travel and events

Yo, Thanksgiving Thanksgiving!

Yo Gabba Gabba! adds a float to the Macy's Thanksgiving Parade in New York today? Suddenly we have renewed commitment to tune in. No offense, Underdog.

Attention Frugalistas - we may have $1000 with your name on it.

If you haven't noticed, it's become increasingly cool to be savvy about money these days. So we're really honored to be among the judges of the Savvy Supermarket Cents contest in the next couple of...

Expressing Motherhood - The good, the bad, and the OMG I can't believe she just said that.

Mom's Night Out is an all too rare occasion. (Who's with us?) So Cool Mom Picks co-founders Liz Gumbinner and Kristen Chase are excited to be part of three good excuses to get out in NYC this week,...

9/11 - a very good day for doing very good

We love opportunities to get our kids involved in community service, so we're so delighted to hear that 9/11 is now officially a National Day of Service and Remembrance.

Who wants to come see the Rockettes with me next week? No, seriously.

One of the fun things about what we do here is getting the occasional invitation to an event so cool, we have to pinch ourselves.

The awesome Omni Kids Suite, a.k.a a room of their own

My girls have reached the age where they'd prefer not to share a hotel room with us when traveling--and to be honest, we'd prefer not to share with them either. So when we heard about the Omni Kids...

Azul Beach Hotel - Putting the word "vacation" back into family vacation

When my husband got his first vacation in about three years last month, we decided to leave the cold (yes, even Atlanta has been cold!) and head South. And then we remembered we had three kids under...

The Club Med Vacation: Only more appealing now that kids stay free

I learned early on that family vacations tend to be something you do for your children. [Ahem, fill in theme park of choice here.] Not so Club Med. In recent years the company has converted nearly...