My best friend Aviva makes the assertion “There is no bad food in New York!” I have always been more cautious about restaurant choices being my father is famous for his line “We’re not trying that place until it’s reviewed in The Times.”
However, over the weekend I was in New York with my mother- famous [...]

This new generation of sleeping pills that boasts no side effects is ruining the self-loathing consciousness of this world.
I say this because the countless nights I spend roiling (that word, in my mind, means a combination of rolling – as in tossing and turning- and broiling – as in, my own stew) are being erased [...]

by Gidge

I am a self professed girly girl. I sit here, smugly declaring this wearing no make up and sporting my VOTE FOR PEDRO t-shirt. Regardless, my inner soul is girly, I swear it is. And this inner soul is constantly in search of girly products to add to my [...]

This week, we’re giving away an awesome Rocketfish Twister Wireless Laser Notebook Mouse to one lucky reader! To get in the running, just go to the link above and read the Product Specs to complete the following statement:
Converts from travel/storage mode to use mode with a ________________.
Then just email us your answer! The winner’s name [...]

Things We Can’t Live Without is a new feature at PnP and every couple of weeks we’ll be sharing our own personal must-haves with you. This info will come in very handy should you ever wish to send us presents.
In the words of everyone’s favorite governess, these are a few of our favorite things…
Mary Can’t [...]

My three year old got a set of Bright Starts Star Teether Beads for her one month old brother for Christmas. I had only just given them to him back in March when I learned via an email alert that they had been recalled because the star bead at the top had in some [...]

Deception. Cheating. Hypocrite. Adulterer. Liar. Poser. Valueless. Amoral. Me.
I got my children early from school, canceled the tutor appointment and left my zip code. From the beginning of the afternoon tryst my values started to peel away.
My son was shoveling sand under the slide with his 4-year old friend; my daughter was swinging as [...]

by MaryAbout certain things, I am a cheapskate. And I have a whole passel of kids, so the diaper bag, aka Mom’s purse, ends up being the repository for everything one needs for a baby in diapers who has reflux and frequently pukes on stuff along with all manner of sippy cups, Happy Meal [...]

Four Props and Pans team members were recently sent samples of General Mills’ New Fruity Cheerios. They all tried it but did they all like it? Keep reading to find out!

My kids love cereal. In fact, I have a house full of super picky eaters, so I’d say that if it weren’t for cereal, a [...]

Do you own a lot of t-shirts that have yellow stained arm pits? I do.
Over the past few years I’ve noticed my sweat glands have changed and it doesn’t take much for me to have a hot flash (which I blame on pregnancy and hormones).
I have tried every brand you can find in the deodorant [...]

Walking by the Gap, I was bowled-over by the new Design Edition line that was created by emerging design talent and shown in bold, clean white lines. The jaunty, angular white “Bow Pocket Dress” designed by Rodarte especially caught my eye. With children in tow, I whip into the Gap, yank a medium off [...]

While wandering through the wilds of the Walmart Supercenter in Waukegan two weeks ago, I ran into a product in the cosmetics section that gave me pause — Revlon ColorStay Nail Polish. It alleged that it would last for 10 days.
This seemed like a mighty bold claim to me but I’d used their other products [...]

Now You Know Media is a very small new media company. They work with experts in various fields to record audio lectures on various topics. It’s essentially adult education on CD’s.
So far, they have three categories: Now You Know Health, Now You Know Wealth & Now You Know Religion.
I was asked to review [...]

I drink entirely too much Diet Coke. It is a problem. I admit it. You see, I am a woman who woke up one morning, decided to quit smoking, and did so. But Diet Coke? It is my one true vice, and I don’t know if I could ever give it up entirely.
Now there is [...]

Just north of Asheville, North Carolina, there is a little town called Weaverville. It is everything you would expect in a small mountain town with a downtown dotted with art galleries and a bakery, a speed trap, and a charming bed & breakfast called the Inn on Main.
When my husband Guy and I eloped this [...]