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Spend a week in San Diego

February 15, 2008

Debbie Dubrow is a mom with a 15 month old and a 2 1/2 year old in Seattle. She travels frequently with her kids and founded the website DeliciousBaby dedicated to giving parents the inspiration, advice, and information to travel with their babies and young children. She shares excellent ideas for a week in San [...]

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Spend a week in London

January 27, 2008

We recently “met” Courtney from Babyccino — an excellent blog in which moms in 4 European cities hold an online conversation about life, kids, and style. She is an American from Seattle living in London with her husband and 2 lively sons, Easton and baby Quin (near the same ages as mine!). She shares some [...]

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Spend a week in Issaquah, WA

June 29, 2007

Shelly, the founder of My Spoiled Rotten Baby, wrote to me with her story, and it seemed appropriate for the Rookie Moms audience. After delivering her son via cesarean birth, she decided that moms needed a little more support than she received during her birth experience. She started teaching childbirth education at a prestigious hospital [...]

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Spend a week in Seattle

June 5, 2007

Jacqui publishes Red Tricycle, a newsletter and website dedicated to finding the cool stuff for kid-focused people in Seattle. She shares with us some of her favorite activities for moms and new babies around the city as inspired by her own son, James Hudson: Day One: Downtown You can’t come to Seattle to without checking [...]

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Spend a week in New York City

May 18, 2007

Mommy Poppins runs a fun site about getting more out of living in NYC with babies. She was sweet enough to write up a week’s worth of her favorite activities exploring different neighborhoods: This is my idea of the ultimate itinerary for a week of things to do in NYC with a baby or toddler. [...]

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Spend a week in Alameda, CA

May 14, 2007

Alameda is an island full of moms, dads and kids, right next to Oakland. My former co-worker Jen lives there with her husband and baby Rebecca. She tells us, “The island is very family friendly. Parking is easy, and a quarter will buy you a whole 30 minutes worth of it.” Jen’s tip: If you [...]

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Spend a week in Des Moines

April 30, 2007

Hey small town folks — this one’s for you! Christi from small.town.fun wrote up a bunch of excellent suggestions to get you through the good days and the rotten-weather days with your small child in Iowa. She writes: Des Moines is a small, but fairly cosmopolitan town. We’re surrounded on all sides by larger cities [...]

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Spend a week in Los Angeles

December 1, 2006

Nikki is one of my oldest friends, and she’s holding down the fort in our hometown. You may have heard of it: Los Angeles, California. Now that baby Lennox is 7 months old, Nik is an expert on where to go with a baby in L.A. Today she shares her suggested itinerary for new moms [...]

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Spend a week in Atlanta

November 8, 2006

Our online friend and Atlanta native, Heather, sent us some fantastic ideas for a week’s worth of Atlanta toddler activities and also Atlanta baby activities. Heather is a writer who lives in Decatur with her husband Chris and daughter Amelia. Atlanta generally has great weather, but some summer days can be very hot and we [...]

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Spend a week in Pittsburgh

October 23, 2006

Jodie from the adorable new online magazine for mamas, Sunshine Peach, sent us a week of fun times in her city of Pittsburgh, PA. We love the idea of enjoying tourist activities in your own city. Thanks, Jodie! Monday – Ride the Incline and overlook the city Kick off your week by getting to know [...]

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Spend a week in Dallas

October 19, 2006

My friend Samantha shares some of her favorite mom and baby activities in her hometown of Dallas, TX. She has two little ones now, so we should really listen to her: Monday — The Dallas Arboretum The Dallas Arboretum Pack a lunch and head out to the arboretum for Mommy-and-Me Mondays. Typically the event includes [...]

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Spend a week in Hampstead (London, baby)

September 3, 2006

My good friend Valerie did me the favor of having a baby shortly after I did, but then went and moved out of the Bay Area all the way to London… as if I wasn’t having a hard enough time crossing the bridge into San Francisco to see her and Baby Norah. She’s sent us [...]

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