It's official: Today, President Obama officially proclaimed August 26 Women's Equality Day , 90 years after we were given the right to vote. While we've currently got three women on the Supreme Court, 17 in the Senate, and a whole bunch …
The simple bow is clearly the new design icon of 2010. (Wait, is it even possible that owls have gone by the wayside?) I'm seeing it on accessories, on stationery, even kids clothes . A British stylist I worked with recently was obsessed…
Sure, we've all had elasticized slippers for our babies, but when was the last time your baby went out in hand-made, hand-beaded leather stay-on moccasins made by First Nations women in Canada? Not recently, I'm willing to bet. These lit…
Right now, I'm looking at the wilted, brown leaves of my dying container garden and ruing the white-hot Atlanta sun. I'm pretty sure we spent $30 on supplies that produced four very small tomatoes and one hideous cucumber. But the joy on…
It's hard not to want to incorporate EcoJot products into your back to school shopping, which is why they nearly always end up in our back to school shopping guides . Their notebooks are 100% recycled , the designs are adorable, and they…
At the NY Gift Show last week, there were so many fabulous things I couldn't wait to run back and tell you all about. (These blisters? All for you, dahlings.) One of the very first booths I stumbled into featured the simply wonderful hom…
Last summer I tried my hand at canning. Let's just say the results were less than spectacular. Fast forward to today when I'm watching my kids drink out of a pair of EIO Kids Cups . Abundance of empty, unused canning jars problem solved.…
The US Open has always been one of the coolest thing about living and parenting in New York. It's one of the few sporting events that doesn't cost your family six hundred gazillion dollars, you're pretty much guaranteed not to have a dru…
I don't know about you, but my friends have been popping out babies pretty regularly for the last few years and it's getting tricky to always think of an original new baby gift . (They expect a lot from a Cool Mom Picks reviewer, let me …
It's only a week into school around here in the deep south, and already I hear a lot of my mom friends complaining that they've exhausted their lunchmaking tricks . Well, thanks to the new lunch punch styles, there's no need to throw in …
In my now six year tenure as a parent, I've learned you should never say never. Because there's a good chance, especially if you have more than one kid, that your never will come back to bite you in the butt. So while I can say with conf…
After a pinched nerve sidelined my beloved babywearing, I was stuck in mid-toddler crisis. But the stroller that saved me can save more than just moms of chunky two-year-olds. It can help moms slinging around newborns in buckets, moms wi…
People who know me live and in person tell me they often think of me in terms of my jewelry - big, chunky, interesting, often made of glass. Yes, glass. And when they ask where I got it, I find myself saying, more often than not, "It's E…
T his is the second post in a three-part series on Orlando vacation tips from Cool Mom Picks. Traveling with kids under five comes with its own set of challenges. The first challenge being: Should I even do this at all? We unequivocally …
Though I'm definitely smitten with some of the pricier kids designer clothes, I'd much rather pay last season's prices . Or less. So, if you're like me and aren't so concerned with what season your kids' clothes are from, then I've got a…
If you're not yet familiar with BabyLegs *gasp* then just picture adorable legwarmers in about a zillion fun patterns for the baby and toddler set. They're such a perfect alternative to tights and leggings in the colder months, and so gr…
Thanks to a certain animated show, my daughter now ties her stuffed animals to chairs and then attempts to save them using only teamwork and a pom-pom hat. It's not my cup of tea, but I do like the idea of encouraging kids to help animal…
When I first heard that Johnson & Johnson was coming out with a line of natural baby products , I was intrigued. My first thought was, it's about time that there's a choice like this for the moms out there who can't afford the high-end n…
Let me give you 3 reasons why An Awesome Book by artist Dallas Clayton is indeed an awesome book: 1. For every book sold, The Awesome World Foundation will donate one book to schools, hospitals, camps, and shelters. 2. The artwork and st…
I was a teen when Live Aid rocked the world, and saw how powerful musicians can be when they come together for a cause. Now, many years later, another group of musicians has come together, this time on a fabulous children's CD to benefit…
Just a couple of weeks ago, our editor-in-chief Liz and I were one of 2400 attendees at the BlogHer conference in New York City. And aside from the awesome sessions and fantastic parties, we had the opportunity to be a part of the Voices…
If I could, I'd spend all day shopping for home decor. But with a gaggle of kids, that whole bull in a china shop analogy springs to mind. Thankfully, I an lean on the membership sales sites like One Kings Lane and their crazy mad discou…
If I could think of the perfect merger, two companies I love so much that I want them to get together, do things behind closed doors, and then make product babies together, it would probably be Method and Cleanwell. Well guess what? We a…
Today I was so desperate for a new project to pull the tiny whiners off my knees that I gave them a huge cardboard box and some Sharpies. They ended up just stomping on the bubble wrap inside, much to my headache's eternal sadness. But i…
