Hot Mama of the Week: Raffi Darrow
Mar 7th, 2011
Name: Raffi Darrow
Kids: Alice age 13, Wendy age 12
Occupation: Graphic and Web design business owner
Hometown: St. Petersburg, FL
H&H Interview with Raffi:
1. What are the top 3 items in your grocery cart?
Stonyfield Farm organic nonfat vanilla yogurt, bananas and lentils or beans to experiment with in recipes
2. What are you reading (honestly)?
“Why Marry a Millionaire? Just Be One: And While You’re at It, Change the World!” by Wendy Robbins. I actually got it free to review for a blog, and it has really made an impact on me.
3. What is your guilty pleasure when you get a break from the kids?
Polishing my nails. My close friends know that if it looks like I got a manicure, it really means I got an afternoon to myself.
4. What would we be surprised to find in your purse?
A yarmulke I’m nearly finished crocheting for my grandfather.
5. What is your favorite reality TV show?
American Idol. But my daughter groans when I sing along.
6. What is your cocktail of choice?
A sidecar, but I don’t like to drink my calories so it’s kind of fortuitous that hardly anyone knows how to make one.
7. What is the funniest thing your kids have said or done lately?
My daughter Wendy wants to be a voice over artist, and has a way of channeling Jack Black at the dinner table. It cracks me up whenever she nails that impersonation.
8. What is your favorite quotation?
“You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take.”
9. What is your most hated household chore?
Mopping floors. Curse that ceramic tile!
10. Who is your favorite celebrity mom and why?
None of my favorite celebrities are moms. I never thought about that before…
11. What is one thing most people don’t know about you?
I can touch my nose with my tongue. All 4 of us can.
12. What is your secret to staying Hot & Healthy?
Exercise. I think exercise is pivotal for every other healthy habit I have. It makes me drink water, it helps my skin rejuvenate, sweating releases toxins and activates my lymph nodes, it builds muscle, it pumps my heart. I get bored easily, so I try new exercise modalities all the time – Yoga, ballet, Zumba, Pilates, karate, kung fu, weight training, running, belly dance… I think I’ve tried everything but hula!
*Thanks, Raffi!*
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