This is the second time I had the pleasure of speaking with Mark Steines for the My Life of Dad series. Mark and his co-host, Cristina Ferrare have been doing their show, Home & Family on The Hallmark Channel for a few years now. The Home & Family is [...]
To be perfectly honest, we didn’t know what we’d get when we posed this question to our Facebook community. After nearly 600 comments in the “What is one important thing you learned from your dad?” thread, what we discovered is that historically, far too many men have not lived up [...]
For all of their wonder and allure, breasts can be painful and misery inducing. Women’s breasts have always been my friend. My adolescent years were the often heard mix of hormones and first times. As, I moved into my 20s, I learned about breast enhancement/implant surgery through the predictable [...]
My son’s beginning college prep. As a father especially, it made me a little nostalgic. That sure was an exciting time for all of us. Where had the time gone? Here was my little boy, who just yesterday was running around with dirt on his hands and holes in the [...]
"I'd never let my kid leave the house looking like that." How many times have you had that thought, maybe even turned to somebody else and said it out loud? It might have been a purple mohawk or an inappropriate T-shirt. Maybe it was one of those [...]
About 5 years ago I was walking through a mall killing time. I wandered into one of those Perfumania stores. Behind the counter was a bottle I hadn't seen in almost 40 years (or at least never noticed). I asked the girl, "is that the same Aramis from 100 years [...]
If you haven’t arrived at this point in your parenting life yet, you will soon: Your animal-loving child wants a pet. Gulp. Maybe you have the living space, disposable income, temperament, lack-of-allergies and shared desire for a new family member, or maybe not. And that can be a tricky [...]
There are countless books, pundits and so called experts telling new and expecting parents what they should do, say, plan for and fear but we think hearing from actual parents is the best way to gain insight into the life of dad (see what we did there?). Here’s some nuggets [...]
Tampa has recently changed out their one-meter-for-every-parking-space, for a more efficient setup. There is a kiosk about every block or so, where you can enter your space number and purchase however much time you may need. Some security barricades like the ones at Protogetic are also installed for additional [...]
