nicole toro

Divorce and break-ups are a difficult life change for anyone. Feelings are hurt, reputations damaged, you have to decide who gets to keep the vintage teapot you found at the flea market that one time. What if you and your Ex have children? How do you keep the negative after shock from affecting your children? Can you really put it all aside and learn to parent together but separately? Co-parenting is hard but it can be done, just keep the following in mind. 

Coming to Terms

Put your personal fe...

Have you ever watched your favorite movie and just sat there with equal parts amazement and sadness because you wished you could just BE there? While there is very little chance that you will ever actually sail the seven seas with Captain Jack Sparrow on The Black Pearl, you may be interested in these 10 popular movie locations that are very much open for business. 

Family Classics

Our first destination is the infamous “8 Hook and Ladder”, still a functioning fire-house, this iconic brick b...

When it comes to television, it can be difficult to find a show that you can relate to without losing brain cells. You’re a smart woman, why would you waste what little time you have between work and Pilates, zoning out on glamorized teen pregnancies? Watching the tube doesn’t have to be a mindless activity; find the right programs and you can turn your nightly fix into something beneficial. 

Test Your Wits

Spend an hour playing the guessing game with “Law and Order: SVU”. Try to figure...

Artist- Stars

Album- Set Yourself on Fire

Release Date- March 8, 2005.

Indie-Pop band Stars are known for their inspiring melodies and nonsensical lyrical content and

although they are not a very well known group, they have still managed to become an unforgettable presence in the minds and hearts of their loyal listeners. 

‘Your Ex-Lover is Dead’ is the opening track on their third studio album, ‘Set Yourself on Fire’. With this track, Stars managed to bring an entire generation of hipster...

In reality, Sam had learned to enjoy her solitude. 

She thought that she would miss the daily texts with invites to the most mundane of social gatherings, but she was actually perfectly content to sit on the window cushions, mindlessly stroking her cat as the hours passed, and continued to pass. 

Her friends had abandoned her due to some quite unjust social indecencies, but that no longer bothered her. “Hypocrisy runs rampant in that town”, she thought to herself as she gazed out her window...

No matter what musical genre you prefer, it is hard to deny that there are some mega catchy tunes out there this summer. Even non-country lovers find it difficult to not cheerfully –albeit drunkenly- sing along to Toby Keiths “Red Solo Cup”.  And who can forget that this summer, “We are young” with FUN and The Wanted is “Glad we came”? It seems there is no end to the memory making music already incessantly stuck in our heads for the rest of the summer, but are there any songs we...

Your job as a mother is not an easy one. Whether you work out of the home or are a stay at home super mom, managing a household, caring for children and keeping life running smoothly leaves little time for yourself. Many mothers become complacent when it comes to personal things such as that extra baby weight they have yet to shed, or their personal diet. Who has time to take that Yoga class when you have three soccer games to attend? Why bother cooking healthy meals throughout the day when t...

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