The best part about living on the East Coast (and why I will always be a East Coast dweller) is the ability to take easy road trips up and down the coast. From Boston to New York to Philly and DC, it’s easy to explore so many beautiful and historic areas. And being the nerdy travel buff that I am, I can always find a new nook to explore, a… Keep Reading
Playdates. Basically survival pow wows for new moms. It’s also a great way for sleep-deprived parents to actually shower, rally and put on makeup to get together with friends they haven’t seen in a long while or meet new people. And eat real food that’s not just cheerios dusted off from the floor under the high chair. Being that (1) we love food, and (2) we love eating and cooking food with… Keep Reading
Meeting celebrities is part of the job, and growing up as a bartender around famous athletes in Pittsburgh all the time made me immune to them early on in life. Now living in NYC, you can see Matt Damon walking down the street pushing a stroller with his wife (true story, it was one of my first encounters living in NYC). But that doesn’t mean sometimes I get enamored by… Keep Reading
I had a conversation last week about why I don’t like pizza. People usually gasp when I admit this because – how American can you be not to like pizza, right? But just as I have learned culturally, my friends grew up with certain foods and items, one thing we didn’t eat on the farm was – pizza. We were mostly self-sustained out there (shocking right) with a bi-monthly trip… Keep Reading
It’s raining today. So what you ask? Well, in NYC it honestly NEVER rains. Take that from living in Pittsburgh where we had more overcast days than Seattle. No, true story. I like it rainy. So when it rains, it becomes an immediate vaca day if possible. Like today. I took Max to school and decided to skip the spin class and a lunch with a friend (sorry, Allison!) and… Keep Reading
It seems like breast cancer is just screaming in our faces these days – it’s nearly impossible to not know someone who has been affected by this disease. Personally, I lost both of my aunts to it at an early age, and before there was a lot of treatment available. I watched them both leave us way too fast. Now, I see friends who are my own age going through… Keep Reading
Last week we logged over 30 hours in a car. And we don’t even own one – yet. With the amount of road trips we take, it makes me wonder if purchasing a vehicle, even though we live in NYC, might be on the list for 2017. You have to look at it from both angles. People in Pittsburgh are saying how the heck do you get around without owning… Keep Reading
This post was sponsored by Duracell as part of an Influencer Activation for Influence Central. When I was a kid, I remember having this blue clunky robot named Casey that would play cassette tapes. I would honestly play with it for hours, letting it play tapes of my favorite songs like Baloo from the Jungle Book while I would be doing some sort of other activity like sewing quilts or… Keep Reading
It’s pretty embarrassing, but honestly, sometimes it takes another mom company like Momtrends to PLAN an event to get me to actually allow a night out in the city anymore. With school five days a week, work busy as ever and a committed fitness routine, I am in a groove that really doesn’t allow for the fun and glamours social life that us moms are entitled to. Yes, even in… Keep Reading
This post is brought to you by Delta Faucet Company. I received free product from Delta Company, but all opinions are my own. In NYC, every apartment is now considered “luxury” – meaning it has a sink and a functioning toilet. This is just way to jack up the rents in a gentrifying neighborhood while marble countertops and walk-in spa showers are only mere dreams of those of us who… Keep Reading
