This time of year, we love looking back to see the top posts that resonated with our readers and social media fans. This year, our top 10 includes a fascinating mix of gift recommendations, craft ideas, Covid-era tips and advice , and an…
I don't need to share any Coronavirus charts or "the world is sucking right now" articles, that's for sure. Instead, here are the articles, stories, essays, and videos I've been bookmarking, passing along to friends, or just saving for m…
Oh hey! It's been a while since we brought you Web Coolness, our roundup of the stuff we're reading and liking around the web. Well, we're bringing it back to life, only different. (Kind of like a Pet Semetery thing, ha.) It's going to b…
Would you believe me if I told you that out of 74 million US kids, 17.1 million of them have or have had a mental health disorder? That's a huge percentage! So huge, in fact, that the Child Mind Institute (CMI) has noted that more kids a…
You might have heard, but there's this election coming up in the US on Tuesday, November 8 and it's kind of a big deal. Here are just a few links we've been reading to help you, enlighten you, stress you out, or de-stress you completely.…
Let's be honest...I'm lucky if I can get two eyes, a triangle nose, and a mouth carved into our pumpkin each year, but for some truly talented and dedicated pumpkin carvers out there, insanely intricate carvings become a masterful work o…
As a design junkie, imagine my delight at learning that Fab.com , a new flash-sale site featuring daily design deals, just launched today. Fab is a carefully curated collection of all the coolest stuff, for your home and your life, all a…
Since we're all about shopping online here, we're also about ways to make online shopping easier. And more affordable. And more fun. We've been eagerly following Rightcliq by Visa in the last few months since their launch and it seems it…
Well what a nice surprise to discover that the November 2010 issue of InStyle includes Cool Mom Picks in their big Best of the Web feature! We are so beyond thrilled that one of our all-time favorite magazines mentions us us as one of fo…
When I first discovered Abe's Market last year, I thought of it as an online Farmer's Market - goodies like small batch natural soaps, handmade baby blankets, organic vinaigrettes, and pretty much everything I love about our local Farmer…