Like many of you, as soon as our Halloween decorations get put away, I typically spring into Holiday planning mode, charting out Thanksgiving plans as well as a timetable for holiday photos, visits to Santa, decorating, cooking, shopping…and a partridge in a pear tree… Of course, this year was a bit different for those of […]
Chic Nursery Trends with The MDB Family, Project Nursery & Momtrends
Last week, I had the chance to spend a special evening in NYC with some of my fellow blogger friends at a Nursery Trends event sponsored by The MDB Family, Project Nursery and Momtrends. We gathered in a chic Chelsea loft to check out some of the finest in nursery furnishings from brands like Nurseryworks, […]
My 20 Minutes with Tim Gunn: From “Sofia the First” to Being Thankful…
It was a typical Tuesday morning in late October here in the mom a la mode household, with my 2 year old racing his cars around, giving pause from time to time to gaze up at his favorite Disney Channel shows playing from our living room television. Between episodes of “Mickey Mouse Clubhouse” and “Doc […]
Blogging Live from The Katie Show
What a morning! As you might have read from a previous post, I attended a taping of the Katie Show as an audience member a few weeks back with my friend and fellow blogger, Pam K of triplethreatmommy.com. And as a result of that experience, we were approached to return to the show as part […]
{Ask the Expert} How Can a New Mom Fit Exercise into Her Life?
Gwen Lawrence’s unique combination of dance, massage and yoga training experience, coupled with her extensive knowledge of anatomy, and nutrition, provide her clients with overwhelming benefits. Gwen is the yoga instructor for 5 Pro teams in NY. Her writing appears in Men’s Health, Women’s Health, Fitness Magazine, Shape Magazine, Yoga Journal, Cosmo, Details and shape.com, espn.com. She makes […]
My Morning with Katie Couric
Earlier this week I headed back to where my career in communications first started: The ABC Channel 7 Cafeteria on Manhattan’s Upper West Side. The only difference was that I wasn’t fetching lunch for myself or the news producer for whom I interned – instead, I was in the “holding area” for the studio audience […]
{Guest Post} Doctors Who Do Yoga
My dear friend, and fellow blogger, Sharon P. is a yoga devotee and just returned from a medicine and yoga symposium in Colorado. She blogs from MamasteNYC and is an active contributor to i heart my yogi and elephant journal. Sign me up. What’s better than having your doctor practice yoga. Imagine the benefits. Last […]
Spreading Some Sunshine: BlogHer and Beyond
My friend and fellow blogger, Alison H. of Mixer Upper, recently granted mom a la mode the Sunshine Award: a viral accolade highlighting a series of blogs that the recipient enjoys reading. The idea is to shine some light, show some digital love and pay it forward. I purposely waited to bestow the Sunshine Award […]
Tips for Traveling with a Tot and Large Group (from someone who lived to tell about it)
As you might know from some previous mom a la mode posts, our Disney Dream vacation involved a large, extended family and a toddler on land and at sea. We traveled on buses, trams, monorails, planes, a cruise ship, cars and vans and thankfully handled it like champs. This is entirely thanks to the generous contributions […]
Food, Fashion, Fun and Everything Fabulous in Delightful Disney
My family’s Disney Dream Vacation started with two and a half days at Walt Disney World, followed by a five night Bahamian Cruise on the Disney Dream. As you can imagine, there is so much to talk about, but I don’t want to overload you with Pixie Dust. So in true mom a la mode […]