by Flora Caputo | Jul 16, 2009 | Motherhood, Uncategorized
I am amazed at how busy we are week to week with school work-and it’s summer break! Before school’s end, my daughter’s teacher recommended we get her a math tutor over the summer. So we started one day a week and moved it to two. That involves...
by Flora Caputo | Jul 10, 2009 | Gardening, Uncategorized
Old house, Sun garden I embarked on my gardening journey over ten years ago in our old house. For a chicago lot, it was a very large yard (and a very small house). The yard was a disaster when we inherited it. Two, “kujo-like” dogs had created large dirt...
by Flora Caputo | Jul 9, 2009 | Career, Uncategorized
We had a consultant in a couple of months ago to talk to us about social media, and he uncovered this statistic that 3% of the nation’s creative directors are women. That is not a lot, considering that 85% of the population that makes the buying decisions are...
by Flora Caputo | Jul 7, 2009 | Motherhood, Uncategorized
It dawned on me the other day while staying with a friend that our children are being raised in a day where they don’t have to wait for much. They can watch movies instantly on NETFLIX, catch a cartoon they missed on ON-DEMAND, the internet is at their...
by Flora Caputo | Jun 26, 2009 | Recipes, Uncategorized
Being first generation Italian has reaped it’s benefits in the kitchen. I have been working on a family cookbook since 1999 that I am very close to finally finishing. One of the recipes my family has prided itself on is Tira Mi Su– that delectable, fluffy,...
by Flora Caputo | Jun 11, 2009 | Books, Uncategorized
This was a book translated from french, and I could feel it at times where it got a little choppy and difficult. You get to know the character and her life through her storytelling and flashbacks, all while opening a “shabby-chic” restaurant in France. She...
