[-]Has anybody seen this? Hysterical, if somewhat shocking! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0nJHf1jsWM
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[-]Best callus removing cream/lotion? My feet are nasty. Can't do the ped egg.
5 replies [ Reply | Watch | Options ]just spring for a pedicure, one time. Feet get so gross, even if you're not a mani/pedi person, it will make you feel better.
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Agree with starting with a pro. I got this great foot cream from Soap and Glory (at Target, by Marcia Kilgore, the woman who started Bliss). Slather it on and sleep with sox. Also like the Sephora brand foot scrub (aqua tube) for use in the shower. Pretty Feet & Hands is very old school and hard to find, but works well.
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[-]We're considering moving to LA-area from NYC, but won't be able to make the decision for a few months. Have a dc whom I'm applying to K this year. (Still going through NYC process because it's about 50/50 that we'll go.) Anyone have any insight into Cali-private school process? Will we be screwed at that late date? If so, any neighborhoods better than others in/around LA for public elementary schools? I'll speak with my psd too, of course, and do some research online, but thought a few here might have BTDT.
13 replies [ Reply | Watch | Options ]I thought some moms posted before and the process there is nowhere close to NYc process. If they have openings, and you can pay, your dc is in. I assume, if no major issues.
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OP - thanks all. Hmm, no clear consensus. I guess I'll check in with PSD asap and find out. Wasn't going to bother her until we knew a bit more. Thanks also for that info on the schools. Yes, Bev Hills definitely has a good rep, but we weren't sure we wanted to live there. :) But may have to - at least to start out - if private isn't an option. Thanks again!
[ Reply | Options ]You should check our the schools in Pacific Palisades and Brentwood. The Canyon School, Marquez Schoo, Kenter Canyon School, are all great elementary schools. There are also good elementary schools in Santa Monica. The Lincoln middle school in Santa Monica is very good, as is the high school ,which has an honors program. The middle school in the Palisades and Brentwood is very large (Paul Revere) and not everyone has a high opinion of it. If you want to stay near the beach, the Malibu school system is very good from K - high school, but not very diverse. As for private schools, there are fewer, and they are very competitive, especially the well-known ones like Crossroads and Harvard Westlake. That being said, we were considering movi...
[ Reply | Options ]Op-thank you! This is so helpful. We're considering Pacific Palisades, Malibu and Santa Monica, so this is great info to have. Most of my friends who grew up there went to private, but I figured there HAD to be a strong public school system given some of the communities out there. Even if we started in public until we had a chance to apply to private after K. Thank you, thank you!
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Wow, how many of you replying to this post actually live in LA? I do, my child goes to a fancy private school, and she only went to daycare, not a "feeder" pre-school. There's a book that lists all the private schools in the LA area, called the Whitney Guide (you can get it on Amazon, I think) that's very helpful for addresses, etc. It also lists schools by philosophy,(progressive, traditional, Waldorf) which is great. Her opinions are a little wild though, since it seems she's only visited each school once, some years and years ago. Still, very useful if you're new to the territory. The Windward School is indeed a wonderful school, but it's 7-12. Brentwood is a very traditional school that goes k-12. There are no single sex schools ...
[ Reply | Options ]OP - Thank you! I started doing some research online today, and yes, it looks like for K, the Oct cut-off is pretty standard. So I might end up applying to both LA and NYC schools and see what happens. It sounds like there are a few public options too, so it's nice to have that back-up. Thanks for your help - I'll get the book this week. Really, really appreciate it!
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[-]advice please. here is my situation: i have 2 month ds. dh earns $90k yr, i earn $50k (being paid through maternity leave mid sept., but will probably not be able to return to work due to childcare costs). dh has been offered a job in s. california & we are considering going. here is the advice part - job offers $68k plus $7k cash bonuses (untaxed :)) and unspecified bonus based on performance goals. i don't have a job offer. is it worth it? our family is there and we would have "built in" babysitting, but we don't have as many friends and the same social network. plus, i suck at driving.
8 replies [ Reply | Watch | Options ]Your dh's new package comes out to about $82K gross (the untaxed bonus of $7K is almost twice that in gross salary, so figure $68K plus about $14K), so your not having a job offer doesn't make your HHI that much lower than it is now with you working. If dh gets another performance bonus, that might bring you right back to where you are now. If you want to go, then I say go and look for something once you're settled. GL.
[ Reply | Options ]^^Sorry! Just re-read your post and see that dh makes $90 and you make $50 (I thought you made $50 of $90...)
[ Reply | Options ]do you think it's possible to maintain on the reduced salary? i'm worried that with car insurance, payments, rent, my student loan payments, etc... that we won't be able to afford it. i know people live on less and we are not extravagant, but we want to be able to save and also have a little extra $ to enjoy or lives. we are considering the move because dh works 70 hrs a week & does not get to spend much time w me and ds. we are comfortable now, but i just worry that that much of a decrease might negate the positive benefits of less work with more worry about finances. silly, i know...
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[-]I'm looking for stylish and comfortable heels - any specific brands you'd suggest?
5 replies [ Reply | Watch | Options ]Donald Pliner is always comfortable and reasonably priced. I also find Prada and Stuart Weitzman comfortable, but pricey. Check out www.berenshoes.com for lots of higher-end comfortable shoes.
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[-]2 years ago, I caught my husband on online dating sites. Confronted him only to find he was browsing profiles. He stopped. One week ago, found out he was browsing profiles in online sex dating sites and found him with a profile on one. He contends that he can do nothing but browse because he does not have a paid membership. However, he continuously changes passwords and email accounts. He does not have a credit card in his name and I scrutinize every charge in the checking account. Maybe I am over reacting, but I don't feel right with this. I have never seen anything other than this. Anyone have any insight?
9 replies [ Reply | Watch | Options ]omg, why do you care if he is browsing? As long as he is not cheating. I browse, dating and sex sites on occasion to see what it is all about. I have no idea if DH cares or not but it isn't his business. You sound very controlling. Is there a reason why you do not trust DH? Looking is not a crime.
[ Reply | Options ]Yes, he is dishonest. It's nearly impossible to discuss. All I want to hear is the true intent. I'm not controlling. I am actually very much the opposite. He is able to go freely whenever he wants. He is a drummer and plays in bars. I stay home. He's had other women all around. I have had other people tell me there's no way they would allow what I allow. I think the problem is that I have possibly been too relaxed and maybe he wasn't in the same place within the relationship as I was. Now I have to wonder because I will never get an honest answer whether this has gone beyond browsing or it is simply looking. Even when I get to that point, I again, ask myself why would he in the first place? There has to be something wrong. Thanks everyone f...
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[-]my husband and i are relocating to orange county, ca from nyc in october for his job. my husband's family is there, so i think that will ease the transition, but i am nervous about trying to meet new people. any suggestions about where to meet new moms?
6 replies [ Reply | Watch | Options ]nice - newport beach, laguna beach...make sure you get an annual pass to disneyland - that'll be your dc's playground!
[ Reply | Options ]yes, newport, laguna, balboa island, disney, one hour (depend on traffic) from LA/West Hollywood/Bevery Hills to the north, one hour from San Diego to the south. Day trips to desert, Palm Springs, up to the mountains of Big Bear and Lake Arrowhead. Can drive up to Santa Barbara, vacay in San Luis Obispo, drive up the 1/101 and see Moro Bay, San Simeon, Cambria, Carmel, Monterey Bay, San Francisco. Lots to do/see! Beautiful, too. Worst weather months are May (May Gray) and June (June gloom) but winters are gorgeous and warm, lol.
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[-]great place to buy kids clothes online? have a bunch of toddler boys' birthday gifts to buy. can't spend a ton, but would like unique t-shirts or something. thx for suggestions!
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[-]help! dh and i just made huge decision to relocate to southern CA. we don't want to live in LA. were thinking more like la jolla or manhattan beach or laguna. does anyone know what towns have top-notch public schools (and are very family-friendly) in that area of CA? we're totally open. money is an issue but not a huge one. thanks so much!
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LOLOLOLOLOL! California's public schools are overrun by illegal aliens. Good luck with that, though.
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Um, not true. CA resident here, in one of those "expensive" towns. You've never heard of busing?
[ Reply | Options ]we're moving to CA! please let me know what "expensive" town you live in and your thoughts. thanks
[ Reply | Options ]Los Angeles Unified School District encompasses the whole county of L.A. So there is a chance that school children will be bused. This is not an issue in Orange County. Each city has it's own school district so it would be highly unlikely that poor children would be bused out of district.
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You're absolutely wrong about that. LAUSD doesn NOT encompass the whole county of LA, just most of it. There are many cities in LA county that do not belong to LAUSD. There is Santa Monica and Malibu, which have their own school districts. Beverly Hills has their own school district also, which is excellent. Culver City has their own and so does Burbank. If you go up beyond the valley there's Agoura Hills, Thousand Oaks, Calabasas (another excellent school district), and many other towns that are part of LA county but not LAUSD. Hope that helps. But it's correct that you don't want to send your kid to LAUSD. You may as well send them to school in Tijuana since more than 80% of the kids are Hispanic.
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You always pop up when anyone talks about California schools, you little racist troll. Do you get some kind of alert there under your creepy bridge when someone posts? Ick.
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It's true, CA is overrun with illegals but then again, so is New York. Even worse, NY is also overrun with Puerto Ricans which is just as bad! So I think I'd rather live in CA than NY.
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Great. How is it you don't know that CA is stuggling with a huge illegal immigration problem--one that costs the state billions a year?
[ Reply | Options ]I don't live in East Los Angeles, Watts, or any of the border towns so the illegal alien problem doesn't bother me. I also don't collect welfare or state funded program money so the deficit doesn't concern me. Sure, my taxes are a little high (que sera, sera)...but so are taxes in NY...I wouldn't trade living in SoCal for anything. You can't argue the awesome weather & the layed back people. You NYers should try not to have such big sticks up your asses so much & relax like we do. :-)
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I can know all about California's immigration issues - as well as all the state's issues that have nothing to do with immigration, such as ineffectual governance and inane public and fiscal policy - without resorting to reducing an entire group of HUMAN BEINGS to the dehumanizing term "illegals" and without implying that *all* schools in the entire state of California (with and without illegal immigrants) are somehow horrible/unfit bc some do have illegal immigrants as students.
[ Reply | Options ]"Illegal" is a term for people who are here illegally, Stupid. If the shoe fits.... There's nothing you can say to make it untrue, when Latinos come here illegally then they are considered "Illegal Aliens" - get it? And the fact is that the schools with the higher number of children who are illegal or are only legal because their mothers were crowning as they crossed the border, are the schools that perform the worst. It's a fact! Look it up.
[ Reply | Options ]btw: Billions of dollars are spent each year in emergency room care, schools, free-lunch programs in schools, and welfare for illegals! You can look up those stats too, lame-brain.
[ Reply | Options ]Sigh. I have decided to pretend you do not exist as the alternative makes me throw up in my mouth a little. Please continue your spewing of vitriol and name-calling, your stingy, hateful spirit, and your inability to empathize or imagine a life without resources - it clearly seems to get you off. Me, I'll be elsewhere.
[ Reply | Options ]Stingy? Are you friggin' kidding me? Oh, I'm sorry, since I don't believe in paying welfare to millions of people who shouldn't even be in this country then go ahead & consider me "stingy" (eyeroll). Puhleeeeze! I think the only one getting off here is you with your blind bad eyes & the muffs over your ears (is it still THAT cold in NYC?) Idiot.
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[-]Real Housewives Fans: Does the original RH of OC seem boring now that NY, NJ and ATL have their own shows?
1 reply [ Reply | Watch | Options ]Uch they've all gotten too manipulated, obvious and boring. Only watched 5 mins of Atl and had to change the channel before I was ill, NJ was narrow and really there's no reason for Danielle's existence in that group and NY is another group of unconnected, forced friendships. Put a camera in the hallway pof the 92nd St. Y. THAT would be interesting, horrifying, insightful television.
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[-]Yogurt recommendations for babies? Yobaby? Fage? Stonyfield?
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[-]How old is too young to take DD and DS to a concert? Music is kid-friendly.
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[-]I'm totally in love with the fact that the Laurie Berkner Band does a CD giveaway every week on their facebook page. DD loves answering their questions. Anyone know any other kids bands that do contests/giveaways?
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How many hours typically do you keep your dc at daycare (I have 2) and refusing to continue to work if I have to leave dcs in daycare for 11 hrs. dh seems unmoved, we really don't need my salary, but dh want to save the little money we will have left after we pay for daycare (aprox $600 a month) am I being completely unreasonable or he is
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[-]Does anyone know how to get online coupon codes for baby products? Anyone have any to share? Everything is so expensive these days and it pisses me of when i see 'promo /coupon code' when i am about to check out and i know that someone could be placing my order with a significant discount! wtf? Sorry for the vent. x-post, btw...
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