Baby’s first tweet….
Wednesday, March 10th, 2010
New Yorker Magazine, March 15, 2010
Have you ever wondered what happens after a twiterbirth? Here it is…perfect, really!
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E WOW and Ready
Friday, March 5th, 2010
Early AM – NYC We’ve set up for breakfast, make-up and final touches here in the extraordinary (luxe and spacious) EWOW suite at the W Hotel, Union Square (where I am once again the four-square mayor). Join us later for the Priorities, Passions and Community Webcast. We’ll be live @ 12:30 – join us…
R BABY LIVE, FROM NY – BE THERE
Thursday, March 4th, 2010
Bringing like minded people together is really one of best party tricks (after showing off my Gumby-like flexibility and encyclopedic knowledge of song lyrics that is) – connecting the dots well is just what I do. And I consider it a day well spent when a connection I’ve made works well, makes a difference and in the best case, makes the world a better place – benefiting all involved.
Friday promises to set a new standard for connection for good. I will be with my bloggy friends, my business friends and my beloved R Baby Foundation. We will join together to raise funds and awareness for improved pediatric emergency care. We will share in a roundtable focused on passions, priorities and community - examining how these there elements lead to success for women. It is my hope that all who participate in the roundtable will walk away with not only inspiration and connection but also a clear vision as to how they will step up and make a difference.
What I know is that each one of you has the power (and the goods) to ignite your passions, set your priorities and engage your communities in what is important to you. So tune in (webcast details are below), tweet in (#RBabyLive) and get ready — the world is about to change – for good!
Lauren Deen’s Squash Fries – it’s what’s for dinner
Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010
At the request of my new(ish) friend Amy Oztan, I will now share with you the best recipe from my old friend, Lauren Deen’s new cookbook – Cook Yourself Thin Faster. Of course, this is IMO – you may have your own fave – so don’t let me bully your belly.
The always adorable, Lauren Deen
If by some chance you don’t know the beautiful, talented and oh so witty Lauren Deen you should. And if her books (Kitchen Playdates, Cook Yourself Thin and her latest, Cook Yourself Thin Faster) are not on your shelves they should be. Actually they should be much loved, mussed and dog-eared at this point.
I love Lauren for many reasons not the least of which is that she loves food – real food. And she lives what she loves with total authenticity and for me, this is always the true standard. Not only is Lauren a Blue Ribbon graduate of the Institute of Culinary Education, she has enjoyed an exciting and award winning (hello, Emmy and James Beard awards!!!) career as food producer (think Ina Garten, Bobby Flay and Martha Stewart), cookbook author and passionate volunteer (Lauren developed a program to teach healthy eating and cooking classes in NYC public schools). Basically Lauren is someone you have got to admire and adore – I do! She hangs with some good peeps too – fellow mega-vores (and people I would and have traveled a long distance to eat with) Nicole Feliciano and Jennifer Perillo count her among their own.
So without anymore oozing or goozing (and without mentioning that she totally owes me a make-up for our last lunch date) or further ado:
Cheese “fries”
Serves 4
103 calories per serving
1 large butternut squash, peeled and seeded
1 tablespoon olive oil
1 teaspoon salt
¼ teaspoon pepper
¼ cup grated Parmesan cheese
Pre-heat the oven to 450 and line a sheet pan with aluminum foil
- Cut squash into ¼ inch “French fries”
- Toss the squash with the olive oil and spread on the pan. Season with the salt an pepper
- Bake for 30 minutes, shaking the pan until the squash fries are roasted and golden, tossing and turning the fries midway through baking
- Sprinkle with the Parmesan and return to the oven until the cheese is melted.
A Toast to March
Monday, March 1st, 2010
Here is the scene – March 1, 2010:
Driving home from the gym this AM, latte in hand. I am doing well, imagining that age has not at all touched me despite the overwhelming evidence to the contrary – (my driver’s license says I turned 43 last week!). I am ready for some change and am out looking for it. My senses are on high alert for signs of spring—it is March after all. It is time…
And then I see it! Little heads of daffodils trying to make their way to the light. And I smell it – air that has a tinge of earth to it. And I feel it – wind that does not slap my face, but rather dances giddily by. And of course, I hear it too. Adam Durwitz (as always singing just for me, the ageless woman in the SUV) – It’s been a Long December, and there’s reason to believe maybe this year will be better than the last… I guess the winter makes you laugh a little slower, makes you talk a little lower – why yes, yes it has been an endless winter and yes I am ready to laugh and yes, yes it is time.
So here’s to an easy March and warmer days and let’s get this thing started – in like a lion, out like a lamb and oh yes – beware of the Ides of March!
Blissed Out
Monday, February 22nd, 2010
It has been a long day. I woke up and did the usual: kids, workout, latte (OH, I got my mayorship back at Quartermaine’s – a big deal, you know) repeat and then jumped on the 12 to be in NYC by 3 and am now on the 6 trying to get home before 9:30. Seriously, I did a round-trip to NYC today….and when I got there, a great intro to Bravado’s latest wonder — Bliss:
Introducing: Bliss by Bravado
That is stunning model Jessica (due in late March) wearing Bravado’s latest introduction, Bliss in Ivory. It is an amazingly comfortable, sleek and super chic innovation – the perfect addition to the Bravado family. Look for it in March, up to size 40 F/G (in black and Chai too). The seamless molded foam cups, feminine embellishments and flexi-fit ™ technology make it my vote for product of the year.
Plus I’ll throw in a nomination for Jessica as most adorable expectant mother (ok, next to Jenni Hogan) too – what a beautiful woman – inside and out. Good luck with your new daughter and keep us posted! As for the bra — March is just a few days away — keep an eye out for more news…
Ask Audrey
Friday, February 19th, 2010
Audrey McCelland
Last post I shared a bit about Audrey McClelland and how she’s been such a wonderful addition to Team Jenni. Not only is Audrey a beautiful fashion fixer – she is also a mighty partner in crime! Lately, Audrey has been working with me as I style Jenni Hogan. Here is our latest:
Jenni Hogan in Nom 2/19/10
It seems a great time to go down the maternity fashion Q & A road with Audrey. Here is a quick conversation that will certianly help you suit up for your own fashionable Forty Weeks!
Q:
It is the dead of winter – what are the best tricks for brightening up an existing wardrobe?
Audrey:
I’m telling you, I love the pop of color through accessories! They are my favorite added color to play with – you can be bold, you can be bright and you can make such fabulous statements. I have 2 scarves that I live in throughout the winter – a purple one and a red one. I love them because they’re big, cozy and comfortable – but most of all, they had such attention to an outfit in the winter. They actually make me feel happier when I have them on!
Q:
I always say that glowing skin is an expectant woman’s best accessory – what do you like to highlight Jenni’s glow?
Audrey:
Jenni is just gorgeous on her own, I mean… look at her! And you can see that Jenni has such an amazing glow about her already. What I love about Jenni is that she has such great skin tone, that she can get away with wearing any color. Not many women are as blessed as her! I would say, to keep adding to Jenni’s glow is to keep adding some fabulous color – either through accessories or clothing. One thing about Jenni that I love is that she’s not afraid of fashion or color… she’s willing to play and have some fun. I really think that adds to her beauty and her sense of style.
Q:
How can this outfit make it from work to evening and still feel professional?
Audrey:
I would add an open vest. It gives that touch of “fun” – but keeps the outfit professional and doable. I would also recommend adding a shawl. One thing when we’re pregnant, we don’t like adding more layers… so by adding a vest or a shawl, it’s not much – but it does its job.
Q:
Audrey:
Jenni is wearing an Ingrid & Isabel cami solid black cami under the dress for on-air – what other options might be fun for Saturday night?
Audrey:
Maybe toss on some leggings underneath with some fabulous high black boots! If anyone can get away with a look like that – it’s Jenni!!
Love, Actually
Sunday, February 14th, 2010
Long ago and far away – in a city called New York at an event called Kids for Kids (to benefit Elizabeth Glazer Pediatric Aids Foundation) my little girl was just that (and proud too – to be making a difference the lives of African children)…time flies but the love remains! Wishing all of you love that grows and stands the test of time!
- It’s the year of the Tiger – and here’s my Valentine!
Twitterbirth!!!
Saturday, February 13th, 2010
I like to give credit where credit is due…so first let me note that yesterday, Albany based publicist Lizzie Sorenson was the first to both succesffuly pitch and participate in a broadcast covered Twitter-birth (#twitterbirth). This is both groundbreaking and amazing on many levels.
In the past 12 years, I have seen/read/heard a lot. This is an understatement. Trends move so fast they are on and off my radar screen before I can say belly bling. Game changers, like Lizzie’s twitter birth (not the first – dear friend Danielle Friedland had her bouncing baby boy Asher by Twitter birth in November) make us stop and take inventory. Lizzie’s was the first twitterbirth covered by MSM, which of course will now become the stuff that history is made of. My job is to make sense of it all.
Four years ago, New York Times uber talent Jodi Kantor “went there”. And (ask Jodi, she knows) I still consider her piece to be not just well done (truth told, Jodi is really one of my journo-crushes because she is that good) but also a seminal Styles piece – one that opens the door in a way that it can never be closed again.
”Move Over, Doc, the Guests Can’t See the Baby” was a discussion of boundaries (or lack there of), polictics and even the economics of birth (stadium style births were good for hospitals!). Jodi showed us that TMI was quickly giving way to ”bring it on” and that designing the perfect guest list for your birth was a complicated mine-field (the new wedding). This seems tame now, and in reading it again this morning my face shifts from a smile of recognition to little nostalgic wince.
And that is because Lizzie invited her 1,500 followers to join in as she tweeted along on the way to her baby boy’s arrival yesterday. And her local news station WNYT followed it. And this morning she is talking to me on twitter about her nursing bra (yes, we sent her a Bravado Bra – she deserves the very best!!!) and to others about her first post-partum meal.
And earlier this week I was reading on the Huffinton Post about Kourtney Kardashian tasting her own breast-milk.
And About.com pregnancy columist Robin Elise Brown shared this“twitterbirth fail“ yesterday.
And before that I was researching sonogram sharing via Facebook…
And so suddenly the collective gasp over guests in the delivery room in 2005 is about as dated as a rotary phone…
And, I am left to make sense of this all…Right now taking it all in, stay tuned (and chime in!)….
Some Fashion Friday Fun with Jenni Hogan
Friday, February 12th, 2010
Good luck comes in many shapes and sizes. Meeting Jenni Hogan via twitter is certainly an example. Because really, she has ignited my inner stylist who, like sleeping beauty, had fallen into a deep sleep after my long and wonderful run as contributor to Celebrity Baby Blog where I authored Steal that Look Forty Weeks Style under the direction of CBB founder Danielle Friedland.
Dressing someone as beautiful, effervescent and appreciative as Jenni is the exception not the rule. And frankly, if more of my styling requests came from women like Jenni Hogan I might be into this a bit more hot and heavy. And for now – I am happy thrilled over the moon to be on team Jenni. The next few weeks will include a some final winter looks. Next, expect Jenni’s spring to pop a bit early — great looks from Maternal America, Nom and Due are on the way…
Last week we rocked the red together for GO RED:
Olian Dress by Belly Dance Maternity
This week we went withsome form-fitting and super flattering Stripes in a sassy knit from NOM. Fashion aficionado and firecracker – Audrey McClelland was her usual spot-on and indispensable self contributing accessory direction. We won’t be letting her go anytime soon!
Nom Striped Dress by Belly Dance
For more great looks from Nom and Belly Dance visit BellyDance Maternity. And for more Fashion Friday looks from Jenni Hogan — check her out on KIRO or follow-along here…