This weekend, I attended Type-A Parent Bootcamp sponsored by Disney Parks at Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida. Type A is a blogging-for-business conference that teaches bloggers how to work with brands, how to find new avenues of monetization, how to brand themselves, and more. My KidzVuz co-founder, Rebecca Levey, and I gave a presentation […]
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Like the bad Jew that I am, I LOVE bacon. I can’t help it. It has all the things I crave: fat, salt, crunch. Yum. So I was super excited to be invited to the Perfect Bacon Bowl Breakfast at the super fun Ellen’s StarDust Diner only a few train stops away. (full disclosure: while […]
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Imagine having a child whose skin is so sensitive that even the clothing they wear rubbing against their skin can cause abrasions so severe they may never heal. Imagine if hugging your child causes them to feel pain. Imagine a child unable to avoid constant cuts, wounds and abrasions both externally and internally, and you […]
Continue readingOne Mom’s rant against the deification of sports. Raise your hand if you think the best thing about this past weekend’s Super Bowl was Bruno Mars. Now raise your hand if your school has pep rallies, cheer leaders, and neighborhood celebrations for the school band, or the drama club, or the dance troupe. That’s […]
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I am a member of the Collective Bias® Social Fabric® Community. This shop has been compensated as part of a social shopper amplification for Collective Bias and its advertiser. I hate the SuperBowl. I’ve never been able to get excited about a bunch of guys in tight pants brutalizing each other for our enjoyment. But […]
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Yesterday, I was at a press conferece with Idina Menzel. Yep. That’s me and her – right there with Rebecca Levey. We were together to announce some special events at this year’s Kids Night on Broadway. And to ask this question: Is your kid Broadway’s biggest fan? Because KidzVuz (my website for kids) and Kids […]
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I love vanity sizing. Why? I am not a size six. Even on a good day, I’m a size 8. (And mostly, they’re not good days) But in the world of Vanity Sizing, I can wear a six. I know it’s bull. I know I’m the same size in a 12 as I am in […]
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I didn’t hit CES2014. I don’t think I missed anything. For the past several years, I have made the annual tech trek to CES in Las Vegas. For the uninitiated, CES is the Consumer Electronics Show, once a trade show exclusively for electronic retailers to make their biggest yearly merchandise buys, now a humongous tech-spectacle. […]
Continue readingOK, Maybe not a movie. But at least a cute little montage! It really shows what a fun, crazy time we had with our fantastic guests and sponsors. (And putting it together brought me back to my TV producer days!) Check it out! Thanks again to sponsors Homewood Suites by Hilton, Samsung Mobile, Nintendo, Downtown […]
Continue readingBeing a teen is stressful. There’s all that homework. All that uncertainty about your social status. At least teens are sure of one thing: their parents know NOTHING, nothing at all. Well, CNN came to my apartment to talk to my family about stress. I guess because, well, we’re stressed. Between running a company and […]
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