A little over a week ago, I went on a top-secret whirlwind trip to Chicago. I wasn't allowed to share any details about it until so I'm just bursting at the seams to share with you all if you haven't already seen it on my Facebook page. I went to Chicago to witness the first sale of a Red Nose at Walgreens. Not sure what that's about? … [Read more...]

You guys may remember Jen from After the Alter - she posted here on Mommies with Style a couple of years ago. I actually met her at BlogHer in New York when she was pregnant with her first and she's now pregnant with #2! I'm so excited for her - trying for number 2 definitely wasn't easy and I followed her along on her blog and literally shouted … [Read more...]

I'm thrilled to announce that I'm co-hosting an awesome Twitter party next Tuesday night with Bertolli.  Who doesn't like fine Italian food?  We'll be having a virtual progressive dinner with Chef Fabio Viviani and Colleen from Classy Mommy.  The details are below - we're going to have some great giveaways so please come and join!  And if you … [Read more...]

I'm thrilled to announce that Mommies with Style has be selected by Babble as one of their Top 50 Shopping Sites for Moms for 2011.  And they even broke it down a bit more and named us #3 for "Best for Bargains," woohoo!  I love Babble and this is a huge honor. Here's what they had to say about Mommies with Style: Why we love it: This one … [Read more...]

Hi Mommies with Style readers, As you can see, I'm doing a little theme changing and cleaning on the site today.  As always, these things take longer than I think so please excuse any weirdness you see on the site over the next few days. If I'm missing a widget or something cool you liked, please comment and let me know! … [Read more...]

After a whirlwind 48 hours in Los Angeles, I'm back in Philadelphia and my head is just reeling with everything that went on.  I was there for a trip with Aveeno as an Aveeno Ambassador and I attended the Independent Spirit Awards. Once I get the kids off to school, I hope to put a more coherent post together about the experience because it was … [Read more...]

So as I write this, I'm packing up for a quick but fun-filled two day trip this weekend to LA. I'm attending the Independent Spirit Awards with Aveeno, one of the sponsors of the award ceremony. I'm really excited!  There are some great actors and actresses up to win an award - Natalie Portman, Samuel Jackson, Bill Murray, Nicole Kidman and many … [Read more...]

While I know that the majority of my readers either 1) have no idea what BlogHer is or 2) aren't going, I'm hoping you won't mind my posts the next week or two!  As I've been mentioning, I'm headed up to NYC on Thursday for BlogHer - the mecca conference for women in blogging. It's a whirlwind of fun - educational sessions on blogging, cocktail … [Read more...]

Live anywhere in the NYC vicinity?  If you do, you should check out a great event that I'm helping to co-host this Saturday, May 22nd on Randall's Island. Sponsored by Hebrew National, May 22nd's Better-Than-A-Picnic event is the kick-off to a national tour of picnics that will focus on giving back to the community by focusing on a charity … [Read more...]

So I would have shared this sooner but my 3-year-old decided to hide my camera in a blanket under his bed for two days.  Gotta love those crazy Mom moments! I wanted to post just a couple more photos from my amazing trip up to NYC last Friday to meet Jennifer Garner and to hear more about Snack Time with Save the Children & … [Read more...]