How To Do a Manicure

How to do a manicure yourself, well.  I discovered a couple of products recently that changed the quality of my at-home manicure, significantly.  You can read the first post about my usual manicure routine here, and it hasn’t changed much, other than the products I’m…

Modern Bump Brunch Highlights!

What a spectacular turnout at our Modern Bump Brunch on Sunday! We were completely full in our room at Park Royal’s Keg Steakhouse & Bar with 28 new mamas and mamas-to-be, and we couldn’t have asked for a nicer group of women to hang out with…

Mama’s Night Out Event & Prize Sponsors: A-G

We’re so excited about our SOLD OUT Mama’s Night Out coming up on Tuesday, April 16th! Starting from the beginning of the alphabet, here’s a brief introduction to a few of our wonderful event & prize sponsors. BC Playthings is a family-run business in Edgemont Village…

Great Giveaway: A Kiss Goodnight Sleep Consulting

Baby or toddler keeping you up all night? If you missed out on attending our Infant Sleep Breakfast Workshop last week, then you’ll definitely want to enter this giveaway from  our newest Perks Partner, Leslie Black of A Kiss Goodnight sleep consulting! Leslie is a Registered…

Vancouver Events Roundup – Oct 12th edition

Lots of events happening around town! I am psyched to take my guy to the Apple Festival on Saturday (see info below). But there is lots happening. Here is my selected round-up of things to do for a modern mama and kids over the next…

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Mama Blogs featuring Kristina Cross of {swank}mama!

It’s day three of our five days featuring some of Vancouver’s amazing Mom Bloggers. Today, it’s the beautiful and stylish Kristina Cross, author of the {swank}mama blog and mom to three – Miss S, Lil J, and Baby Z as us readers have come to…

Acura RDX Car Review

I recently took a business trip to Edmonton and Honda Canada was generous enough to give me a car to drive while in the city.  They delivered an Acura RDX and I was excited to get out of my usual, a Honda Odyssey, and try…

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The Best Thing To Do When Selling Your Home

If you’ve ever moved or tried  selling a home while still maintaining a normal life with kids, you know that it’s, well, it’s difficult.  What first? How best to show? What’s expected? Family photos or no family photos?  The thought of all of this was enough…