Archive for March 28th, 2008

  • The Special Needs Edge

    Having a special needs child opened up Alycia Shapiro’s eyes to how hard it was to find exactly what she wanted.
    When Alycia’s child was born she had no idea what to get for toys. So she commonly just got what looked good. It wasn’t until he got a little older that they found [...]

  • The Return Of The Cloth Diaper

    Winona Daily News:
    Tina Darr believes in saving the environment one cloth diaper at a time. Well, actually two cloth diapers at a time for the mother of 13-month-old twins.
    “There has been a cloth diaper revolution,” she said. “Cloth diapers are not like they used to be.”
    Like breastfeeding, glass bottle usage and organic baby foods, an [...]

  • Mother/Daughter Team Up To Create Italian Restaurant

    The Natchez Democrat:
    A mother-daughter duo are keeping it all in the family with their new restaurant Ve’Gyarne Pasta Garden.
    “It’s 99.9 percent family owned and operated,” manager Vickie Green said.
    This quaint Italian restaurant on Martin Luther King Jr. Street, with its dim lighting, strings of white lights, bubbling fountains and reservation-only nooks, has been packed since [...]

  • Lori Roberts’ Career Path Focuses On Family

    Tallahassee Democrat:
    Lori Danello Roberts cherishes being a work-at-home mother “because I see everywhere a battle between working moms and stay-at-home moms, and I get to be in the middle of that and couldn’t be more thrilled.”
    At FSU she refined her graphic arts skills, but she grew impatient with theory and wanted to set her hands [...]