The Family Dinner – So much more than just a cookbook

by Melissa | Food + Recipes

There are some women out there who seem to overachieve the pants off of the rest of us. Environmentalist, author, producer and mother of two Laurie David is one of those ladies. Her latest project is The Family Dinner: Great Ways to Connect With Your Kids, One Meal at...

Designer inspiration, if not designer purchases

by Cool Mom Team | Uncategorized

Since having kids, my insatiable hunger for all things art, fashion, and design has been unsatisfied. And rightfully so. I barely have time to eat an actual breakfast, let alone devour the piles of magazines I once looked to for inspiration for my spending habits. But...

Cool Mom Picks loves InStyle!

by Cool Mom Team | Meta

Well what a nice surprise to discover that the November 2010 issue of InStyle includes Cool Mom Picks in their big Best of the Web feature! We are so beyond thrilled that one of our all-time favorite magazines mentions us us as one of four favorite blogs in the kids...

The only thing better than making photo memories is reliving them hilariously

by Delilah S. Dawson | Uncategorized

You loved Awkward Family Photos. You haz a cheezburger. You enjoy a good FAIL. Now we’ve found one more awesome place to waste even more time on the web. At Young Me Now Me, regular people re-stage their childhood photos in hilarious ways. This giggle-inducing...

Not your department store baby registry

by Stephanie Slate | Uncategorized

I still remember what a pain in the neck it was for my now-husband and I to register when we got married. First of all, it was in the days before those handy little scanner things. Second, I wanted an iron and he didn’t and there was a big debate –we...

Easy-peasy deals on local stuff you just might love

by Lexi Petronis | Uncategorized

I’m not what you’d call the decisive type. When I shop online, I put my almost-purchases in the cute little cart icons and let them rest there while I construct (and reconstruct) mental pro and con lists as to why I should get them. (Yeah. I know.) Who has...

Web coolness – Pumpkin decorating, mobile making, Barbie zombifying

by Cool Mom Team | DIY

Here are some things we’ve liked reading around the web this week. We hope you will too. No-carve pumpkin decorating ideas from Amy Atlas. Sign us up!On momformation, Kristen shares an awesome coloring book that doubles as a babysitter. Download this adorable...

Gaggle of Chicks – If you can get over the name, there’s savings to be had

by Mir | Uncategorized

I am not going to mince words here, so let me just say it: I hate that this site is named “Gaggle of Chicks.” Truly. I am not a chick, I am not part of a gaggle, and since when are great deals only for moms? C’mon. So, yes, if you need to take a...

Cool Mom Picks and ABC – Saving your sanity, mamas!

by Cool Mom Team | Baby, Meta

As moms ourselves, we really value our sanity – and fortunately, there are a slew of awesome products out there that help us do just that, several of which have been rounded up by our own Publisher and Editor in Chief Liz Gumbinner on the ABC News Now show,...

Fall is coming: Is your camera ready?

by Christina Refford | Uncategorized

Editor’s Note: Unfortunately, Big Picture Scrapbooking no longer exists. Lazing in the pumpkin patch. Biting into a just-picked apple. Jumping in a leaf pile. I have all of those iconic family pictures of fall sitting in photo albums already. So...