International Man-Child of Mystery
My daughter regularly has twice as much in her closet as her brother does. But shopping for a boy doesn't have to be boring anymore, as CMP is constantly assuring you. One more example: mom-run Ochanga, which features boys-only hip international fashions that can hold...
Baby Shower Invitations That Come With a Makeover
I was That Person who spent like six hours online creating my Simpsons avatar. (Yeah, so I'm a 14 year old boy at heart. Gotta problem with that?) Needless to say I got completely sucked into playing around on the Pose Prints website, which lets you do that very thing...
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
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
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 do. But since iPods aren't exactly the...
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 these gift...
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 we're all in this...
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...
For Families Really Really REALLY Into Tattoos
My daughter has reached that very important milestone in a child's life: Adoration of temporary tattoos. And spare me the anti-hipster parent eyeroll please--I remember liking them in Cracker Jack boxes back in the day myself. But they've definitely hit a new level in...
Your Child 2003-2008: An Artistic Retrospective
I seriously underestimated the constant flow of paper coming into our house once my daughter started kindergarten--teacher notes, newsletters, progress reports, to say nothing of her artwork. I know I have to pick and choose among the art projects to display, but how...