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Blogs: Nesting
- 1 Great Idea: Outdoor Movie Screening
- This fall, we love the idea of inviting friends over for an outdoor movie in our own backyards. And it's easier than you might think: You can buy an inflatable screen (for bucks), or...
- Posted by Joanna Goddard
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- September 28, 2009
Blogs: One Little Bite
- 2 Summer's Last Hurrah: Spaghetti with Frutti di Mare
- Over Labor Day weekend, at a friend's beach house where a group had gathered to celebrate the end of the season, I helped my pal make a big batch of frutti di mare (a.k.a. seafood...
- Posted by Alanna Stang, Executive Editor
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- September 17, 2009
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- 3 Tomato-Can Vase
- I know now never to bother arranging fresh flowers before my friends Adam and Simone come to dinner. Simone, who is an artist and does the flowers for Del Posto and Babbo in her spare...
- Posted by Jenny Rosenstrach, Features Director
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- September 14, 2009
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- 4 Summer Feast: Stuffed Jumbo Shrimp on the Grill
- A couple of weeks ago, during that all-too-brief patch of glorious summer weather, some friends invited us to their place for dinner alfresco. We'd been to the fish shop and brought along our catch: a...
- Posted by Alanna Stang, Executive Editor
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- September 4, 2009
Blogs: Daily Find
- 5 Entertaining Find: Hug Rings
- These touchy-feely felt napkin rings "hug" your linens in the cutest way. And they can double as place cards at a kid's birthday party: Alternate the boy and girl forms to avoid a scene straight...
- Posted by Cookie Magazine
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- September 2, 2009
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- 6 Peter Pan Birthday Party
- We loved this Peter Pan party last April, and here is another Neverland-inspired birthday fete that makes us feel like flying! Caitlin threw this party for her 3-year-old son Saxon. He dressed as Peter Pan...
- Posted by Joanna Goddard
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- August 21, 2009
Blogs: One Little Bite
- 7 Empty the Summer Refrigerator
- As we were getting ready to head home after being on a beach vacation for a week, I took a look at the remaining contents of the fridge. I didn't want to buy anything else...
- Posted by Pilar Guzman, Editor-in-Chief
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- August 12, 2009
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- 8 A Little Girl's Pink Birthday Party
- What if your mom's job was to bake cupcakes all day long? Well, just ask Olivia, a lucky 5-year-old in Australia, whose mom, Sharnel, runs The Cupcake Company. (Yummy.) When Olivia turned 5 recently, Sharnel...
- Posted by Joanna Goddard
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- August 7, 2009
Blogs: Daily Find
- 9 Party Find: Dwell Studio Cocktail Napkins
- Casual summer entertaining does not have to equal Dixie cups and takeout napkins. Consider Dwell Studio's new cloth cocktail napkins, sold in satisfying little four-packs. Choose from six graphic patterns, or get few to mix...
- Posted by Cookie Magazine
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- August 7, 2009
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- 10 Custom Plates for Special Days
- We love the tradition of serving up meals on a special plate for birthdays and other landmark occasions. (You aced the spelling test! Hooray!!). Even if dinner is just good old mac-and-cheese, eating it...
- Posted by Gabrielle Blair
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- July 23, 2009
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- 11 Harry Potter Party
- The whole country is once again Hogwarts-obsessed, with the release of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, and Nadia Johnson's eighth birthday party was one of the coolest we've seen. April--a friend of Nadia's mom,...
- Posted by Monica Perry
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- July 21, 2009
Blogs: One Little Bite
- 12 Greater than Great Graeter's Ice Cream
- For my birthday every year, my friend Rory gives me a gift certificate for six pints of Graeter's ice cream. The Cincinnati institution (that's been around since 1870) ships anywhere in the continental U.S. (not...
- Posted by Jenny Rosenstrach, Features Director
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- July 17, 2009
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- 13 Nickelodeon and Tiny Prints
- For kids who love Nickelodeon (Dora!) and moms who cringe at the design of character-themed anything, one of our favorite online stationery retailers, Tiny Prints, now offers a modern alternative to make both mother and...
- Posted by Sarah Newell
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- July 7, 2009
Food + Parties
- 14 Ice Cream Dessert Recipes
- Whip up these sweet, gooey, refreshing summer treats and show the ice cream man that he's got some competition.
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- July 7, 2009
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- 15 Red, White & Blue Ice Pops
- Our friends over at Bon Appetit have a smart (not to mention scrumptious!) recipe for red, white, and blue ice pops that would be perfect for any Fourth of July party. Even better? These...
- Posted by Casey Lewis
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- July 3, 2009
Food + Parties
- 16 Best Birthday Party Ideas
- Best Birthday Party Ideas
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- March 3, 2009


