Since a shiny new box of crayons is de rigeur for back to school season, I am loving this awesome set of crayons that might make a perfect "You'll do great, honey!" gift for a new preschooler or kindergartener. And of course, her mom can…
It's abundantly evident to readers of this site that I'm in love with Fab.com. That love only heightened when they launched weekly kids sales. And now--a back-to-school pop-up shop with lots of fun goodies for preschoolers, teens and eve…
I am one of those moms who totally wants my house to look as good as it did pre-kids, but also recognizes that that is ridiculously impractical and it will never happen and no, it's okay, I have my own Kleenex . So when I find furniture …
Traveling as much as I do , I don't know why I wasted so much time agonizing about 3-ounce bottles of leaky cleansers and travel-sized samples of sub-par skincare brands, when there's a whole world of fantastic cleansing cloths out there…
While we're all still on this post-Olympic London kick (man, aren't you dying to go right now?) it was great timing that we discovered this brand new children's line straight out of London. [ don't miss a fantastic limited time discount …
Last year we discovered the super awesome Sock it To Me knee socks, which we even included in our holiday gift guide . (We still think those Derby Girl socks are a pretty darn cool gift.) But while some of the designs were decidedly kid-…
We're already huge fans of method. And we're huge fans of designer Orla Kiely. Put them together and suddenly I'm the most excited I've been to wash up since the old days of Mr. Bubble. The limited edition Orla Kieley for method hand was…
A few years ago we fell in love with the MomAgenda School Year Journals, so much so that I raved about them everywhere, from my own kids' classes to the TODAY show (where I also confessed my inability to maintain even a baby book). So I …
With summer coming to a close (noooo!) a lot of us are planning last minute weekends and cramming in final visits to see friends and take advantage of those lake house invitations. On Pinterest , we have an entire board featuring wonderf…
While monthly subscription boxes are all the rage now, from beauty products to craft kits, I have to say I still have a thing for the gourmet boxes. With a culinary school grad in the house, we tend to have more kinds of salt than most p…
There's a saying in real estate: location, location, location. But after that's out of the way, in New York we tend to put a premium on character. You know, exposed brick, tin ceilings, original wood floors. (Don't ever expect to find wa…
An insane number of crafters on Etsy are making all manners of barrettes, hair bands and baby bows, some with adornments larger nearly as large the actual baby. (I never got that, I have to say.) Searching for something tasteful can be a…
Sometimes art just speaks to you, and that's how I felt gazing at the beautiful original artwork from artist Rachel Austin. I was poking around the Poppytalk Marketplace and discovered Rachel's wonderful mixed media map paintings . Clear…
Between the heatwaves and the crazy downpours, I feel like we've been getting more use out of our creative indoor toys this summer than our scooters. And now here's one more that I'm just smitten with, because it's more than just a build…
We get kind of excited when we find any cool boys clothes, as you well know, and even more so when we find great boys clothes on sale. Especially when they're from from one of our favorite shops--and CMP sponsors-- Red 21 Boys . Here, ju…
Last week I got a sneak peek at a cool new collaboration between design gurus and parents (of seven!) Bob and Courtney Novogratz and CB2. When I did, all I could do is smile. The colorful wool Family Rug charmed me right off the bat; and…
Okay so I guess it's cool modern poster day today at Cool Mom Picks, because aside from the adorable city posters that Kirstin raved about, I just fell in love with a series of classic movie posters, reinterpreted by a modern graphic art…
Its been a while since we first discovered Imaginative PlayToys , and the gorgeous handmade felt table covers she makes to turn your card table into oh...say, a pirate ship. Checking back again after awhile I discovered a new shop name a…
I learned the hard way, as have many parents, that if you buy a cheap backpack for your kid, even your toddler, you will be buying a second (and possibly third) backpack before the school year is through. So now I look for good quality, …
In some neighborhoods, where feeding a baby a single french fry will earn you the disdain of onlooking parents everywhere (would I know of such a thing?) my anti-authority side is loving a line of vaguely irreverent baby and kids clothes…
One of my children's very favorite thing about Grandma's house is the the swing in the backyard. We are city-dwellers after all, and swings are generally something you have to wait in line for. This one started as a little baby swing han…
One of the essentials in my girls' summer wardrobe when they were babies were bloomers. It was so easy to just toss a cute pair over a diaper, add a little tunic or tee, and we were off. I love the selection of high quality cotton baby b…
For those of you like me who spent far too many hours playing Tetris on your Gameboy (RIP), you'll know instantly why I thought these blocks for kids were a fantastic idea. The Tetris Blocks by Kubix come with 50 colorful, geometric bloc…
It's hard to believe that it's been a whole year since the launch of Tattly tattoos, those cool artist-designed temporary tats curated by design blogging guru Tina Roth-Eisenberg, that put the Cracker Jacks versions to shame. And because…
