So, that's right times are a changing which to me means everything changes. If you don't change and evolve and adapt as a company you get left in the dust. So I guess one of my challenges was to find out just how much fast food restaurants are trying to change to accommodate the everyday person and … [Read more...]

We get lots of free stuff at urbanmoms.ca from companies hoping we will try their product and write about it. And sometimes we do. This is where Jen from Trend Watch gets a lot of her ideas and occasionally a product will resonate with another blogger and they will write about it on their blog. But … [Read more...]

Over the past months, the other four McMoms and I have really had a chance to bond. My experiences and this adventure have been enriched because of each of these amazing women.  We may come from different geographical regions, have different careers and have children of different ages but we … [Read more...]

This season we're seeing lots of new shapes and textures in everything from footwear to outerwear. It's quite a change, and if you're not sure how these items will integrate into your winter wardrobe, read on. First, the high-heeled bootie.  Don't be intimidated, these babies are quite … [Read more...]

It's been all over the news lately: stories about H1N1 influenza. Whether it's criticism of the government's poor roll-out of H1N1 vaccination programs to tragic stories of young lives lost, everyone, it seems, is very afraid of this bug.And while I'm no doctor, I am a mother with a lot of … [Read more...]

Kirstie Alley did it, Oprah did it, even Marie Osmond did it. I'm talking about the celebrity weight-loss sellout. Oprah lost, gained, and re-lost her weight, before coming to what seems to be a manageable truce. And poor Kirstie Alley is still making large (really large) headlines with her weight … [Read more...]

We all know that the life of a mama is a hectic one -- throw a holiday season into the mix and life can become downright insane. December often blurs into a marathon of office functions, school concerts, holiday recitals, parties, decorating, baking, shopping, entertaining and feeding people. In my … [Read more...]

So here it is. I may be one of the few people in the entire free world who was never a fan of Michael Jackson. When the entire world went into paroxysms of shock and grief at his death, my own reaction was pretty flat. Sure, I was surprised: the man was only 50 years old, after all. On the other … [Read more...]