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Bardean Teak Coffee Table.
By Bossy
Available here at Antique & Hardware Home online. $939.99 copyTwitterFacebookPin ItEmail Article
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Start 2008 off right
By Alice Bradley
Happy new year! And oh, Wonderland readers, I mean that literally. I demand that you have a happy new year. But how? Here are a few news tidbits that will, I hope, help you find your answers. Have a happy marriage It turns out that…
Products & Services
The (Minutes Into) 2008 Smackdown Hot List
By Amalah
(Previously: The Hot List of Six Months Or So Ago) I was hoping to mix the Hot List up a little more this go-round, but alas, I appear to be in a rut. But it’s such a pretty rut! Oh, rut, your skin is so…
Money & Work
My ‘Not-to-Do List’ for 2008
By Isabel Kallman
That’s right. I am starting off the year by composing a ‘Not-to-Do List’ for 2008. I already make a Daily To-Do List of five items before each work day. Only five items make it each day. These are items that will get completed before the…
Crafts
How to Make Paper Snowflakes
By Melissa Summers
Paper snowflakes are an easy and fun craft for kids of all ages. Get started with these simple how-to’s.
Health
The Detox Diet How-To & When-To Guide.
By Bossy
The Detox Diet Book available here at Amazon from $0.01. Come on, $0.01. copyTwitterFacebookPin ItEmail Article
Beauty & Style
Heloise for a Day: Tips for Static Cling & Salt Stains
By Amalah
Hi Amy, I read the Advice Smackdown religiously to pretend that I’m the kind of girl who ever wears anything on her face other than mascara and gloss at a super-formal event. Because of you I have worn eyeliner and eyeshadow (neutrals, but still) to…
Products & Services
REI’s Cold-weather Workout Pants.
By Bossy
Winter Momentum Pants available here at REI online. $90. copyTwitterFacebookPin ItEmail Article
Beauty & Style
Stockings with Open-Toed Shoes: Faux Pas or Faux Problem?
By Amalah
O wise Amalah, Your recent Smackdown post “What You Wore” inspired me to ask a question. It was this quote that did it: “The only piece of your advice that I didn’t follow to the letter was open-toed shoes with pantyhose. I’ve been cursed with…
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Burpee Exclusive Tomato Seeds.
By Bossy
Burpee’s largest Beefsteak Tomato eh-ver Seeds sold here online. 30 seeds for $4.65 copyTwitterFacebookPin ItEmail Article
Holidays
How to Throw a Kid-Friendly New Year’s Eve Party
By Melissa Summers
Include the kids in your New Year’s festivities with these fun and simple crafts and activities.
Your Life
The year in Wonderland!
By Alice Bradley
Ah, 2007. Remember that year? With the thing, and the guy? Over there? It seems like yesterday, I tell you. In honor of the past year, and also that my brain is still so addlepated from the holiday festivities that I can barely tie my…
Products & Services
Burberry Wedge Boot
By Bossy
Available here at Bloomingdale’s’ online. $475. copyTwitterFacebookPin ItEmail Article
Party & Play
The Land of Nod Canopy Playhouse
By Bossy
Available here through The Land of Nod’s online store. $99. copyTwitterFacebookPin ItEmail Article
Money & Work
What You Wore: Company Holiday Party Update
By Amalah
(Presenting! A detailed update to the cocktail-dress dilemma! An actual, real-world look! Me, slacking off because dear GOD, I have to wrap presents and bake cookies and ASSEMBLE THINGS and I’m pretty sure the directions on Noah’s new art easel thing are in Chinese and…
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Pottery Barn’s Village Candles.
By Bossy
Available online through the Pottery Barn website. $4 – $11. copyTwitterFacebookPin ItEmail Article
Toddler
Here comes Santa Claus
By Alice Bradley
As a child I was terrified of Santa. I had nightmares: a red-gloved hand clawing at my window, glass breaking downstairs while I hid under my bed. Who wouldn’t be scared of this creepy, omniscient stranger who was judging, ever judging? At the mall, he…
Products & Services
Last Minute Beauty Gifts
By Amalah
Hi Amy, I stupidly offered to help my boyfriend with Christmas shopping and take care of gifts for his sister-in-law and 11 year old niece. I know this is short notice but am wondering if you have any suggestions. I was thinking either a Philosophy…
Parenting
Birth Rates are Increasing Dramatically
By Isabel Kallman
We’re in the early stages of a Baby Boom in the US? Yup. I had read that before. But only now is it starting to show up in our national birth data. National Birth Figures 2006: 4,265,996 2005: 4,138,349 2004: 4,112,052 2003: 4,089,950 2002: 4,021,726…
Products & Services
The Product Whore’s Complete Guide to Samples & Freebies
By Amalah
Hi Amy, I’ve submitted a question before (about my hair and drugstore products vs. high-end products and what to do for parched out split ends), and you posted it! Yay! And it helped SO much, seriously. So you don’t have to post this one, but…
Holidays
Holiday DIY: Gumdrop Ornaments
By Melissa Summers
These easy-to-assemble gumdrop ornaments are a fun holiday craft for kids. Just be sure you get extra gumdrops for snacking!
Products & Services
Battle of the Bases: Foundation Primers for Every Skin Type
By Amalah
Ahh, foundation primer. I remember my exact thoughts the first time I looked at the wee sample of Smashbox Photo Finish in my Sephora bag. “This,” I thought, “is a load of horseshit.” And then I tried you, cynically and with a nasty-looking crease in…
Products & Services
What to Pack: Cold Weather
By Amalah
Dearest Wise and Wonderful Amalah, I am writing to you in desperation from the other side of the world – Sydney, Australia to be exact. On January 1st 2008 (as in less than month away) I am traveling to Atlantic City, and will be there…
Relationships
Finally, a study that doesn’t indict working mothers
By Alice Bradley
Are you a full-time working mom? If so, good news: you are not filled with regret. Congratulations! As reported in this BBC article, “Mothers ‘are happier’ having job”, a UK research group studied almost 4,000 couples over the course of seven years. The survey yielded…
Holidays
Handmade Christmas Ornaments Make the Holidays Extra Special
By Melissa Summers
Personalize your holiday decorations with these simple kid-friendly craft ideas.
Beauty & Style
What to Wear IV: Shoes for a Navy Bridesmaid Dress?
By Amalah
Dear Amy – I have a shoe problem! It begins with this bridesmaid dress. WTF, yes? But wait, there’s more! It’s in NAVY and pink. Ugh. NAVY!! The real problem is what sort of shoe do I wear with a chiffony navy dress, complete with…
Holidays
Worst Kids’ Toys of 2007
By Melissa Summers
We share four toys we think you should avoid buying your kids this holiday season.
Products & Services
Origins Oil-free Hydrating Lotion
By Bossy
Available at Bloomingdale’s. $60. copyTwitterFacebookPin ItEmail Article
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Restoration Hardware’s Xcuse Box.
By Bossy
Available Here At Restoration Hardware online. $15. copyTwitterFacebookPin ItEmail Article
Holidays
CB2 Vortex tree ornament. And greetings!
By Bossy
Hi! And welcome to Drive-thru Bossy, a virtual take-away window featuring stuff from the latest advertisement circulars. Every Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday, Bossy will serve-up various items and products currently available in the marketplace. Some items will be a Must-have. Some will be a Must-have-been-joking….
Pregnancy
Advice Smackdown Bat Signal: Hair Help in Houston
By Amalah
Amalah! I need the help of your wise, beautiful readers. It’s not for me, it’s for my 22-weeks-pregnant-with-twins sister. She moved down to Texas last year, and recently got her first haircut since moving. She told the stylist, “I want to keep it long, and…
Holidays
Unique Hostess Gifts and Etiquette Advice
By Isabel Kallman
What do you gift hosts and hostesses? We have etiquette advice and specific gift recommendations to for cocktail parties, dinners and holiday open houses.
Beauty & Style
Beauty Detox: Caring for Neglected Hair & Skin
By Amalah
Dear Amalah, I’m currently studying abroad in Latin America, and while it’s been a great experience, the conditions are somewhat…rustic…and not exactly conducive to standard US beauty procedures. My house doesn’t have hot water, or even lukewarm water, and we’re in the mountains so it´s…
Big Kid
Teen pregnancies on the rise
By Alice Bradley
The teen birth rate has risen for the first time in 14 years, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. On average the percentage jumped 3 percent from 2005 to 2006; the rise was highest in black teens—a whopping five percent. As…
Holidays
5 Easy Holiday Gifts for Kids to Make
By Melissa Summers
Teach your kids about the joy of giving with these simple kid-friendly holiday craft ideas. They will love making their own gifts for friends and family.
Products & Services
What to Wear III: Shoes! Shoes! Shoes!
By Amalah
Dear Amy, I have the most glamorous classic outfit to wear this Christmas (with a retro top just for that pizzaz) The thing is I have my hair and make up and out fit all figured out….but the SHOES are making me insane. Normally I…
Holidays
The Holiday Open House: Five Easy Steps for Hosting
By Melissa Summers
A holiday open house is an easy way to entertain friends and family — including the kids! Check out these five simple tips for hosting your own holiday open house.
Beauty & Style
The Product Graveyard: What to Do With the Stuff That Sucks
By Amalah
Hi Amy! What do you do with products you tried but did not like? Or products that worked for awhile, but not long enough to use all of? My current product graveyard is a drawer- I can’t bring myself to throw out some of these…
Postpartum
Women! Stop upsetting the Internet with your breastfeeding!
By Alice Bradley
As you may have heard, the League of Maternal Justice put a breastfeeding video up on YouTube, and the video was taken down. Not just flagged, like so many “inappropriate” videos are. Taken down. The video was a tender slideshow of babies nursing. Such filth!…
Money & Work
What to Wear II: Company Holiday Party
By Amalah
Dear Witty and Stylish Amalah, Aack! You’ve gotta help me! I am 36 and way too old to not know how to dress myself properly, but old enough to know when it’s time to go crawling for help! My husband and I want to go…
Holidays
Hanukkah Traditions
By Melissa Summers
Families typically celebrate the eight nights of Hanukkah with shared meals, often latkes are part of the meal, small gifts and dreidel games.
Beauty & Style
What to Wear: Fancy Restaurant Openings
By Amalah
Amy (do you mind if I call you Amy?), HELP! I don’t know if the following question is Smackdown worthy, but if anyone could help me, it’d be you. Because you are wise and wonderful. And have probably been to this sort of thing before….
Holidays
Simple Kids Handmade Holiday Cards
By Melissa Summers
We’ve found four simple and festive holiday cards that you can make with your kids. Imagine how delighted their grandparents will be to get a one-of-a-kind work of art in the mail!
Beauty & Style
Smackdown Field Trip: ISO the Perfect Concealer
By Amalah
Well. Whew! What a week last week was, with all the not-updating I did. However, a true advice columnist never rests and never stops bossing people around, and last week was no exception. I went to New York to meet up with AlphaMom’s own Isabel…
Baby
Pediped Shoes for Babies and Toddlers
By Isabel Kallman
Family Synergy… I Love It! I’ve mentioned before how my sister owns this wonderful shop Ola Baby in Brooklyn (she no longer owns this store). She now, ahem, has a second store (she closed that store, too). I’m soooo proud of her. In little over…
Your Life
Some news to enjoy with your leftovers.
By Alice Bradley
Happy Day-After-Thanksgiving, Wonderland readers! I’m taking the day off from news-seeking to recover from multiple servings of turducken. That’s right: we had meats crammed into other meats. Somehow, we all survived. Here are some current news items to tide you over until next week. FDA…
Activities
Enchanted, the Movie: Two Mama Thumbs Up! by JenB
By Guest Contributor
First, I swear to you I never read any reviews of this movie. All I knew is that most of my mama friends and I were highly anticipating this movie’s release. So, this is my untainted view of my new favorite movie Enchanted. Ok I…
Party & Play
Reviews of Kids’ Digital Cameras
By Guest Contributor
Children’s Digital Camera Reviews: The Good, the Bad, and the Blurry By Chris Jordan I remember my first camera, way back in the Dark Ages. It was a Polaroid with a disposable flashbulb that stuck on the top. Oh, the quality was so poor, but…

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Latest Posts

Bardean Teak Coffee Table.

Start 2008 off right

The (Minutes Into) 2008 Smackdown Hot List

My ‘Not-to-Do List’ for 2008

How to Make Paper Snowflakes

The Detox Diet How-To & When-To Guide.

Heloise for a Day: Tips for Static Cling & Salt Stains

REI’s Cold-weather Workout Pants.

Stockings with Open-Toed Shoes: Faux Pas or Faux Problem?

Burpee Exclusive Tomato Seeds.

How to Throw a Kid-Friendly New Year’s Eve Party

The year in Wonderland!

Burberry Wedge Boot

The Land of Nod Canopy Playhouse

What You Wore: Company Holiday Party Update

Pottery Barn’s Village Candles.

Here comes Santa Claus

Last Minute Beauty Gifts

Birth Rates are Increasing Dramatically

The Product Whore’s Complete Guide to Samples & Freebies

Holiday DIY: Gumdrop Ornaments

Battle of the Bases: Foundation Primers for Every Skin Type

What to Pack: Cold Weather

Finally, a study that doesn’t indict working mothers

Handmade Christmas Ornaments Make the Holidays Extra Special

What to Wear IV: Shoes for a Navy Bridesmaid Dress?

Worst Kids’ Toys of 2007

Origins Oil-free Hydrating Lotion

Restoration Hardware’s Xcuse Box.

CB2 Vortex tree ornament. And greetings!

Advice Smackdown Bat Signal: Hair Help in Houston

Unique Hostess Gifts and Etiquette Advice

Beauty Detox: Caring for Neglected Hair & Skin

Teen pregnancies on the rise

5 Easy Holiday Gifts for Kids to Make

What to Wear III: Shoes! Shoes! Shoes!

The Holiday Open House: Five Easy Steps for Hosting

The Product Graveyard: What to Do With the Stuff That Sucks

Women! Stop upsetting the Internet with your breastfeeding!

What to Wear II: Company Holiday Party

Hanukkah Traditions

What to Wear: Fancy Restaurant Openings

Simple Kids Handmade Holiday Cards

Smackdown Field Trip: ISO the Perfect Concealer

Pediped Shoes for Babies and Toddlers

Some news to enjoy with your leftovers.

Enchanted, the Movie: Two Mama Thumbs Up! by JenB

Reviews of Kids’ Digital Cameras

Week-by-Week

Pregnancy Calendar

Affiliate Relationships