‘Cool Finds’ Articles

There are few moments in life when I am overcome with pure, unadulterated joy and love. Consistently, only a couple of things offer such euphoria for me: my husband, my children, and my NYC, especially during the sunset hour. I had the opportunity to take my husband on an impromptu date. I wanted to do [Continue]

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My two youngest have an absolute fascination with The Smurfs. To me this is super funny because they aren’t really cartoons that have been around much on television during their life time. But in preparation for the opening of The Smurfs in theaters today, there has been quite a lot of buzz for weeks. Because [Continue]

What an exciting adventure yesterday was! I was among a group of consumers and media invited by The Hershey Company to experience one of their newest product Hershey’s Air Delight – which launched in June – in a very fun and unique way. To highlight the new chocolate candy’s airy, whipped, and light filling (since [Continue]

One of my absolute favorite airlines, JetBlue, has partnered up with one of my very favorite children’s programing stations, PBS Kids, to launch “Soar with Reading” a reading program that aims to keep children reading wherever they go this summer – with a combination of in-flight and online literacy resources, community reading events [Continue]

My family and I love road trips. For families with small children, or with a lot of them which is our case, road trips provide a way of experiencing the immediate world around us, without the extra expenditure of plane tickets and the hassles that often come with flying. Road trips also mean that, as [Continue]

“End” of week one…though not really, I have two more days, and it’s never-ending, but you know what I mean. I wrote about the partnership with Lucille Roberts here, in case you missed it. Here is my first of what will be a series of videos throughout this journey. What I don’t talk about much [Continue]

Barnes and Noble and Book for Kids, a non-profit organization that promotes literacy among children, with a special emphasis on low-income and at-risk preschool-aged kids, would like to invite you to attend A Storytime Fitness Event, a fun-filled day of readings, fitness, and games at Barnes and Noble on the Upper East Side, on Sunday, [Continue]

So, I’ve talked a lot about the things I learned about California strawberries, especially during my visit to Monterey earlier this year. Well, in addition to all the fun already had around this topic, the California Strawberries Commission joined me, here on in my own city, to bring some strawberry love and knowledge to a [Continue]

So I went to take my kids to see The Ohmies, a new musical show for younger kids that has returned to NYC till September 25, 2011. Here’s the deal: I wasn’t sure what to expect. It seemed so incredibly sweet and sugary, that I thought maybe my kids would love it, but I would, [Continue]