Mompreneurs
Do you still go out to Lunch with the Ladies?
by Beth on Oct.10, 2009, under Events, Mompreneurs
How times have changed. Tracy Schneider wrote a blog post on the Al Dente Blog about Ladies Who Lunch . She wrote:
A new Neiman Marcus opened a stone’s throw from Seattle, in Bellevue, a few weeks ago, and I have been looking forward to taking my daughter to the store’s restaurant, Mariposa, even before it opened.
I love going out to lunch with my ten-year-old, but I was particularly excited about this lunch. Not simply because it was a special time to spend together, but because it was also chance for me to go back in time.
Back in time to the Bird Cage, Lord & Taylor’s in-store restaurant that my mother and I would visit for lunch in the ’60s when my family was on vacation in New York City.
I don’t remember there being tables at the Bird Cage, rather ingenious chairs that your lunch tray would be hooked onto once you sat down. The room was always packed, typically with women, rarely a man. Sometimes, models wandered the floor, holding little signs that described the outfits they were wearing. Looking up, and there were dozens of bird cages hanging down from the ceiling.
I don’t remember what we ate at the Bird Cage, but it could easily have been the meal I always order at Mariposa, the lunch plate that comes with chicken salad, fruit salad, a small muffin and the restaurant’s Mandarin Orange Souffle, aka jello.
For Neiman Marcus, that souffle is “the number one ‘ladies lunch’ item throughout the country”. For me it’s a way to travel back in time.
The rest of the article includes a recipe for the souffle. I was wondering after I read the article, do others remember times like this? Do we try to duplicate them with our children? I have 3 boys, so we have been trying to duplicate ESPN zone most days.
How to Feed a Teenage Boy
by Beth on Sep.05, 2009, under Mompreneurs, Uncategorized
When it comes to feeding kids, have you noticed that babies and toddlers hog the headlines? They seem to get all the press when it comes to tips, techniques, breast feeding, and current trends.
As a mother of three, I’ve been through the baby stages numerous times. But, I’m now certain that it’s harder to feed a teen than it is a toddler. Teenagers are far more mobile, independent, and stressed than a toddler. They have greater access to an array of junk food and their nutritional needs are different and far greater than that of a two year old.
While digging for tips on how to feed teens, I recently stumbled upon a fabulous book by Georgia Orcutt, How to Feed a Teenage Boy (Celestial Arts, 2007). Aha! The information I’ve been hunting for! Orcutt is the mother of two teenage sons. Her book offers recipes and addresses many of my “Teen Cuisine” issues head on-intense nutritional needs, wacky schedules, and around the clock hunger pangs.
Orcutt advocates being flexible about mealtimes and serving healthy mini meals, such as sandwiches and bean burgers. While reading Orcutt’s chapter on the nutritional needs of teenage boys, I was shocked and relieved to finally find some answers. Among other interesting facts, she notes that an active teenage boy needs as many as 3200 calories a day and as many as 38 grams of fiber daily! Clearly, those numbers explain the endless hunger pangs and sky high food bills.
If you have teenagers, get this book and use it. If you have thoughts and opinions on how to feed teens, I’d love to hear them! Is it better to experiment or is it safer to go with tried and true basic slam dunk recipes?
Mompreneurs can have Effective Business Plans
by Joe on Apr.26, 2009, under Events, Mompreneurs
One of the simplest and most effective things I’ve done for my business is to finally sit down and write a business plan. I avoided doing this for three years. I had all sorts of reasons why I didn’t think it was necessary, and I had even more ideas about how hard it would be to do. Silly me.
I can’t wait to interview Melodie Lane, National Marketing Manager from the “One Page Business Plan” Company for my next teleseminar in the WoMEN: What Mom Entrepreneurs Need teleseminar series. This will be the third installment in the WoMEN series, and it will take place Tuesday, April 28th, at Noon ET on my BlogTalkRadio show.
The “One Page Business Plan” Company is an international consulting firm with over 450 consultants. They specialize in helping business owners “re-think” their businesses and then help them construct extraordinarily clear and concise strategic business plans-on a single page. The original “One Page Business Plan” book has been an Amazon.com best seller for over 11 years. Their next book, due out this summer, is the “One Page Business Plan for Women in Business.”
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