by Cool Mom Team | Kid Style
My kids lose scarves and gloves like uh…well, like kids lose scarves and gloves. While I covet so many high end handmade options, I know I take quite a risk knowing that two mittens may head out the door in the morning, and only one will return home. So...
by Cool Mom Team | Beauty + Cosmetics
This post is brought to you by Must Have Its, featuring tips and products to help you get holiday ready. This holiday season, you don’t have to worry about looking less than fabulous, even after six consecutive nights of eggnog. P&G Beauty + Grooming has an...
by Elizabeth | Doing Good
Before I was a Mom, what seems like a lifetime ago (oh, a whole four years back), I worked for the Audubon Society. It was thrilling to be involved in a community that was so passionate about conservation and protecting the wildlife we share the planet with and now...
by Cool Mom Team | Food + Recipes
Perhaps you’ve poked around our holiday gift guide this year and come across the category called Gifts Under $15 That Don’t Seem Cheap at All. If so, you very likely spotted the gourmet lollipops. You know the ones. The ones that call to you in your sleep...
by Betsy | Books for Kids
To say that Sandra Boynton is my favorite children’s author is an understatement, (with deep props to Dr. Seuss). But truly, for the first few years of my son’s life her chunky children’s books were a constant. Her writing is fun, bouncy and the...
by Cool Mom Team | Fashion
We love TV. Love TV! No apologies here for our pop culture addiction. It seems so far back that TV moms were just you know…funny. And not because they got Botox live in front of cameras. (Or maybe we’re watching too much Bravo?) So we are happy to present...
by Melissa | Helpful Services
If eBay, Net-a-Porter, Rent the Runway and Gilt Groupe (all of my favorite shopping websites) had a baby, their progeny would look like I-ELLA.com.Launched by a fashion-obsessed entrepreneur in New York, I-ELLA weaves enough elements into the shopping experience to...
by Cool Mom Team | Random Coolness
I’m always looking for fun little gifts for hip friends–you know, the kind of under $15 thing that makes a big impression when you wrap it beautifully and present with love, but isn’t necessarily the Hope Diamond. We’ve got a whole category of...
by Delilah S. Dawson | Uncategorized
Need a break to gab with the girls and giggle about gifting? Want to win a gift certificate to one of our favorite online shops? Then pull up a squishy chair, grab a chai latte, and settle in for a cyberchat with the Cool Mom Picks gang at TheMotherhood. On Thursday,...
by Cool Mom Team | Art + Decor
We’re kind of in love with Joanne Dugan around here. She’s an amazingly prolific photographer, with her work in about a zillion ads, the awesome Taxi Driver Wisdom book, and most importantly to us, a magical series of children’s books: ABC NYC and...