14Aug

Shopping Smarter at Marshall’s/TJ Maxx and Giveaway

audrey3

As a 40+ year-old woman, I am constantly on a quest to become a better dresser.  My body's changing.  I can no longer just slip into a size 6 like I used to.  Whether it's true or not, two pregnancies have taken a toll on my body. In addition, I don't have as much time to color coordinate my clothes, and I find myself spending less and less time trying to figure out what I'm wearing.  I generally always feel under-dressed, like I'm wearing the wrong thing, like I don't have enough dressy clothes.  Now that I am re-entering the workforce in more full Read More

06Aug

Giveaway: Win a Pair of Tickets to see “One Day” with Anne Hathaway

One Day

To celebrate the August release of the new Anne Hathaway movie,  One Day, KODAK is hosting a contest on the KODAK Facebook page.  All you have to do it share the photo of your one perfect day for a chance to win a trip for two to Paris, France and great KODAK products.  The contest officially kicked off on August 4th and runs until August 15th. Kodak is providing a pair of tickets to see the film to a Culture Mom reader!  One Day opens in theaters on August 19th and your free tickets will be redeemable virtually everywhere, with the exception of AMC Read More

25Jun

Vote for me? Top NYC Mom Blog

Circle of Moms

I'm not competitive at all.  In fact, I never win anything, and when I do, I'm very humble about it.  Last week, a site called Circle of Moms, emailed me to let me know I made a list of the Top 25 NYC Mom Blogs. I was complimented, but I thought, how can I promote this?  I would like to think that I'm being entered in a contest based on quality, not the amount of votes I get.  That's what this contest is about. But you know what?  It's nice to be in a contest, and though I am losing by a land slide, I thought I should let you all know about it. Read More

23Jun

Review & Giveaway: “Monte Carlo” with Selena Gomez (Out July 1st)

Monte Carlo Selena Gomez

    Monte Carlo, a new film starting Selena Gomez, is hitting theaters nation-wide on July 1st.  I saw it last week at a special press preview with my daughter in tow.  You can read more about that here. When Grace (played by Selena Gomez), a new college graduate, and her best friend (played by Katie Cassidy) and step-sister (played by Leighton Meester) get to Paris, they check into their not very nice hotel and set off on an organized tour around Paris.  They hit the Louvre, Notre Dame and, of course, the Eiffel Tower, where their Read More

20Jun

Giveaway: Tickets to the Tony-Winning Play, The Normal Heart

The Normal Heart

I don't know about you, but the night of the Tony's had a very special meaning to me.  "The Normal Heart", a show about a group of friends who refused to let doctors, politicians and the press ignore the AIDS epidemic in the 1980s, won three Tony Awards.  Ellen Barkin won for Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play; John Benjamin Hickey won for Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play; and the play won Best Revival of a play. In his acceptance speech, playwright Larry Kramer said, “To gay people everywhere, whom I Read More

18Jun

Giveaway: Spend an Evening Laughing at “The Judy Show: My Life as a Sitcom”

Judy Gold

Emmy-winning actress and comic Judy Gold returns to the New York stage June 30 in a brand-new show entitled The Judy Show: My Life as a Sitcom. Building on the success of her show 25 Questions for a Jewish Mother, funny-woman Judy Gold returns to the stage in this hilarious look at her life through the lens of the classic sitcoms of her youth. With multimedia, original music, laughter and love, Judy shows us how she balances family and ambition with a little help from our favorite 70s, 80s and 90s TV shows. She is really hilarious.  I saw her last Read More

08Jun

Giveaway: Shutterfly Custom Path Photo Book (value $19.99)

Shutterfly Custompath

  Right now I have hundreds of photographs in a pile on the floor staring me in the face.  They seem to be screaming, "FILE ME!" "PUT ME IN AN ALBUM" "ORGANIZE ME!" "GET TO IT, WOMAN!"  Day after day, I walk by the pile, add photo albums and more photos and walk away.  I think to myself, there must be a better solution than this.  I've been organizing the kid's photos in albums since they were babies.  I can't stop now. That's why I was happy to find out about Shutterfly's new Custom Path Photo Books.  They're customized photo albums and are Read More

05Jun

PopCap Games Giveaway (win $60 worth of kid’s video games)

PopCap Games

The other day I attended a luncheon sponsored by PopCap Games.  The event really stood out for me as a very positive blogger event.  First of all, it was with an amazing group of writers and bloggers from various publications including Parade Magazine, Psychology Today and GeekMom.   Secondly, it was at an exquisite Japanese restaurant downtown called En Japanese Brasserie. And lastly, we engaged in an interesting, intelligent conversation about video games and the family.  Since one of my clients is an app and story developer, the topic was of Read More

27May

Giveaway: Win Tickets to Zarkana, “Cirque Du Soleil on Steroids”

Zarkana

I was lucky to attend a special performance of Cirque Du Soleil's brilliant new show, Zarkana, at Radio Music Hall in Manhattan a few days ago.  I've always loved Cirque and knew I was in for a treat.  Seeing it in the city I live in and love, NYC, made it extra special, without a doubt. After seeing a few clips, I can honestly agree with what CEO Daniel Lamar stated, "Zakara is Cirque Du Soleil on steroids."  It's wild and grandiose at the same time.  The performers push the boundaries of creativity and go beyond anywhere you can go in your own Read More

26May

Giveaway: Cradle and All – Theater Tickets

  Manhattan Theatre Club's Cradle And All, new show that seeks to answer the age old question "TO BREED OR NOT TO BREED". The show is really clever and witty. You'll laugh, you'll maybe cry and you'll definitely recognize yourselves somewhere! It makes for a great date night, or night out with the girls. A The show runs through June 19th. Cradle and All: Relationships aren't Baby-proof Annie and Nat have a baby who won't sleep. Claire and Luke are losing sleep over the decision to get married and start a family. In adjacent Brooklyn Read More