ARTech: Pop-up Activity Center: Review by Andrea Santo Felcone


This past Saturday, my family and I had an opportunity to check out an interesting “pop-up” activity center known as “ARTech: Adventures in Art + Technology” held in the Meatpacking District of New York City. The Children’s Museum of the Arts and the New York Hall of Science (NYSCI) in ...

FaceTime, Real-Estate By: Lori Loesch


                                                                              The Future is Here              My son ...

Face Time Up Close & Personal by Sharon O’Donnell


I remember not too long ago people said that 'one day' we could make phone calls to someone and see each other on a screen during our conversation. And I remember thinking then -- "Why would anybody want that?" It seemed like an invasion of privacy that I wasn't ready ...

Watching My Kid Behind His Back by Cara Potapshyn Meyers


As I sit here here typing, I am listening to my son talking to some YouTube trailers for upcoming movies on his laptop computer. I am aware that they are cartoon type PG-13 movies. My son is 10 and 1/2. No issue here. Yesterday, though, was a different scenario. My son ...

Call Me…Maybe by Conlee Ricketts


I set my ringer to “Vintage,” turned off all my other phone alerts and went to bed. I had decided to try a day without texts, emails and social media. I announced on Facebook that if anyone needed me they would actually have to call me. I knew my “absence from ...

A Little More Personal, Please – by Peggy Bogaard-Lapp


Just two weeks ago my cousin, Diana, died unexpectedly. She had just turned 60, and was out enjoying a beautiful Colorado Saturday with a fantastic group of friends. Diana was the kind of person that once you knew her, you loved her, and were glad to be among her long ...

E-beach Vacation by Margaret Hart


Whether it’s Seals & Croft’s “Summer Breeze,” or Don Henley’s “The Boys of Summer,” when I hear some of my favorite songs of the season, I am transported to a tranquil place. A warm beach at the ocean, where the sun is shining, there’s a cool breeze, and the tide ...