The Moms And The City
A Daily Update of the trends, styles, and parenting news by Moms for Moms
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With the throngs of cult fans (us included) cheering the 14 new espisodes of Arrested Development coming exclusively on Netflix in a strong effort to make the service more relevant… http://bit.ly/ZdGxhS
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As the Big Day approaches (and that’s Mother’s Day with a capital M), our thoughts turn to mothering: our own mothering, how we were mothered, and “holy mutha, did you see how expensive greeting cards are now?!”
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As a former music professor, I’m well aware of the transformative power of music in the lives of children. -
As a runner who lives just south of Boston, and whose husband spent his lunch break photographing sites at the beloved Boston Marathon that ends mere blocks from his office, yesterday’s tragic events all hit way too close to home. -
When I saw College Humor’s “fake” trailer for a live-action Dora the Explorer movie, I joined the chorus of voices across the internet begging that this hilarious two-minute trailer be made into a real movie. And that wish has come true. -
The state of education in the US has been top of mind ever since having children, as I’m sure it is for so many of us parents. -
While we are not planning to replace our 7 year-old Samsung TV anytime soon, I’ve discovered an awesome app that will at least maximize its potential. http://bit.ly/YKG9Uy
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Watching The Academy Awards always gets me excited to watch more movies, but maybe not the best movies for kids. In fact I’m sure that 99% of them are way too much for little ones (and, often, me) to handle. -
Watching the 2013 Academy Awards last night, I was feeling bad about seeing a big fat zero of the nine Best Picture Oscar-nominated films, though I admit that after reading Liz’s amazing Les Miserables review, it was almost like seeing it myself.
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As someone who dealt with bullying as a young girl, like so many of us, you can bet it’s something I’m preparing to talk to my own kids about. Especially now that almost all of them are in school. -
For the last couple of years, New England ad agency Mullen had created the innovative Brand Bowl, a site that aggregated all the tweets about the Super Bowl commercials, so that you could weigh in on the ads, and find out whether the rest of the world is over talking animals too. http://bit.ly/UhI4Bm
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Considering how addicted we are to Downton Abbey, we just couldn’t wait to tell you about the new Sesame Street Downton Abbey video parody “Upside Downton Abbey” that will air next week.
http://bit.ly/UauL5O
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It’s Sunday which means another episode of Downton Abbey airs on PBS tonight, and you can bet that I’ll be on the couch, ready to see what happens next in the lives of the Crawley family and those around them. For those of you who gather around with friends to watch the show, you can make things even more exciting with Downton Abbey Bingo!
_{Don’t miss these free printable bingo cards after the jump!}_
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Today, being the 40th anniversary of Schoolhouse Rock (whoo!), I’m celebrating by sharing the videos from the original series that have panned out to be my kids’ very favorites, even all these decades later. They don’t even complain about the lack of CG animation—go figure. -
It may be so very middle-class, but as a _Downton Abbey_ addict, I’m so happy to see that season 3 is kicking off tonight—and along with it, some awesome Downton Abbey goodies on sale at Fab.com
