Super Stars
Wonder Moms

If you want to change the world, ask a mother.

To read about a multitude of organizations created and grown by mothers inspired by their own need, click the button below.

Good Eats
Avellino Family BBQ

Some really good ‘cue can be found right here in our southwestern corner of Connecticut. Avellino Barbecue sends out a weekly menu on Tuesdays (you need to join their email list to receive it). Orders are due by Thursday at noon.

Books
We Are the Luckiest

For anyone in search of that bigger life, who feels that there may be something – alcohol or otherwise - standing in the way, this book is for you. If you are contemplating your drinking habits, this book is also for you, and if you have been sober for any amount time, this book will remind you that we are truly the luckiest.

Super Stars
Lisa Stuart

Three cheers for Lisa Stuart, this year’s Boys and Girls Club of Greenwich Champion of Youth Honoree, and our pick of the week! We can think of no one more deserving!

Shows
Firefly Lane

it probably says a lot that I love Firefly Lane, the story about an unlikely lifelong friendship between Kate (Sarah Chalke) and Tully (Katherine Heigl) that begins the day that teenage Tully moves in next door to Kate. The two girls couldn’t be more different, and for me, that is part of the allure, as they navigate their way together through high school, college, careers, and motherhood. ⁠

Movies
Safety

Emotional, uplifting, heartfelt, and all you Clemson Tiger fans - I know you are out there! - you are going to love it! The music is great too.⁠ Click the button below to watch Safety (on Disney Plus).⁠

Exercise
The Wiggle

Click the button below to find out how to wiggle that core!⁠

Recipes
Caramelized Bacon Balsamic Brussels Sprouts

Click the button below for my pick for outrageous Brussels sprouts, made for us early in the pandemic by my 24-year-old son!

Shows
Ted Lasso

This week, our pick is the ten episodes of Ted Lasso (on Apple TV+) to brighten our days! The show is not dark, almost family friendly, funny (even adorable), and enjoyed by husbands too!⁠

Cold February Afternoon Edition
Pickleball

This week's pick for most fun to be had on a cold February day? Pickleball!⁠

Super Bowl Commercial Edition
Gwen & Blake

No matter if your team won or lost on Sunday night, here is Icy's Pick...of the Super Bowl commercials!

Recipe
The Best Vegetable Soup

A good soup is soothing to the soul, and just the right thing to have when there's a lot of snow on the ground and a fire going.⁠
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Click button below to find a recipe for the best, most flavorful, soul-warming vegetable soup out there.⁠

Motivational Speeches
Ultimate Compilation

In honor of the upcoming Super Bowl (and TB12!)!

...or just a little midweek motivation.

Let's Go!

Books
The Choice

The Choice: Embrace the Possible by Dr. Edith Eva Eger is not a new release; it was published in 2017, and yet it has just now come across my desk, a couple of times. Ordinarily I do not love self-help books, so I resisted. And then I read these words, “This book has changed my life.” That may have come from Oprah, and what a powerful statement. I caved.

Recipe
Mozzarella Dream Sandwich

Grilled cheese - you had me at hello! Ahh, there is nothing quite like a grilled cheese sandwich, and if I am being entirely honest here, I have tracked down the finest ones in my town. I have done my homework; grueling research, but someone had to do it. ⁠