I have to tell you in all honesty that my 9 year old son and I made this birthday cake for his dad/my husband with all the love in our hearts.  Sergio always says he wants to retire on a farm so we chose a farm theme, and inspired by the amazing book “Hello Cupcake,” [...]

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After all of the build up, there was no way Dillon was going to miss trying a hot dog in Paris.
“A foot long, on a full baguette, and covered with cheese,” I recalled from my high school exchange trip.
“Sometimes with French Fries stuffed right into the bun!” added my husband.
“It lived up to the hype” [...]

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The traditional Jewish sandwich is a corned beef on rye, right? 
It was actually our (not Jewish) Parisian host who told us about Sascha Finkelsztajn’s.
Having been to a Jewish seder in Brazil and with a nod to his burgeoning Jewish cultural identity, 9 year old Dillon said it would be fun to try a bagel in Paris.  [...]

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What, might you ask, do vegetables have to do with intercultural communications? 
Everything, when it’s your 8 year old child suggesting you try a new vegetable every month for the new year. 
In talking about multicultural perspectives to Dillon, we like to emphasize that just because people do things differently in different cultures, it doesn’t make it right [...]

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