
Let Cool Mom Picks and Ideeli shower you with roses for Mother’s Day
We are all staunch devotees of the members-only luxury sale site, Ideeli, which has perhaps the most consistent array of high-end designer clothing and accessories at fabulous prices, along with giveaways that even we find ourselves entering. So we are thrilled and...

To Mama With Love will make your mama proud she raised such a great kid
I spend a lot of time looking at great Mother's Day gifts (anyone see our Mother's Day Gift Guide?) but that doesn't mean I don't procrastinate right along with the best of you. Which is why I can practically smell the annual Mother's Day's burnt toast, and I...

Where it’s always cool o’clock
There's a curious trend right now, a vicious but lovely circle in which interior design for adults takes inspiration from art for children, which was in turn inspired by interior design for adults. To put it succinctly, as we mentioned recently, design is going from...

School lunch packing made easy
Back when I used to pack my own lunches for work, I can't tell you the number of times I lost or tossed (oops!) perfectly good silverware. And now that I'm in charge of my daughter's noontime meals, I'm afraid the apple doesn't fall far from the tree.So I'm thinking...

Tegu blocks build way more than imaginations
You know, you think a block is a block is a block. Then something like Tegu comes around and suddenly those regular blocks your kids play with just seem you know...like regular blocks. If you haven't heard of Tegu, they're the eco-friendly, Honduran-made building...

Yep, they can hear you now
I gave up on my Bluetooth headset for my mobile phone a while back; I was always forgetting to charge it, and on the rare occasions when I didn't, I had trouble getting it to stay in my ear, and the sound quality was terrible.So despite all the hype about Jawbone's...

The perfect little black (and white) maternity dress
Back when I was pregnant with my kids (you know, back when dinosaurs roamed the earth), "nursing dress" was synonymous with "giant chest flaps on something shapeless and ugly." Sad but true. So you'll have to pardon me for feeling like you pregnant and nursing mamas...

If you can read this, thank a teacher. Like, today.
It's National Teacher Appreciation Week, meaning free pedicures and lattes should be raining down on all those lovely people who take care of our kids' precious minds throughout the school year. So, don't hold back: Tell a teacher how much you appreciate all the hard...

Full hearts, full bellies for moms everywhere
What was my favorite Mother's Day gift ever? My TomTom, definitely, because I can get lost in a wet paper sack. But I'm lucky. Incredibly lucky. Even if my family completely forgets me this weekend, I still have a home, my health, and all the vegan waffles I can...

Martha Stewart Crafts says it with flowers
While the gorgeous spring weather is here and I want my kids out out out of the house, I still need to keep our craft supply drawers stocked for those stormy days. My kids have been going nuts lately for the Martha Stewart craft punches, and especially the new flower...