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STYLE+BEAUTY
Editors' Picks: Beat the Heat Come the sticky, sweaty last days of summer, we all need a little pick-me-up to make us feel pretty. Here, Cookie staffers share their favorite hot-weather beauty picks.
Camping Clothes for the Whole Family In addition to the flashlights and bug spray, here are some fashionable (and functional) essentials for your family's camping checklist.
Recipe Newsletter Sign up to get our can't-live-without recipes each week.
Ice Cream Treats Whip up these sweet, gooey, refreshing summer treats and show the ice cream man that he's got some competition.
Luau Party Supplies Now that you've pulled off a perfect summer luau, send your guests home with favors to keep them in the beachy spirit—all of which can be purchased in a one-stop online shop.
Luau Recipes Instructions for how to make pork and shrimp kebabs, pineapple upside-down cake, and coconut sweet-potato fries.
Entertainment
Celebrity Parenting Advice Think you know your celebrity parents? We read through eight memoirs by some of the biggest names on the bookstore shelves and gleaned a little something from each one. See if you can match up the biographical snippet with the tome from which it came.
Video Games for Mom 10 of the best games for keeping your mind and body active
Nature Toys Got a bug enthusiast? Bird lover? Gardening fiend? Below, the 11 best toys for discovering the great outdoors.
HOME FRONT
Family Playroom Design Inspired by her childhood play space, a Connecticut mom fashions a room for her own sons that encourages self-expression—be it through building blocks or mud pies.
Shop the Shoot: Family Playroom Products Though many of the items in our August playroom story were custom-built for the family, don't despair—you can easily re-create their cozy look with these store-bought items.
Ask HGTV's Genevieve Gorder Genevieve Gorder is a designer, a mom, and the host of Dear Genevieve, which airs Saturdays at 8:30PM / 7:30PM Central on HGTV.
Nursery Art Illustrations for your newborn's nursery.
Late-Bloomer Mom: Karen Duffy After working as an MTV VJ, Karen Duffy was used to being the most mature person in the room. But that doesn't mean that she was ready to be the oldest mom in her kid's class.
Simultaneous Pregnancies Can you imagine you and your partner carrying a child at the same time? For these lesbian couples, medical technologies have enabled them to do just that (even if it was unexpected). From simultaneous pregnancy to reciprocal IVF, find out the new methods same-sex couples use to build their families.
BRAIN+BODY
15 Breast-Feeding Myths Explained Will it make my boobs sag? Am I allowed to drink? Health writer Suzanne Schlosberg and certified breast-feeding educator Suzanne Fredregill set the record straight about breast-feeding.
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From the Magazine
When new articles from the August issue become available online, they will be added to this page.
Style+Beauty
Pretty Easy: Before the Sunset The last time you swam in the ocean all day, took a long shower, and leisurely primped for cocktail hour was probably your honeymoon. Recapture the high with these late-summer finds.
Travel
Family Vacation: Galápagos Islands One hundred and fifty years after Darwin's On the Origin of Species, an animal-obsessed father and son visit the zoological holy land of the Galápagos Islands.
Food+Parties
Luau Party Take advantage of the outdoors with a fun-in-the-sun birthday luau.
Entertainment
Vera Farmiga She's had a winning streak of dark, edgy roles, but actress Vera Farmiga—who lives with her musician-woodworker husband, 6-month-old son, and two angora goats—is all mellow sunshine offscreen.
Home Front
Family Playroom Inspired by her childhood play space, a Connecticut mom fashions a room for her own sons that encourages self-expression—be it through building blocks or mud pies.
That Mom: Karen Duffy As the host of FLN's new travel show Surprise Vacations with Karen Duffy and the mother of Jack, 5, this New York City native is no stranger to looking great while on the go. Here, the MVP style finds she relies on.
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