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My friend Jenny Rosenstrach wrote the cookbook/memoir Dinner: A Love Story , and as I was reading it for the hundredth time in bed this wee...

What are your family traditions around the holidays? When we were growing up, my parents would light angel chimes at the dinner table, and ...

(Symbolically) adopt an animal , $50 to $250, to support the WWF's global efforts to protect these lovely wild animals and their habitat...

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While househunting in Brooklyn , we've been seeing both two- and three-bedroom places. Needless to say, the two-bedroom spots are much m...

Whenever I see or call my mom , she always acts ecstatic. Even though I'm usually regaling her with something super boring ("I’m or...

Will you be sending out holiday cards this year? Last year, we chose a photo of all of us , but this year we went with a photo of Toby playi...

We talk a lot about babies , but what about making the choice not to have children? Would you consider that? Here, five readers reveal thei...

Have you heard of the Copenhagen-based brand By Nord ? Their bedding (for kids and adults), stockings and tea towels are seriously rad. Woul...

My grandmother Milly lives in England, so we aren't able to see her nearly as often as we'd like. But she just sent Toby a dinosaur ...

You know how children often cover their eyes when they want to hide? Well, Cambridge researchers wanted to discover why, and here's an a...

How inviting is this lace teepee? Since lots of readers loved the teepee in Abbey's apartment , we figured we'd share an easy way to...

Toby had a second chance to trick-or-treat last night because his friend's apartment building hosted a rescheduled Halloween night for ...

Hope everyone is staying safe and dry! Over the past few years, I've heard some amazing (and surprising) parenting tips from friends tha...

Toby goes to his friend's house every Monday, and recently they carved pumpkins. They scooped out the seeds and guts and helped hold th...

My Thai friend Joy , who lives in L.A., recently told me that in many Asian cultures, it's typical to honor your parents by giving them ...

Pinhole Press , my friends' company which makes beautiful photo gifts, just came out with a personalized memory game ! It's really e...