Arianna Schioldager is a writer and blogger. She lives in Downtown Los Angeles where the coffee is very expensive. Follow her @larrypotters.

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Depending on where you live the winter can suck. The snow has been falling for 18 hours…..it’s been raining for 3 days straight…..basically you have been stuck inside for what feels like an eternity. What can you do to a.) Keep yourself from going completely insane from the cabin fever and b.) Make you feel…  read on >

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While it’s been cold and very winter-like in L.A. lately, I have buried myself in the latest fashion magazines in the hopes of transporting myself to spring through the glossy pages.  One of the trends that has popped out at me everywhere, is the revival of the Espadrille shoe.  I couldn’t be happier, because I…  read on >

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I am so ready for the winter to be over.  I am tired of being cold, and wet, and all together uncomfortable.  Not to mention that I’m tired of falling on ice, and shoveling snow.  Gross, let’s get spring here already.  Around here there aren’t a ton of fun things to do when it snows…  read on >

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One of my biggest worries is making sure that my kids eat well.  And as most anyone with a toddler or preschooler knows that is the hardest thing imaginable.  My kids are fickle and generally uncooperative when it comes to meal times.  If left up to them they would eat what I call the Toddler…  read on >

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I la-la-la-love a good soft pretzel.  I rarely treat myself to one, but when I do I hope that it is going to live up to all of my expectations.  This past weekend I was looking through the new Food Network Magazine and saw an entire section on homemade soft pretzels and wow my eyes…  read on >

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When we hear about terrifying illnesses like the Swine Flu or SARS, we automatically go into what I call “germ-mode.”  That means constant scrubbing of hands with anti-bacterial soap, wiping of counters and workspaces with products that “kill germs,” and let’s not forget the use of Purell, or Purell-like products.  We do anything we can…  read on >