Random Handprints - A NYC Mom Blog... live from New Jersey

My oldest, Magpie, started skiing last winter, and loves it. This year she plans to ski a lot -- that is if it ever becomes winter weather ...

I don't know about you, but you couldn't pay me to go anywhere near the mall this week. I don't do Black Friday sales, but I...

I saw this very cool idea on Pinterest to create a Halloween hairstyle with plastic spiders. I figured I would have the usual crap-tastic re...

My daughter Kay is a big fan of hand-me-downs, which is perfect since I'm a big fan of her wearing them as much as possible. This year...

I'm a huge fan of the Rookie USA store on the Upper West Side, and so I couldn't be happier to be sharing the news that they are ha...

Everyone knows that New York City is a shopper's dream, but despite all the stores there aren't that many places to buy cool athle...

This week I'm shifting from summer to fall. The kids are back to school on Thursday, and while I'll miss the sun and the fun, I feel...

My daughters go back to school in a few weeks - I can hardly believe that summer is almost over, not to mention that come fall there will...

I write a lot of stuff for other websites, though I usually forget to share the links over here. Here's what I wrote last week: JoSh...

This post is sponsored by GapKids. Check out all the fun Shine On activities at your nearest Gap store. For event dates and locations,...

A few months ago, I had the chance to see the latest from Ariat  at a press preview they held in NYC. Ariat is a company rooted in providing...

With the BlogHer conference  here any minute, it's all the talk in Blogger-ville. As it's my first BlogHer , I don't have much...

Over the last few months I've written a lot of posts at Momtrends.com about must-haves for summer. Here are a few of my favorite produc...

This post is from last summer , but I was reminded of it when we made our annual trip to the shore, and this same boardwalk, last week. ...