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A few weeks ago, I was geared up to take my 4 yr. old daughter Aria and 5 yr. old goddaughter Maya to tea. It was going to be their first experience wearing princess dresses and eating dainty finger foods on delicate little plates and teacups.
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This post was cowritten with Grace. Once upon a Summer of 2012, one Pink Princess staffer, we'll call him M, encountered a wobbly walking dove while driving to work.  The poor bird was flopping all over the place because it couldn't fly.  Upon closer inspection, M found the dove to be missing parts of its wings and tail feathers.   Ever the knight in shining ar …

Christmas season is now upon us! My 6yr. old son Nicolas and 4 yr. old daughter Aria couldn’t whip out their toy list fast enough for Santa. It was a mere five years ago that my son was satisfied with wrapping paper instead of toys because they made crinkly noises as he crumbled them in his tiny hands. Aria soon came along and wanted nothing more than to put everyt …

I recently had a play date with a wonderful mom, Charis, whom I’ve known for a little over a year now, and her two children, Roy and Audrey. My son Nicolas, who is about two years older than Roy, came along for the fun of it and ended up playing up a storm with him. They were like two peas in a pod most of the time, which left my little Aria in the dust, so to speak. But no …

The statistics are staggering – over 80,000 people are homeless in Los Angeles County every night. One pre-Thanksgiving day, Pink Princess staffer Nancy decided she was going to do something about it. She put together “A Warmer Christmas,” a one day charity event for Los Angeles’ homeless, and invited all of her friends to donate cold weather items and to volunteer …