Because natural isn't always possible — or easy.
Posted in Cool sites on Jul 26th, 2010
Right now mommy bloggers all over the web are participating in a virtual casting couch — minus the lecherous director’s stare. A production company planning a reality show about mommy bloggers is casting via social media including Facebook and Twitter. From Facebook: “Co-Creators, Leane Vandeman (@leevandeman) and Ciaran Blumenfeld (@momfluential) are working with a major [...]
Posted in Career, Cool sites, Reduce, Reuse, energy on Jul 12th, 2010
It’s totally crazy. I live a short train ride from New York City and I still haven’t secured BlogHer tickets. For those who are unfamiliar: BlogHer is a conference for women all about blogging. It’s a chance for a few thousand women to get together, talk about the business and craft of blogging. And maybe [...]
Posted in Consumer Packaged Goods, Cool sites, Favorite Things Friday, Reviews, Shopping on Jun 25th, 2010
I started my career writing about technology and business. I was on staff at several computer pubs including PC Magazine where I wrote one or two product reviews daily. When I left to finish my master’s and freelance (on October 16, 1999) I was extremely lucky. I continued writing reviews and product-related stories, seeing my [...]
Posted in Cool sites, Favorite Things Friday, Going Green, Recycle on Jun 18th, 2010
I have a big problem with plastic. It’s everywhere. Everything we buy — even at environmentally-conscious stores — is wrapped in it. Bread comes in plastic bags. Cereal is in a box. Inside the box: a plastic bag. Most cheese is wrapped in plastic. Even the paper milk cartons we use are lined with plastic. [...]
Posted in Cool sites, Emotional development on May 31st, 2010
May. 31 days. 31 blog posts. While I love this blog and I love writing, I am glad that this marks the end of the WordCount Blogathon 2010. While I often blog on the weekend, I usually feel okay skipping a day. The Blogathon made that impossible. It was a fun exercise, though. I found [...]
Posted in Cool sites, Environment, Favorite Things Friday, Pop Culture, Reduce, Shopping, Sustainable on May 21st, 2010
This week we spent the early evening at Brooklyn Bowl, which, to me, is really just a club that happens to also have bowling lanes. It was a launch party event for Yo Gabba Gabba’s live show. My big girl has watched the show. My baby, who won’t turn two until the end of June, [...]
Posted in Cool sites, Favorite Things Friday on May 14th, 2010
Yawn. I am exhausted today. I was up late last night because we started looking at old videos and didn’t turn the camera off until the week hours of the night. There was a lot to go through. (We got our first video camera in August of 2003. We stopped using it early 2009 when [...]
Posted in Cool sites, Favorite Things Friday, parenting on May 7th, 2010
I’ve got some great sites, but I had to catch you all up on one of my non-favorite things this Friday afternoon: The job that got away. My husband got sick back in August. Those of you who have been reading for a while know that. At the time he had his own business. As [...]
Posted in Cool sites, Emotional development on May 2nd, 2010
Can I blog every day for a month? I think so. I hope so. Especially since I’ve already committed to do just that. Fellow freelance writer and editor Michelle Rafter created the WordCount Blogathon three years ago as a way to motivate herself to blog more. That year she got about two dozen writers to [...]
Posted in Consumer Packaged Goods, Cool sites, Dental care, Environment on Mar 5th, 2010
I’m starting to think about Keira’s second birthday. It’s only three-and-a-half months away. I need to figure out what kind of party I am having — if anything — get invitations, figure out favors, decide on the guest list (do I invite her friends’ older siblings), and pick a date and time. I am probably [...]
