scheduling during the holiday season? I kind of understand now why my mom would get so short fused during December growing up.

Has anyone else picked up Katha Pollitt's new book, "Pro: Reclaiming Abortion Rights"? I'm halfway through and it is on point. She beautifully and succinctly wraps up major arguments against anti-choice values. I've been staunchly pro-choice for quite some time and it's opened my eyes to things I'd never thought…

I was just coming here to say how much Mariska looks like her mom, too! Such a sad story, though.

I know! They're always frolicking and rolling around. And don't even get me started on sea otters holding things on their tummies... Maybe their cuteness is an evolutionary trait designed to trick us all into snuggling them so they can steal all of the clams.

I definitely agree that sea otters are cuter. Much fuzzier. I took my Girl Scout troop on a behind the scenes tour of the zoo last year and that's what our guide told us. She said they're small but fast and vicious.

Any otter experts out there? At the zoo they told us the river otters are some of the most vicious animals in the zoo and the keepers aren't allowed to go into their habitat with them cause they'll shred you. Would this also apply to sea otters...?

Ah! Well yes, that kid she married does look like a massive douche. I think I've only ever seen him with his eyes half open. If I think about this too hard it just makes me sad....

I keep hearing people mention that she doesn't like him in response to recent stories about them and I feel left out! Why doesn't she like him?? How do we know?? These are questions that keep me up at night.

The Robert Downey Jr story makes me feel strangely justified in not ever having liked him. Up til now I just thought he seemed like a smug and smarmy. Now I have hard evidence to point to when I say I don't want to go see his shitty movies.

OMG. Good Burger. So many beautiful childhood memories because of this film. I showed it to the kids I nanny for this summer and their parents were not pleased with me that their children refused to watch anything else for the duration of the summer holiday.

Tina's face in this photo, arguably the best part of the story, seems to be missing....

I really had to avoid Facebook today, not because of my more conservative friends, but because of all the idiots posting their super cool, know-it-all statuses about how our votes don't count.

Right, but that isn't what I implied. Traditional taxi cabs aren't charities either but they don't charge you more because it's a holiday.