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{Guest Post} Unlocking Her Passion By Following Her Heart: Meet Lauren Bradford of Heartsmith

January 27, 2014 by Lisa Pisano 1 Comment

{Guest Post} Unlocking Her Passion By Following Her Heart: Meet Lauren Bradford of Heartsmith

This is a sponsored post. In 1998, Lauren Bradford was a busy stay-at-home mom in Northern Bergen County, New Jersey. With her husband’s business floundering in the changing economy, she began thinking about developing a business that would help sustain her family financially as well as appeal to her creative side.  Ideally her business would […]

Filed Under: Everything Fabulous, Fashion Tagged With: buying a locket, fashion jewelry, Gift Ideas, Heartsmith, History of Valentine's Day, Lauren Bradford, Lockets, US Military, Valentine's Day

Meatballs 3 Ways (Just in Time for the Big Game!)

January 25, 2014 by Lisa Pisano Leave a Comment

Meatballs 3 Ways (Just in Time for the Big Game!)

I managed to make three different meatball dishes within the past two weeks of this Polar Vortex extravaganza that is our Northeast Winter.  And wanted to share them here for those who are either fine-tuning their Super Bowl party menus, or looking for some cold weather dinner inspiration to get you through yet another frigid […]

Filed Under: Entertaining, Everything Fabulous, Food, Kid & Family Friendly Tagged With: Barefoot Contessa, cold weather suppers, Elise Bauer, Ina Garten, Italian Wedding Soup, meatball recipes, Simply Recipes, Super Bowl food ideas, Swedish meatballs, turkey meatballs

A la Mode on the Road: New York State Dairy Tour

January 22, 2014 by Lisa Pisano Leave a Comment

A la Mode on the Road: New York State Dairy Tour

Just before the holidays, I had the chance to take my very first press trip, sponsored by the American Dairy Association & Dairy Council.  My charge was to head on up to the Finger Lakes region of New York State to experience local food, wine – and of course – dairy.  It was a weekend […]

Filed Under: Blogs & Blogging, Everything Fabulous, Food, Fun, Travel, Wine & Cocktails Tagged With: american dairy association, Anthony Road Wine, Cabot, Chevy, Cornell University, Drive the District, Finger Lakes, Geneva on the Lake, gourmet getaways, greek yogurt, Impala, locavore, Muranda Cheese, New York State, road trip ideas

A New Year’s Treat for New York Metro Area Dunkin’ Donuts Fans {$25 Giveaway Closed}

January 15, 2014 by Lisa Pisano Leave a Comment

A New Year’s Treat for New York Metro Area Dunkin’ Donuts Fans {$25 Giveaway Closed}

A few years back when The Hubs and I would commute to work into the city together, our first stop would always be the Dunkin’ Donuts located just steps from our building. He’d get a medium hot coffee – milk, no sugar – and I’d get either an iced decaf with skim or an iced […]

Filed Under: Budget Friendly, Deals & Specials, Everything Fabulous, Food, Fun, Product Reviews & Giveaways Tagged With: 99 cents iced coffee, Dunkin Donuts, Dunkin Donuts mGift, Giveaway, New York Metro area

{Guest Post} Two Fit Moms Share Their 6 Healthy Habits for the New Year

January 13, 2014 by Lisa Pisano 4 Comments

{Guest Post} Two Fit Moms Share Their 6 Healthy Habits for the New Year

Are you one of the 83,000 Instagram followers of @Masumi_G or maybe one of the 608,000 followers of @LauraSykora?  They are the two 36-year-old mothers (and yoga powerhouse social media sensations) behind Two Fit Moms, a site and movement created with their shared goal of staying healthy and fit through yoga, nutrition, fitness and healing. And […]

Filed Under: Blogs & Blogging, Everything Fabulous, Health & Well Being Tagged With: fitness, healing, health, healthy habits for new year, Instagram, Laura Sykora, Masumi, New Year, nutrition, Two Fit Moms, yoga

{Recipe} Fast, Easy Shrimp Oreganata

December 17, 2013 by Lisa Pisano Leave a Comment

{Recipe} Fast, Easy Shrimp Oreganata

Who doesn’t love a fast, easy and outrageously delicious shrimp dish that can be served hot or room temperature?  This Shrimp Oreganata recipe hails from my Entertaining with the Sopranos cookbook which was given to me by my mom a few Christmases ago, with the inscription: “May your home always be filled with family and […]

Filed Under: Entertaining, Everything Fabulous, Food Tagged With: fast shrimp recipe, shrimp oreganata, shrimp recipe, sopranos cookbook

Money and Time Saving Tips for Visiting The Big Apple During the Holidays {Guest Post}

December 13, 2013 by Lisa Pisano 1 Comment

Money and Time Saving Tips for Visiting The Big Apple During the Holidays {Guest Post}

I know Jen Madden through the community in which I live in Northern New Jersey, and enjoy hearing about her experiences out-and-about the city.  As a journalist, Jen tends to get the scoop on some cool things happening around town, and what better time than the holidays to share money and time saving tips for […]

Filed Under: Budget Friendly, Deals & Specials, Everything Fabulous, Fun, Perks, Things To Do, Travel Tagged With: airport, attractions, holidays, iPads, Jennifer Madden TV reporter, LaGuardia, museums, new york city, new york pass, OTG, Zady.com

Tips to Make Your Holiday Food Photos Shine

November 21, 2013 by Lisa Pisano Leave a Comment

Tips to Make Your Holiday Food Photos Shine

On the heels of seeing a hilarious post about how Martha Stewart recently uploaded some terrible food porn to her social media channels, I received this helpful info from the folks at Swanson (yes, the Chicken Broth people) who want to make sure our holiday eats are ready for their close-up. With Thanksgiving just 1 […]

Filed Under: Entertaining, Everything Fabulous, Food Tagged With: cooking tips, food photography tips, food porn, foodie, Martha Stewart, Swanson, Thanksgiving

Weelicious Lunches Cookbook Review and Recipe {Giveaway Closed}

October 30, 2013 by Lisa Pisano 2 Comments

Weelicious Lunches Cookbook Review and Recipe {Giveaway Closed}

In the spirit of no tricks and just treats this Halloween, mom a la mode wants to continue to share some great resources for healthy family eating here on the ol’ blog. And given the candy and sugar-saturated festivities sure to be taking place this week, I figured a post about Catherine McCord’s latest cookbook […]

Filed Under: Everything Fabulous, Food, Fun, Health & Well Being, Kid & Family Friendly, Product Reviews & Giveaways Tagged With: catherine mccord, cucumber yogurt dip recipe, greek yogurt, healthy eating, healthy family recipes, Stonyfield yogurt, The Institute of Culinary Education, think outside the lunchbox, weelicious, weelicious lunches

Tracy LaGrua Photography: Fall Mini Session Special

October 15, 2013 by Lisa Pisano 3 Comments

Tracy LaGrua Photography: Fall Mini Session Special

I know…I know…it’s not even Halloween yet. But when a great deal becomes available for the chance to have *amazing* holiday photos, mom a la mode jumps on it. I’ve been a friend of Tracy LaGrua’s for years (dating back to our days at Liz Claiborne!) and a fan of her photography work since I […]

Filed Under: Deals & Specials, Everything Fabulous Tagged With: fall mini session, Fall photography specials, Family Photos, holiday photo ideas, Tracy LaGrua Photography

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