by Liz Gumbinner | Family Travel, Health, Fitness + Wellbeing
Browsing through the early Prime Day deals on Amazon and looking for some camp care package gifts for my kids, I came across a deal that was made for me: The hands-free, USB-charged neck fan I have been craving for ages. After sitting through the hottest, sweatiest,...
by Liz Gumbinner | Spawned Podcast
This episode is a must-listen for all parents of kids who have smartphones, especially if you’re worried about the impact of social media on mental health. And isn’t that all of us, these days? Dr. Devorah Heitner a renowned author and expert on kids and...
by Liz Gumbinner | Kid Style
It’s that time of year: Camp clothes shopping! Or more accurately, the time of year I look at the kids’ camp clothing checklist and realize we have outgrown everything and gah, where am I going to get those non-itchy navy shorts again at this late date? If...
by Liz Gumbinner | Fashion
I’m often asked for the best t-shirts for women — why this is such a hard thing to find I don’t know, but it is. My answer these days: If you like a crew neck tee, the Uniqlo crew-neck tees are on sale for just $9.70 each this week. Wow....
by Liz Gumbinner | Beauty + Cosmetics
Truly, I always imagined The Original Makeup Erasers were just washcloths with a gimmick and now I realize that 1) I was wrong and 2) I am hooked! Since I figure I can’t be the last person to try them after being bombarded by ads and reviews, so I wanted to...
by Liz Gumbinner | Spawned Podcast
For our final podcast in our Insider Guide to the College Application Process, I thought we’d do things a little differently. This week, we gathered questions that teens themselves gave us about college admissions and applications — and I’m joined...
by Liz Gumbinner | Kids, Tips + Tricks
There is a certain joy in putting together summer camp care packages for my tweens and teens each year. It’s not just loading them up with stuff so I can make sure they remember me (ha), it’s that a summer camp care package can provide them with some...
by Liz Gumbinner | Fashion
Browsing Target this morning, I was surprised to come across these Morgan Harper Nichols designed hair scrunchies. In fact, I did a double-take to be sure it was the MHN referenced on the packaging. Considering I know Morgan from her wildly popular Instagram feed...
by Liz Gumbinner | Cool Tech
Now that I’ve discovered the Emoji Kitchen, I have one more time suck I didn’t need…except wow, did I need this one! Ever wish that you could make a rainbow star? A ghost holding a dead flower? A “100” but in green? That’s what...
by Liz Gumbinner | Books for Kids
Today, the Amazon Books Editors announced their annual mid-year list of the Best Books of the Year So Far, including a hand-picked list of The Best Children’s Books of the Year So Far. And I’ll get to them allll in a sec. But first, there’s one book...