by leeroseemery on September 1, 2010
This photo looks just like me in the morning as I get my kids ready for school. Okay, it doesn’t, but how great if it did! I have always loved Cynthia Rowley’s designs as they feel to me like a funky twist on the classics. Now I know Cynthia Rowley’s great style is matched by her generous heart as she is having a “truck show” in Silver Lake at Dangerbird Records tomorrow to benefit the Pablove Foundation. 20 % of all proceeds go to support their cause.
I have blogged about Pablove before, as it is a cause close to my heart. Pablo was preschool classmate of my children in Los Angeles. His family’s journey, through a harrowing year of cancer treatment for their six-year-old son, Pablo, who ultimately did not survive, was heart wrenchingly chronicled by Pablo’s father Jeff on his blog, Pablog.com. The mission of The Pablove Foundation is to fund pediatric cancer research and advances in treatment, educate and empower cancer families, and improve the quality of life for children living with cancer through hospital play, music and arts programs. Knowing Pablo’s family and following their journey has had a profound impact on me and so many other families in Los Angeles. Having childhood cancer strike “so close to home” reminded us, and continues to remind us to keep our lives in perspective and continually count our blessings. Pablo’s death will never be right or make sense, but promoting a local foundation that helps families who have been struck with pediatric cancer is something that, in this case, is very easy to do.
Stop by the Cynthia Rowley “truck show” Sale tomorrow and pick up a few fabulous things for you and support a great cause.
THE SALE IS Thursday, September 2nd,
AT 3801 Sunset Blvd. at Dangerbird Records from 11-4pm. See you there!
by leeroseemery on August 30, 2010
Here’s a great tip for you moms to be: Fierce Mamas, a chic maternity line created by Project Runway designer Christian Siriano, is teaming up for a one day sale today with Ideeli.com. Fierce Mama’s sale prices are great, this dress pictured is $35.00. You save up to 60% off retail price. My maternity days are long gone.( My baby actually starts Kindergarten tomorrow, sniff…sniff… ) But for my pregnant LACityMom readers, you must have at least a few chic items that are:
1) NOT hand me downs from your mama friends, or
2) NOT husband’s shirts.
Click here to check out the sale. The dresses look adorable.
by leeroseemery on August 29, 2010
Shoe shopping is one of my least favorite shopping trips for the kids, and their shoes, that is. I’m no Carrie Bradshaw, but for me shopping for shoes is great fun, but I digress…My kids need good old-fashioned sneakers; nothing with an open toe, nothing with an open back. After a summer of being bare footed or running around in crocs, shoe shopping can be…well, let’s just say, a “challenge.” So this year, I opted for sheer convenience and bypassed even my favorite LA shoe stores. (I love Wee Soles in Silver Lake, and Nordstrom’s at the Grove.) This year I just clicked on to Zappos.com. Now if you haven’t heard of Zappos well, frankly I feel sad for you. Yet, I also am sure that you will be so thrilled once you try Zappos, you will be forever grateful to me, and LACityMom for enlightening you. Zappos is the best on line shoe store there is. Here’s why, “On line shoe store, you think, no thanks, I want to try on my shoes.” Well, here’s the thing: at Zappos they have FREE SHIPPING and FREE RETURNS! Also they have a nifty VIP program where, after you have bought one pair of shoes from them, which, believe me, is very easy to do, you get FREE OVERNIGHT SHIPPING as well as FREE RETURNS. So if I am not sure weather my son is a 9 or a 10, or if he wants the light up shoes or the orange stripped ones, I buy both colors and both sizes. The shoes arrive the next day. My son tries them on, and I send back the pairs that don’t fit. Easy. No driving to the shoe store, no melt down at the Grove, and everyone is happy. Zappos.com also has a terrific selection of shoes for you, because, after all, it shouldn’t always be all about the kids looking good.
This photo looks just like me in the morning as I get my kids ready for school. Okay, it doesn’t, but how great if it did! I have always loved Cynthia Rowley’s designs as they feel to me like a funky twist on the classics. Now I know Cynthia Rowley’s great style is matched by her generous heart as she is having a “truck show” in Silver Lake at Dangerbird Records tomorrow to benefit the Pablove Foundation. 20 % of all proceeds go to support their cause.
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