by Kate Etue | Life and Home
My thirteen-year-old is keenly focused on our family being more environmentally conscious, which I’m all about. Currently, the recyclables in my kitchen are balancing precariously on a tall black kitchen trash can stuck in the corner of my kitchen. At least, I...
by Christina Refford | Best Apps, Life and Home
Who else is thinking about gardening this spring? Along with our own Liz and Kristen who recently hosted the We Time Project and took a food gardening course (yay!), it seems like everyone is ready to put down the sourdough starter and get their hands really dirty....
by Caroline Siegrist | Holiday Tech Gifts, Life and Home
The pandemic has ushered in a whole new cooking renaissance for lots of us, so I’ve been on the lookout for new gadgets for all you budding gourmets out there. Or anyone who just wants these gadgets to make cooking thee meals a day, every day a little more...
by Caroline Siegrist | Life and Home
Calling all Mandalorian fans! We’ve found a new Amazon Echo that’s worth its weight in Beskar steel: this baby Yoda clock stand Echo Dot! The stand lets your Echo Dot serve as a clock while also channeling our favorite silent-but-deadly alien, and I think...
by Caroline Siegrist | Life and Home
Remote learning has enough obstacles without also having spotty internet. So I’ve been researching the best ways to make home WiFi faster and more consistent throughout the household (yes, even in that closet where I hide to watch Indian Matchmaking on Netflix)....
by Caroline Siegrist | Fitness + Health, Life and Home
Let’s talk HEPA air purifiers and the coronavirus. I’ve started to hear some noise about how these appliances might help prevent the spread of the coronavirus, so I’ve been reading up to see if buying one is worth the money. The TL;DR version?...
by Caroline Siegrist | Entertainment, Life and Home
Anyone else missing trips to your local movie theater? I know I am, which is why I’ve been researching the best home projectors for backyard movie nights, which seem to be the closest we’re going to get to sitting in a theater anytime soon. Keep in mind...
by Liz Gumbinner | Holiday Tech Gifts, Gear + Hardware, Holiday Picks, Life and Home
There are some folks on our lists who love tech gifts, but prefer the more practical tech gifts to the gaming systems or the entertainment consoles. Or hey, maybe they love both but just have some specific needs this year. If that’s the case, I’ve got you...
by Liz Gumbinner | Life and Home
Sometimes I discover a new company at a tech press event that I’m so excited about, I run right over here to tell you about it. And sometimes, that product is so perfect that I first make a quick stop at the company website to buy one for myself. That’s...
by Caroline Siegrist | Gear + Hardware, Babies, Life and Home
Attention, new parents! We’ve found one of the coolest new high-tech baby products: the Nanit Breathing Wear that monitors baby’s breathing for you by “reading” ink patterns on the swaddle or breathing band. We’ve been fans of the Nanit...
by Kristen Chase | Life and Home
At this point in our digital lives, power strips are just part of our decor, at least at my house anyway. I’ve got at least one in pretty much every single room of my house. But, let’s be honest here: they’re ugly. That’s why I did a double...
by Kate Etue | Life and Home
Gamer alert: your kids can now play Minecraft all night long—in their dreams—with the new Minecraft x Pottery Barn Kids collection that just launched. This is your chance to be the coolest mom ever, and we think if you have a Minecraft-obsessed kid (hands raised) then...