Kitsch me like you mean it

Kitsch me like you mean it

I have a thing for chunky, loud, way-too-full charm bracelets, ever since I inherited one from my super cool Great Aunt Bea. Along those lines, the baby-themed vintage-style charm bracelet from artist Crystal Rendon that we spotted at The Baby Gardner. This is...
Give a Mom a Table Saw and Look at What You Get

Give a Mom a Table Saw and Look at What You Get

When both Liz and I were searching for a toy chest for our homes last year, we each ran immediately to Mod Mom Furniture. If that doesn’t tell you something (other than the fact that we have similar taste in toy chests), then see for yourself how amazing...
Even Vegans Carry iPods

Even Vegans Carry iPods

I’m a podcaster for God’s sake and I still do not own an iPod. Even my husband, a certified iPod hater, thinks it’s nuts, so much so that he’s getting me one for Mother’s Day. At least that’s what he’s threatening to...
Cool Mom Picks loves San Francisco!

Cool Mom Picks loves San Francisco!

A big welcome to all of our new San Francisco area readers who caught us on ABC’s The View From the Bay Thursday showcasing some of our favorite Mother’s Day gift ideas.If you missed it, you can catch the segment here. If you’re looking for info on...
LA Humor: Beyond Plastic Surgery Jokes

LA Humor: Beyond Plastic Surgery Jokes

If you have spent any time on the West Side of LA, you will get a chuckle out of the new kids clothing line Rabbit Kinney. (For the rest of you, there’s a hot drag near Venice Beach called Abbot Kinney Boulevard named for the area’s founder. See? Now...
Rainboots for the 2s, 3s and 70s

Rainboots for the 2s, 3s and 70s

We’ve still got another week of those proverbial April showers, but considering the April we’ve had so far, I’m banking on those downpours well into May. And this year (for a change), my older daughter is prepared, armed with a pair of the funkiest...
Hooded animal towels, and they aren’t even scary!

Hooded animal towels, and they aren’t even scary!

I decided early on in my parenting career to eschew hooded towels with larger-than-life animal heads on top, simply because all the ones I saw scared me. If some humongo, limp-necked terry cloth duck head with threads hanging off the misshapen mouth was freaking me...