This holiday season, for our 15th annual holiday gift guide (!), we just knew we had to create a 100% Small Business Holiday Gift Guide , exclusively featuring the best holiday gifts that support small shops, small brands, independent de…
Yesterday, my daughter who is attending graduate school for social work in Denver, called to tell me that she thinks it is best for her to cancel her planned trip home for Thanksgiving thanks to the new COVID warnings and restrictions in…
Target rolled out their Black Friday deals way early this month, and we've been scouring the deals here. If you missed our post on last week's Black Friday deals , don't worry! Several of them are still marked down this week, like the Be…
Stronger than an off-the-record anonymous White House source. More powerful than a mask worn under your nose. Able to get more Americans believing in science in a single press conference. It's epidemiologist Dr.Anthony S Fauci! And soon,…
As we enter the hundredth or so month of this COVID-19 craziness, I have been thinking so much about all the far-away friends and family I'm missing this summer: The nieces and nephews I cannot hug. The great aunt I won't see down the Je…
Next up in our Father's Day Gift Guide Pandemic Edition ™ , we're sharing Father's Day gifts that support indie bookstores. Because investing in our local brick-and-mortar bookshops now, means they'll still be around when it's safe to wa…
As we look for the best Father's Day crafts for kids to make for their dads, grandpas and stepdads as part of our annual Father's Day Gift Guide , one thing becomes evident: While not all dads have mustaches, or wear neck ties, or play g…
We've played countless rounds of cards and assembled literally thousands of puzzle pieces lately, but our new favorite obsession in my house has been paint-by-number kits. So when I discovered these custom photo paint-by-number art kits …
Huddle up, friends, because I'm about to give away a bunch of my secret gift ideas that I send to folks when I want to tell them how much I'm missing them. And when you're under a shelter-in-place order thanks to this Coronavirus crisis,…
When I was in my pre-kids, pre-underwire-bra-all-the-time years, I admit that 40 seemed old. As in, sex would be over, done, and...weird. Well here's me shaking some damn sense into my 2005 self. Research shows that women over 40 are hav…
Happy year of the Rat everyone! With the Lunar New Year upon us, I'm so happy to find this adorable new Etsy shop, which celebrates all things dumplings. Only, not the edible kind, so if you're low-carbing right now, you're in luck. Chri…
Oh, men. We love them, we love shopping for them, but we hate when they seem to already have everything they need -- maybe because we're all such amazing gift givers? Ha. Fret not! Over the years, we've put together a lot of fabulous gui…
The good news: I finally found the one affordable little gift I know will please every one of my kids. Baby Yoda: The Child Funko POP! figurine , fresh off his Mandalorian boost into meme-of-the-year status, complete with a Lin Manuel ap…
Each year, we love putting together some of our favorite gifts that give back in substantial and specific ways -- not just some undetermined percentage of your purchase going to "charities." While we definitely share these kinds of gifts…
If you're already up on your holiday shopping , good for you! If you need a little nudge, then our partner Zulily just may give you the motivation you need to get it going. You'll find thousands of products up to 70% off including gifts …
After someone I follow on Instagram mentioned that her family had a blast playing the game Crokinole , I decided to Google it, having never heard of it myself. What kind of board game buff am I? Not a good one, apparently. Well, as I've …
The limited edition, totally collectible, geektastic collaboration between Barbie x Star Wars is coming soon, so start saving those Creds. Shipping exclusively from Amazon around November 18, you'll find 3 Barbie figures, including Barbi…
If you have a teen, surely you know of their great hopes and dreams to storm Area 51 this coming September. The meme has taken hold, and I'm afraid I'm going to wake up one morning with a note from my kids saying, Gone to see them aliens…
This year, Pride Month is a particularly big deal. It's the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall Riots , which is a sobering reminder how far the world has come in terms of LGBTQ acceptance and inclusion. But at the same time, rights of LGB…
To be sure, The Father of All Dad Guides: From (A)doring to (Z)addy by Madeline Davies and Tara Jacoby will never be found in that proverbial Hallmark aisle of faux calligraphy Father's Day cards and sentimental trinkets. This book offer…
Each year we scour the web for the coolest Father's Day gifts to fit any budget, and one of our most popular posts is always gifts for dad under $20 . But this year I thought I'd challenge myself and try to compile some really cool Fathe…
It's become a cliché that everyone today wants a trophy. Not true at all. Some of us are perfectly happy with a first-place ribbon. And so you have to check out the very funny award ribbons at Frankie and Claude, honoring all kinds of ev…
This Father's Day, if you're shopping for a dad who loves the outdoors -- and struggling a little -- I feel you! My husband would rather take my kids hiking and camping than pretty much anything else, and I love that so much. And yet it …
Every year we round up some of the best Father's Day picture books , and the new 2019 Father's Day book releases do not disappoint. They're heartfelt, beautifully illustrated , and wonderfully diverse. Oh yeah, and highly conducive to be…