by La Jolla Mom on February 8, 2010
I had the pleasure of first meeting Melanie Bretts through this website. She, her husband, and 3 kids have recently relocated to sunny La Jolla from Chicago. We chatted about things to do around town La Jolla with kids, schools and mom stuff. Then I found out about her cool m Bretts handbags. Melanie gave [...]
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Handbags,
La Jolla,
La Jollan Spotlight,
Shopping
by La Jolla Mom on November 23, 2009
If you haven’t considered holiday shopping at www.AllModern.com, you should! I spent a lot time on the site and found some unique, reasonably priced contemporary holiday gifts that I’ll share below. They also have a few promotions going right now. Over the next few weeks, La Jolla Mom will be featuring gift ideas that support charitable causes, [...]
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Cool Stuff,
Holiday Shopping,
Reviews,
Shopping
by La Jolla Mom on October 15, 2009
I will rave on and on about giving birth to La Jolla Girl in Hong Kong to basically anyone that will listen. The hospital was more like a hotel than a hospital with amazing food and a kind staff. I’ll write a post about it some day. The one thing I didn’t have was a [...]
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La Jollan Spotlight,
Maternity,
Pregnancy
by La Jolla Mom on October 8, 2009
We all have favorite jeans. Some are just irreplaceable in the event of disaster. I just suffered a major rip in mine that was not able to be repaired by a local seamstress. I tossed them. I would have sent them to Denim Therapy if I would have known about them. Check out the before [...]
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Cool Stuff,
Going Green,
Maternity,
Pregnancy,
Shopping
by La Jolla Mom on September 29, 2009
I‘m going to keep an eye out for and post about products that I think are cool regardless of whether or not they send me stuff or not. This falls into the “not” category. I just think this is a clever idea.
I am guilty of using my cosmetics past the recommended date, which is only [...]
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Cool Stuff,
Health,
Shopping
by La Jolla Mom on September 28, 2009
My cousin keeps up with new trends and products because of her job. She emailed me a link to Morning Chicness Bags. I loved these bags from the moment that I saw them. Very, very clever and certainly something I can relate to.
Morning Chicness Bags were developed by a mom, Tara Ramos, who suffered from [...]
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Going Green,
Health,
Kids,
Morning Sickness,
Parenting,
Pregnancy,
Shopping
by La Jolla Mom on September 21, 2009
I shop almost exclusively online these days. I still go to the mall, but I find myself rushing to get out of there as quickly as possible because now that I have La Jolla Girl, time is precious and I don’t have that much of it. If I can shop at a website that’s eco [...]
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Cool Stuff,
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