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Review and Giveaway: Five Summers by Una La Marche

May 26, 2013 by 5 Comments
five summers

I seem to know a lot of people writing books lately.  One of these friends happens to be Una La Marche, author of the new book Five Summers.  It's coined Young Adult but I enjoyed it every much as my 10 year-old who happens to be heading off to sleep-a-way camp this summer for the first time. FIve Summers is very much a homage, if not a love letter, to a child's camp experience. It couldn't have been published, or fallen into my hands, at a better time.  I admit that I'm the driver of my daughter's pending camp experience.  She wasn't that keen, … [Read more...]

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Giveaway: Listen to Your Mother on Mother’s Day in NYC

May 5, 2013 by 2 Comments
listen to your mother

  What are you doing on Mother's Day?  I have a brilliant idea for you. Spend the morning and early afternoon with your family. Make the day about them and you and celebrate being together.  At 4pm tell them you are taking a few hours to yourself.  You will be doing something for YOU. As part of your celebration, it's important for you to nourish your soul with a certain something that isn't necessarily meant for kids under the age of 12, hence you need to go alone, or with your mother, your sisters, your aunts, your girlfriends  That … [Read more...]

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Giveaway: American Girl’s The Body Book for Girls (5 copies)

April 10, 2013 by 7 Comments
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My daughter turned 10 today and we are entering the dark abyss of what could be tough conversations about her changing body.  I want to teach her to make the right dietary choices, explain that growing hair under her armpits, teach her about hygiene and teach her to know what to expect when she's not expecting all these changes to transpire at some point in the next few years. There are also social pressures and situations that could impact her body image and self-esteem and I want her to understand and take them full on when they occur. When I got a … [Read more...]

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Giveaway: Wii Sing POP! (and How it’s Making Me a Better Mother)

March 7, 2013 by 17 Comments
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I have a confession.  I'm not the kind of mom that gets on the floor and plays board games with my kids every day.  I do get on the floor with them, but not as often as I should.  I tend to have a million things to do and my focus is not always where it should be. However, since I came back from Vietnam a few weeks ago, I have been more focused on spending time with them.  After two weeks on my own without the family, I was able to think about necessary change.  I knew that I wanted to be more engaged as a parent when I got back, so I implemented … [Read more...]

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Giveaway: Orphans on Broadway with Alec Baldwin

February 21, 2013 by 47 Comments
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One of the most talked about shows coming to Broadway this season is Orphans, starring Alec Baldwin and and Tom Sturridge. After seven seasons playing network executive Jack Donaghy  on the NBC comedy “30 Rock,” Baldwin is returning to Broadway.  The play is directed by the Tony Award winner Daniel Sullivan (“The Columnist,” “Proof”), who directed "Glengarry Glen Ross” last year. This is the story: Two orphaned brothers live in their decrepit North Philadelphia row house. They survive by petty thievery and a steady diet of tuna fish … [Read more...]

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Giveaway: Nice Work if You Can Get It on Broadway

February 12, 2013 by 25 Comments
nice work if you can get it

  The show Nice Work if You Can Get It is a show with fabulous music, choreography and some of the best singers on Broadway. It's a real crowd pleaser and if you don't love musicals, this may change your mind. Directed and choreographed by Kathleen Marshall (Anything Goes) with the book by Joe DiPietro (Memphis), the show is about the Roaring Twenties and features a cast of outrageous characters gather in New York to celebrate the wedding of a wealthy playboy. But things don't go as planned when the playboy meets a bubbly and feisty … [Read more...]

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Giveaway: GirlyGirl Clothes for the Hip and Savvy

February 12, 2013 by 25 Comments
PicMonkey Collage

About a year ago, while visiting a childhood friend in Atlanta, I noticed that her daughters were wearing the most beautiful dresses.  I liked them so much that even now I remember telling her that I wished my daughter was younger so she could wear them.  When she told me that her sister was the designer  of these dresses with her company called GirlyGirl, my mouth dropped open. They were really unique, quite European, acutely fashionable and so well-made.  I was completely intrigued, so I recently set up time with GirlyGirl's designer and my … [Read more...]

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Giveaway: $50 American Express Gift Card for a Night at the Movies

January 8, 2013 by 69 Comments
Hyde Park

Any movie starring Bill Murray and Laura Linney has GREAT written all over it. I'm looking forward to seeing Hyde Park On Hudson.  That's why I'm thrilled to be giving away a night for one reader to see it and have a night at the movies. Together they;re starring in a historical tale that uniquely explores the all-too-human side of one of history’s iconic leaders, FDR. Blending literate wit and drama, Hyde Park on Hudson is directed by Roger Michell from a screenplay by Richard Nelson. In June 1939, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt … [Read more...]

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This is 40-Something (and Mid-Life Crisis Giveaway)

December 19, 2012 by 18 Comments
This is 40

In This is 40, the female character played by Leslie Mann is about to turn 40. But she's not ready.  At a doctor's appointment, a nurse asks her to clarify her age.  She wrote that she was born in 1972, 1974 and 1976 on different forms. After the nurse, an aid and the doctor drill her to tell the truth, she declares, "OK, I LIE ABOUT MY AGE." She doesn't want to shop at old lady stores like Ann Taylor Loft (oy vey, that's my regular). Unfortunately, she can't lie at the gyno.  His response: "I know how old you are.  I'm counting your rings!" Of … [Read more...]

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Giveaway: Four (4) Tickets to the Harry Potter Exhibition in NYC Times Square

October 24, 2012 by 16 Comments
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1

I started reading the Harry Potter books with my 7 year old this year and I understand the significance of this series.  I'm enjoying them as much as he is, perhaps even more.  It's pure fantasy, a treasure of words for any child. Since I write about culture and travel, I bring you an opportunity for you and three others to step inside the famous wizard’s magical world with Harry Potter: The Exhibition, returning to Discovery Times Square on November 3 in New York City. Since its hugely successful run in 2011, Harry Potter: The Exhibition has been … [Read more...]

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