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Email spurs mom businesses
Whitney Zimet, a busy Miami mom, has figured out a way to build her small business during all hours. She mingles with other moms, hoping to cajole them into giving her their e-mail addresses. Then, she adds the coveted address to the distribution list for her e-newsletter, I am the Maven, filled with coupons from advertisers. Even with texting and social media making headlines, e-mail marketing is emerging as a powerful...read more...Moms helping soldiers
Flea collars and a prayer are tucked inside a brown shipping box bound for a remote region of Afghanistan. Karla Smiley, 44, stuffs another box with chocolate chip granola bars, a pair of white socks, eye drops and ChapStick -- essentials for a soldier trying to survive the elements of a foreign terrain. Two boxes down, more than 1,200 left to go. ``Every soldier deserves a mom,'' says Smiley, of Fort...read more...Shooting for perfect holiday photo
My husband and I are photographers for The Miami Herald, and have faced some difficult assignments. But by far, the most challenging job we have all year is the annual Christmas card photo. This year, our boys are 7 and 10 years old, and we want to include our chocolate Lab as well. Over the years, we've had the boys run through hot sand and cling to coconut trees. We've tied them up in Christmas...read more...Finally, a black Disney princess
Holly Price Alford is over the moon about Disney's first black princess. Her 8-year-old daughter is, too, but not because the princess is black. "She understands that this is a princess who is African American,'' said Alford, who is black and lives in Meadowbrook, Va. "But do I think it's a big deal to her? No.'' Princess Tiana debuts in The Princess and the Frog...read more...Book Fair kids: Schooled in comics
School’s in session Friday for parents, teachers, librarians, anybody interested in knowing more about comic books. That’s sure to make a kid Hulk green with envy, isn’t it? BY SUE CORBETT Sue will be making her own appearance at the Miami Book Fair International, reading from her latest book, The Last Newspaper Boy in America . Sue will appear at 11 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. Friday,...read more...Laid-off husbands help at home?
Lily Pabian and her husband, Jeff, learned to tag-team household tasks when he lost his job and she went from stay-at-home mom to part-time consultant. But the give-and-take turned into a juggling act when Jeff found work again three months later. Lily, a 37-year-old mother of three from Mapleton, Ga., kept working, but also kept most of the parenting responsibilities and housework. And experts say her...read more...Up all night texting
Between their crazy schedules and upside-down circadian rhythms, teens always have been somewhat sleep-deprived. Now technology is making it worse. Teens are not just texting, instant-messaging and surfing Facebook all day; they're sleeping with their cell phones or laptops, too. Or rather, not sleeping. And doctors and parents, many of them raised in an era when phones were attached...read more...Are our boys in crisis?
We've never had a female president, and most CEOs of Fortune 500 companies are still white men. But William Pollack says there's a ''boy crisis'' in America. As proof, he cites several measures: • In schools across the country, boys get the majority of Ds and Fs; girls get most of the As....read more...New firm: Moms for hire
As a mom, Dixie McDaniel Andrade wanted to work from home in a business that would give her flexibility to keep on eye on her kids, maybe even take them to the park midday. She found the ideal match as the new regional owner of Mom Corps Miami. From her home office, Andrade spends her days calling on companies, explaining how using a mom to fill a gap in their employment needs will benefit them. "It's low cost,...read more...Where to go for Halloween
There is so much scary fun to be had in South Florida this time of year, it's hard to choose which events to hit. Here is a rundown of some the big ones. See more posted by readers in our Local Events forum. And share your favorite trick-or-treat haunts in our Creative Holidays forum. For complete listings of adult fun, visit Miami.com . Deering Estate Ghost Tours The League of Paranormal...read more...
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