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 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
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
Ok so let’s be honest right off the bat. I don’t like breakfast or anything to do with it. I like breakfast food – like eggs and pancakes – but more around 6pm than 6am. I probably haven’t ate breakfast voluntarily in over 10 years at least – unless it was aspirin for a raging hangover. But when you now have a child in preschool that requires breakfast five days… 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
Obviously in Pittsburgh we’ve been fans since the first pigskin was thrown. Even as babies, we are cloaked in the terrible towel upon birth to mark our right of passage into this legacy. But for years, even with tons of huge female fans, the clothing selection wasn’t quite as vast as our football stats knowledge. Back in the day, instead of oversized jerseys (or buying kids’ sizes – yes- even… Keep Reading
Boys will be boys. They love getting dirty, jumping off couches, laying around in their underwear and of course, eating – A LOT. So if they are going to be tossing back containers of ice cream, I’d prefer it to be something slightly better for them. As you know, we’re big fans of eliminating artificial ingredients and GMOs here, and they can sneak up on you in places you don’t… Keep Reading
Take Care Where It Counts One thing a woman needs is reliability from her deodorant. We are too busy and driven to have to worry about not having perspiration protection, or deodorant stains on our business suits (even if that is work-at-home sweatpants). Picking the perfect deodorant is an important part of the average woman’s beauty routine, and can’t be ignored. My major issue is worrying about my deodorant crumbling… Keep Reading
