[E] Sally J. Freedman

This week, all kinds of things happened in the Braverman clan: there were road trips, cousins babysitting cousins, and Kristina telling off a school administrator. Let’s dig in, shall we? !–more–
Adam & […]

I had high hopes for episode 18 of Parenthood, especially about Joel and Julia’s storyline. It turns out, not too much happened there, but everyone else had plots that moved right along.!–more–
Camille and […]

This week’s episode is all about Crosby’s bundle of joy, Aida, and her upcoming baptism. The show opens with Crosby and Jasmine discussing the upcoming ceremony with Jasmine’s mom. While Grandma wants to save […]

This week Julia does some soul-searching, Sarah refocuses on “the year of Sarah” and Kristina gets the news she’s been hoping for from her oncologist. Drew and Amber hit a fraternity party (what? what?), and […]

Parenthood has returned from its Olympic hiatus, and presented just the kind of episode I love. It covered just about every storyline, and there were great scenes where most of the cast was together. The Braverman […]

Oh hey — let’s talk some more about this weather that has slammed the Midwest and east coast this year, shall we? !–more–

I thought things were getting back to normal this week, and they were, right up until […]

This weekend, my daughter and I will deliver nearly one hundred boxes of cookies to our friends and family. Her troop of fourteen third graders have sold 1356 boxes of cookies, and they are just getting started. […]

Parenthood fans knew what the main focus of “You’ve Got Mold” as they sat down to watch it this week. While the comic relief of Crosby’s homeowner problem was welcome, it did nothing to relieve the sinking feeling […]

Tonight, the fifth season of Parenthood on NBC throws everything up in air, from Camille’s dreams to Julia and Joel’s marriage. Even Drew’s roommate thinks things are getting weird. !–more–

Camille returns […]

I love curry, I love soup, and if January doesn’t inspire you to make soup, I don’t know what would. I found this recipe because I had a head of cauliflower that I needed to use. This soup is very flexible — you […]

A few hours before Thursday’s episode aired, a tweet went out warning viewers they’d be moved to tears at some point. The Twitter account was not wrong. This was one heavy episode. !–more–

Let’s start with […]

The first Parenthood of 2014 introduced some new plot lines and continue the train wreck that is currently Julia and Joel. We also got to see Crosby at a school fundraiser, which was definitely worth the price of […]

Last spring and summer I wrote a series of posts called “Kickstartable.” Each post featured a worthy Kickstarter project that I thought might be of interest to our readers. This is follow up post to the post […]

After a short break, we find the Bravermans right where we left them, in the wake of Kristina’s loss of the mayoral election. We actually find Kristina and Adam in the kitchen, on election night, eating what would […]