Working moms today have a new manifesto—Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead, the new book from Facebook Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg. The much-buzzed-about book, which hits stores this week (and promptly climbed to #1 on the Amazon bestseller list), is a rallying cry for women to “lean in” to their careers and …
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Boots—as Nancy Sinatra fans know—are made for walking. But with such a vast selection of styles to choose from, it’s not so easy to find the perfect wear-all-day pair. Cue Stuart Weitzman’s 5050 boot. Chic and sleek enough to wear to work (it’d look great with a blazer) yet practical enough to run after the kids …
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Today is International Women’s Day. (Read: It’s the perfect day to reach out to a woman who has inpired you and say thank you.) It could be your mom, your favorite college professor, or even a blogger you’ve never met. So today, we’re choosing bloggers we love: Design Mom’s Gabby Blair, Smitten Kitchen’s Deb Perelman, and Little Green Notebook’s Jenny Komenda. …
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KID FRIENDLY: Address: 6360 Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles, US Website: www.arclightcinemas.com Phone: 323 464 1478 Would you pay five dollars to eliminate loud audiences, poor screen views, and uncomfortable seating that are sadly the too-standard movie theater expectations? Given that the already steep price of movies comes with no guarantee of a good time, it sounds like …
KID FRIENDLY: Address: 1151 Oxford Road, San Marino, US Website: www.huntington.org Phone: 626 405 2203 Railroad and real estate Henry E. Huntington was an avid art collector, historian, and horticulturist. His estate in San Marino houses his collection and impressive gardens. Among the best is the 9-acre Japanese garden, complete with a 19th-century Japanese house, and the …
OCCUPATION: Professional actress currently seen on ABC’s Cougartown MY STYLE: Eclectic I LOVE L.A. BECAUSE: Los Angeles is so easy with kids. There are amazing parks and indoor play spaces. There are farmers’ markets every day of the week somewhere in the city. There are tons of kid-friendly restaurants. Chateau Marmont Perched on a hillside …
Holiday tunes for one and all A bit tired of the same old songs, we asked Mindy Thomas, program director and host of The Absolutely Mindy Show on SiriusXM’s Kids Place Live (channel 78), for a recommendations to have an rocking (or soulful or world folky) holiday season. “Sunny Christmas” by Rennee & Jeremy Album: Sunny Christmas For …
I am Blop! by Hervé Tullet With wit and whimsy, the artist-author explores the world through with a single, simple shape (a “blop”) that’s easy for a kid to recognize. Watch the book’s video trailer. When Pigasso Met Mootisse by Nina Laden Two divergent artists are illustrated for children as different animals who learn to get along when …
Who has time to log hours at the gym? (Not you.) But the notion of easy and quick five-minute workouts seems totally doable. Over the next few weeks, Elizabeth Street is bringing busy moms a series of easy, five-minute workouts from mom-of-three Heidi Powell, a life coach and personal trainer who works behind the scenes of Extreme …
March 1st is National Peanut Butter Lovers Day. To get ready for this silly holiday, we’ve rounded up our favorite peanut butter recipes on Pinterest. Tomorrow, we’ll share our very own peanut butter recipe with you. (Check back with us!) Until then, see our favorites in the slideshow above. Want more? Check out our new Pinterest …
