Kid-Friendly New Year’s Eve Treats »
While adults are preparing to ring in the New Year, why should the kids be left out? These fruity, non-alcoholic drinks and warm appetizers will satisfy guests of all ages while waiting for the ball to drop at midnight.
Read more...Break Away from Classic Champagne in 2012 »
Are you getting bored with the classic New Year’s Eve beverage? Although Champagne has symbolized this annual celebration for many years, that doesn’t mean you have to stick to the traditional glass while awaiting the arrival of 2012.
Read more...Returning Screens to “Out of the Box” Clean »
Smudges and fingerprints all over your touch-screen devices? Tired of reading emails and online news stories through a hazy film? A new product called the Toddy can help you clean up these messes.
Read more...Fine Greek Dining at Amali NYC »
Dining in New York City provides thousands of options that one could spend hours obsessing over the perfect setting, food, location, and price point. Recently, the Mom Central team had the opportunity to visit the newly opened, Amali Restaurant, and taste some items from the menu put together by owner, James Mallios and executive chef, Devon Gilroy.
Read more...Tulip Hill Thanksgiving Tasting »
As I opened my latest wine sample package from the California Wine Club, I was pleasantly surprised to find a holiday themed sampler containing a bottle of 2009 Tracy Hills Cabepulciano and a bottle of 2009 Mount Oso Reserve Chardonnay, both from the Tulip Hill Winery. As I thought about how I could push my own personal bias aside while sampling the wines, the idea of conducting a wine tasting over Thanksgiving dinner struck me.
Winter Fantasy: JetBlue and the U.S. Virgin Islands Heat Up a Cold Boston Night »
While a chill pervaded the December air and holiday lights twinkled nearby, Boston’s Eastern Standard Restaurant exuded a hot Caribbean vibe as the United States Virgin Islands Department of Tourism and JetBlue celebrated the kick off of JetBlue’s first non-stop service from Boston to St. Thomas.
Read more...No Monthly Phone Bills with Ooma Telo »
Landline phones in our homes: on the way to extinction along with the rotary dials of yesterday. Yet the decision to remove a landline home phone often proves impractical for homes, like mine, with weak or intermittent cell reception. Ooma Telo offers a way to reduce your home phone bill by installing this sleek, black, money-saving device.
Read more...VTech Holiday Gift Basket »
With kids running through the door, a laundry basket in one arm, and the ham to defrost for dinner in the other, this holiday season we need three (or four!) arms to pick up the phone. As we approach the busiest time of the year, VTech wants to help you avoid that scramble for the cell phone (how'd it get in the laundry basket?), or the need to drop everything to talk. Their two new phone systems, the DS6421-3 Connect-to-Cell phone system and the LS6475-3 multi-tasking phone system can make phone-tag at home a little less hectic during the holidays.