by Liz Gumbinner | Sep 18, 2018 | Halloween, Shopping Finds
Putting aside the great Grease debates of the 21st century (I still stand by my point that it’s a feminist ode to pre-feminism women owning their sexuality despite societal pressure to deny it) — a lot of us still have a heart for the 1978 classic. To say...
by Liz Gumbinner | Sep 13, 2018 | Recipes
When you’ve just spent a day (or more) slaving over pounds of homemade peanut brittle, putting your oven to task with dozens of your famous thumbprint cookies, or filling your counter with rows of perfect(ish) homemade truffles to give to various loved ones, I...
by Liz Gumbinner | Sep 11, 2018 | Party!, Shopping Finds
I am not a master baker by any stretch. In fact, I’m one of those people who avidly gawks at our Instagram Feed, oohing and ahhing at the made-by-magic dessert creations we discover every day. Well, turns out there are some tricks to the trade, and one of them...
by Caroline Siegrist | Aug 27, 2018 | Shopping Finds
A lot of stuff ends up on our desks at CME HQ and honestly, most of it doesn’t pass muster. But after getting a chance to try the new Click and Grow indoor Smart Garden 9, consider me a new fan! This smart indoor planter system takes all the guesswork —...
by Liz Gumbinner | Aug 14, 2018 | Shopping Finds
There are those times you need to send a thank you that’s a little more than a notecard, but maybe not something quite so massive as a six-tiered gourmet fruit tower. (As much as I love getting those!) And I’m so happy to have stumbled upon this wonderful...