Hi Gorgeouses! WADDDUP!!?? On tap today: SHOCKING (well, nothing shocks us anymore...) HOLLYWOOD RECONCILIATION; freaking Paris again; celebrity preggers news; BEN, Jen and Vi; Sacha Barron Cohen (LOVE!); and, MORE! check it!!! BRITNEY AND KEVIN...TO RECONCILE? According to NW Magazine, Britney … [Read more...]

coke or pepsi? Paris Hilton or Nicky Hilton? the city or the suburbs? sweet or savory? British accent or Irish accent? too hot or too cold? red or white wine? crunchy or creamy peanut butter? pool or ocean? phone or email? myspace or facebook? Jessica Biel or Jessica Alba? spiderman or … [Read more...]

My God! Instead of using cutesy titles for pregnancy books, why don't they just title them 101 Ways You Can F--- Up Pregnancy? Or 101 Things That Can Go Horribly Wrong during Pregnancy? Or 101 Ways to Harm Your Baby, or 101 Things You Can't, under Any Circumstances, Do While Pregnant, or 101 Ways … [Read more...]

I remember when my boys were really small. We had just moved to Calgary. I was a new Mom with no friends, 25 lbs of extra baby weight and a stroller. I walked everywhere with the stroller.  It was my salvation and the thing that kept me sane. I would walk for miles along the river and end up at … [Read more...]

I'll be honest.  Although I was looking forward to the Ottawa Cuisinart Kitchen Party I didn't really expect it to be much different from the last.  What was I thinking?!  Each one of these events has been unique.  You know why?  Because of the people!  I have been … [Read more...]

We played hooky today.  I woke up with that glorious sun shining into my bedroom, and decided that today was going to be all about fun.  I had a few errands to run, but nothing was tremendously urgent.  My son had his usual afternoon Montessori - but it's the last couple weeks of … [Read more...]

Our regular weekly feature urbanmoms.ca Marketplace is an open forum for mom-run businesses to share their amazing stories. This week, Joy's story... My name is Joy. President and founder of Wee-Knees Design Inc., knee pads for infants and toddlers. More importantly, I am Darcy's Mom, our little … [Read more...]

Last Tuesday I got a flyer in the mail advertising a $25/month membership to a local gym. Seemed like a sweet deal to me so I went to check it out on Wednesday; a cold, rainy morning with news stories of floods and no less than four (yes FOUR) people hit by lightning during the massive electrical … [Read more...]

some safe neighborhood i live in. guns! bullets! carjacking! insane. i live in the suburbs. i live in a place where my kids play outside. and in the park. and they walk home from school. the last i heard my kids were in school. in lockdown. but i don't know anything. no one really knows anything. … [Read more...]

Hi Gorgeouses! What a totally GORJ weekend! Do you LOVE it? Here's what's happening: update on Paris; Ellen and Portia; Christina pregnant? Julia preggers pic; Jessica FABULOUS; and, MORE! check it!!! PARIS: "DOING BETTER" AT THE TWIN TOWERS CORRECTIONAL FACILITY, L.A. Apparently, … [Read more...]