• Editor's Picks - My Life

    Keane Interest: Christmas Cards, Polar Express and a Gingerbread House

    December 13, 2019 - By 

    We are keeping up with the Christmas activity theme this week with a visit to see Santa, a Polar Express event at the beach, another tree lighting and a gingerbread house making event. Christmas Cards done early! I got my Christmas cards made in November and shipped the first week of December for the first time ever! I really wanted my husband, who’s deployed, to be part of the family card so I had him send me a photo from overseas. I was really happy with the way they turned out. I got them printed at Snapfish, because I liked…

  • Conventions

    What to Expect at WasabiCon: A Celebration of Pop Culture

    October 15, 2019 - By 

    Ready to try a comic con and wondering what to expect at WasabiCon right here in Jacksonville, FL? Here’s a quick overview, from someone who’s been going to this convention since it started in 2012! I originally wrote this post in 2019 but have updated it with the most recent info. WasabiCon is now the longest running pop culture convention in Jacksonville, FL. It’s grown from a two-day event at a hotel, to a currently 3-day event held at the Prime F. Osborn III Convention Center in downtown Jax. It’s usually held mid-October. The name may lead you to believe…

  • Activities - My Life

    A Different Sort of Yoga at SaltAer Circus Arts

    September 13, 2019 - By 

    As I was searching for an aerial yoga class near the beaches, I ran across SaltAer Circus Arts and was immediately intrigued. I grew up in Sarasota, home of Ringling Brothers, and the circus has always been close to my heart. My high school even had its own Big Top! So when I saw they offered a “circus yoga” class, I decided to sign up for the $5 trial class and give it a whirl…literally. The fabric sling in the circus class spins, unlike the ones at a regular aerial yoga studio. *UPDATE: As of February 2021, SaltAer will be permanently…

  • Cosplay - My Life

    Rocking those Leeloo Dallas Orange Suspenders 20 Years Later

    August 15, 2019 - By 

    A lot of my “over-40” cosplay choices are not quite the same as the characters I chose in my 20’s. Add in the post-baby bod issues and an emphasis on family-friendly choices that cover most of my bits and that cancels out most the costumes from my 30’s as well. But some costumes I just can’t get rid of until I feel I got them just right, and that’s the case with Leeloo and her orange suspenders. It started twenty years ago, when I was 23 and in college at the University of Florida. Halloween was approaching and there was…