Living in New York City means a few things: you can always get a high-end cup of coffee, a really good slice of pizza, and find a Duane Reade if you need…anything else. From where I live, I literally have 10, yes TEN, Duane Reade’s within a six block radius of our apartment. And how do I know? Not from walking around my neighborhood, but from the new Duane Reade…
I love beauty products — especially those that promote healthy skin care. My friend, college buddy and sorority Little Sister — yes, I was in a sorority! — Minal, introduced me to Arbonne products when she became an independent consultant several years ago. Along with being a consultant, she is an occupational therapist and a mom of two very active boys. I actually tried the Arbonne products several years ago…
Last week, I went to Type A Conference in Philadelphia (hashtag #TypeACon) with Lisa from Mom a la Mode. Going to any type of conference is always a fashion conundrum. You want to look stylish, yet you need to be comfortable and ready for those freezing cold conference rooms. Since Lisa and I were waking up at the crack of dawn to catch an Amtrak train to the conference, I…
On the weekends, I try to make a good old-fashioned breakfast, the kind that my mom used to make with eggs, french toast, bacon, toast – everything. I like having the weekend mornings nice, slow, relaxed and family focused and it’s always better when there’s good food involved. Since our older daughter is on a low-gluten diet, I jiggered Paula Deen’s Baked French Toast with Maple Syrup to include Udi’s…
You may have noticed that I’ve been tweeting with the hashtag #MNexpert and @MommyNearestNYC. I’m a little late in announcing this, but I am so excited that the newly launched app, Mommy Nearest, has chosen me as an “Expert Mom” among five other amazing bloggers and mompreneurs. So, if you don’t know, Mommy Nearest is a mobile app that allows parents to access all kinds of child-related resources throughout New York City…
The hubby and I have been together for 16 years, married for 14 years, and of that, 10 years with kids. I can count on one hand how many times we’ve gone away together without the kids: one; for a friend’s wedding in San Diego, three years ago. For my 40th birthday, I told my husband that I wanted to go away, just for the weekend and just us. My…
For most New Yorkers, including me, our closets are filled with blacks, greys, browns, whites and every shade of neutral in between. But there comes a time when you just have to break away from the earth-tone pack, shake out the winter grey doldrums and perk up with some spring brights. Luckily, Chaps’ spring collection is full of colors that will help brighten up your wardrobe. My picks for the season?…
Our younger daughter, S, is the ultimate fashionista who marches to her very own stylish drummer. She doesn’t care what people think — she wears what she wants to wear. And that’s why we love her so much. And that is why she loves Polkadot What leggings. Ever since she got her very own pair, she has worn them non-stop with (almost) every outfit. In fact, today she wore her…
Now that we’ve Spring Forward-ed our clocks and warm weather is on our minds (hurray!), that also means that bathing suit season is around the corner, too (womp, womp). I don’t know about you, but my two pregnancies have left me with some not-so-pretty stretch marks on my tummy and my upper thighs (put it this way: I gained over 50 pounds with my first pregnancy and 30 pounds with…
We had a family trip to Flagstaff, Arizona over the holidays and not only had a wonderful, adventure-packed trip, but our tummy’s were very pleasantly surprised and thankful for the amazing South Western flavors we got to experience in Flagstaff. Below are the four restaurants we got to check out in Flagstaff. They are all delicious, reasonable AND great for kids, too! 1. Salsa Breva on Route 66. This was a…