Disney’s Beauty and the Beast: A Tale as Old as Time Returns to the Straz

by Denise // 6 May, 2015 // Comments off

Since the tale as old as time twirled across the big screen in the 90s, Beauty and the Beast has always my favorite princess tale. Bookworm Belle with a balance of beauty and brains broke the traditional Disney Princess stereotype.... Continue reading →

Pinning and Planning Our Peachy Dinner Menu and Cinco de Mayo Menu – Week Of May 3

by Denise // 3 May, 2015 // Comments off

Earlier this week, a friend tipped me off about a u-pick peach farm near our home. When I informed my little fruitarian about the juicy opportunity to pick one of her favorite fruits, she thought the idea was peachy keen. So... Continue reading →

Pinning and Planning Our Dinner Menu – Week of April 17

by Denise // 19 April, 2015 // Comments off

Last Sunday, my very Italian, very New York/New Jersey extended family on my mother’s side gathered at Anderson Park in Tarpon Springs for an impromptu mini family reunion. Over six generations of the Pennucci family arrived with armfuls of casseroles... Continue reading →

Spring Portraits

by Denise // 8 April, 2015 // Comments off

Last winter when I should have been planning outfits and penciling in a date for Christmas portraits, I couldn’t seem to squeeze in the time between Christmas shopping, running races and sick kids. No family Christmas portraits meant there would be... Continue reading →

Celebrating Twenty Years with the Florida Aquarium #FLAQturns20

by Denise // 3 April, 2015 // Comments off

When the Florida Aquarium first opened its doors on March 31, 2015, I was living in England as an USF exchange student focusing on graduating and securing a teaching job. Several years later when I became a SAHM, I experienced... Continue reading →

Pinning and Planning Our Dinner Menu – Week of March 29

by Denise // 29 March, 2015 // Comments off

I successfully survived two weeks of my husband’s business travel with a week of Spring Break sandwiched in between and somehow, I managed to tire out my children with enough activity to not tire myself out. Score two for Mom!... Continue reading →

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