by Liz Gumbinner | Kids, Tips + Tricks
My kids’ eyes flew wide open when they stepped into the living room last night and caught some of the fiasco (or you know, Dana Bash’s more colorful term) that passed for a presidential debate. This morning, our team discussed that while we’re...
by Liz Gumbinner | DIY, Doing Good
Well. This certainly has been an interesting start to Anti-Bullying Month. After four years of strife, anger, division, hatred, bullying…I can safely say that parents are tired. I know I’m tired of apologizing to my kids that they have to grow up seeing...
by Kate Etue | Fashion, Doing Good, Kid Style
You may have seen the news this week about the new labels in Patagonia shorts. Just four words appear on the underside of the labels: Vote the a**holes out. This isn’t just cheeky resistance; Patagonia is a company that’s always stood up for the...
by Liz Gumbinner | Books for Kids, Doing Good, Kids
This morning I woke up to the study that’s making the rounds on Twitter: Nearly 2/3 of US young adults are unaware that 6 million Jews died in the Holocaust — some get the numbers wrong, some didn’t know at all. Dig deeper into the survey results...
by Christina Refford | Fashion, Doing Good
If the continued interest over Michelle Obama’s lovely “Vote” necklace from last month’s speech at the Democratic National Convention was any indication, many of us are also eager to promote our voting rights loud and proud, this critically...
by Kate Etue | Back to School Shopping, Health, Fitness + Wellbeing, Tips + Tricks
The past few weeks, my Instagram feed is full of my friends’ adorable kids in their back-to-school outfits… complete with fresh, new face masks.I’m so proud of these kids for being responsible about in-person schooling, and for parents for insisting...
by Kate Etue | Books for Kids, Entertainment + Media
This year, even though we haven’t been able to go to actual movie theaters, we’re still seeing plenty of great movies from home. Yay for film companies adapting! And yay for me spending less than $50 to get everyone popcorn! If you’re big on reading...
by Liz Gumbinner | Doing Good
As I look for ways to help Beirut after the horrific explosion this week, I’m grateful to Fadia Berberi, (@karzel), a mom in the suburbs of Beirut who I’ve known through Instagram for a while. She DM’d me to explain, What happened here in Beirut is...
by Kate Etue | Books for Adults
I don’t know about you, but I’m either needing to project my primal scream into Iceland or get a really good, belly-aching laugh in with a funny new summer novel. We’re in the final stretch of summer at my house before school starts (whatever that...
by Liz Gumbinner | Health, Fitness + Wellbeing, Tips + Tricks
I just read that nearly 30% of Americans sometimes, rarely, or never wear a mask in public and it makes me want to bang my head on something. Nothing too hard though, because our hospitals have been through enough and don’t need the likes of a self-inflicted...
