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Autumn Carrot and Sweet Potato Soup
This Autumn Carrot & Sweet Potato Soup combines classic fall ingredients in a savory and sweet, healthy meal. Former chef and mom of two, Jennifer Segal, is the blogger behind Once Upon A Chef and author of a book, also called Once Upon a Chef, full of...
Richmond Pumpkin Patches
There are so many great places in Richmond to not only pick the perfect pumpkin, but also enjoy many other fun fall activites! The list below details all farms within about an hour of downtown Richmond, roughly in order of distance from center or Richmond...
Sunday Prep: Getting the Family Ready for the Week Ahead
As we start to head back into the school season, parents can use all the help they can get during this busy time. Megan Sullivan, the co-founder of The Local Mom's Network, has some helpful tips for parents and caregivers. She recommends sticking to a...
JuJuBe: What to Know About These Stylish & Functional Bags!
As Moms, we need to multitask like it’s our job—because, well, it usually is. And that means we need our clothes and accessories, particularly our bags, to work as hard as we do. That’s why we love JuJuBe products—they get the job done while looking great...
The Local Moms Network Travel Series: Spotlight on Portugal
With so many amazing options of family-friendly locales to visit in Europe, Portugal should certainly be added to your shortlist. The country has amazing natural beauty, the pace is very relaxed, the Portuguese are hospitable. For families, there are...
Meet a Mom: Casey Georgeson of SAINT JANE, an Innovative CBD Beauty Line
When Casey Georgeson founded SAINT JANE, which launched in January 2019, she had a similar goal to The Local Moms Network—helping other women. “SAINT JANE aspires to help women become their best through thoughtfully sourced, performance-driven...
Easy Dinner Hack: Sheet-Pan Recipes
This story is adapted from Fannetastic Food’s guide to Sheet Pan Dinners. Sheet pan dinner recipes are a busy parent’s best friend. Aside from ordering in or heating up a frozen meal (and we’re not knocking those pinch-hitting strategies!), it’s the...
Easy After-School Snack Ideas!
Megan Sullivan, co-founder of The Local Moms Network recently returned to Fox61 to share her family's favorite easy snacks. Here are two they love: Homemade Party Mixes “These are perfect for bringing in the car, throughout the house, etc. My kids are...
Meet a Mom: Good Housekeeping’s Executive Editor, Meaghan Murphy!
This week’s Meet a Mom, Meaghan Murphy, has three kids, lives in Westfield, NJ, and loves her town so much she calls it Bestfield and was named Chief Spirit Officer by the former mayor! She’s also a successful magazine editor, with a more than 20-year...
Rosh Hashanah: An Easy Kugel Recipe
Leah Koenig is a food writer for magazines (The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal,Food52, Epicurious,Departures) and the author of 6 cookbooks, including The Jewish Cookbook - a collection of more than 400 Jewish recipes from around the globe, published by...
9 Books for Mompreneurs: Must-Reads from The Local Moms Network
The over one hundred women that make up The Local Moms Network are a diverse group. The mothers that run our hyperlocal sites across the country have experience in marketing, teaching, law, and more. Now, of course, they are all female...
The Local Moms Network College Admission Special: Part 2
Welcome to Part 2 of our College Admission series! Part 1 looked at exactly how competitive college admission is these days—and why. Plus, whether the industry experts were surprised by the recent bribing scandals (spoiler alert: no). But it’s not all bad...
Christina Geist on Sorry Grownups, You Can’t Go to School!
A few months ago, we spoke to news anchor Willie Geist and his wife Christina about their busy family life with two working parents, their happy marriage, and more. Christina mentioned her upcoming book, Sorry Grownups, You Can’t Go to School!, and now...
Richmond Fall Festival Guide
Richmond has so many great festivals, especially in the fall when leaves are changing and weather is finally cooling down. There's something going on every weekend from now until Thanksgiving so there are plenty of opportunities to get the family outside...
The Local Moms Network College Admission Special: Part 1
Whether your kid is entering preschool or his senior year this September, we’ve all heard about the massive college admissions scandal, where wealthy parents (including celebrities like Lori Loughlin and Felicity Huffman) paid to bribe coaches, forge...
Donte Palmer: From Changing Tables to Changing Fatherhood
Donte Palmer is a dad changing what it means to be a father—one changing table at a time. His amazing journey began in October of last year, when he found himself in a men’s room without a changing table to use to change his son’s diaper. Like he had done...
Meet the Mom Behind Beach Cities Moms
Before Chelsea Thornton decided to bring The Local Moms Network to South Orange County, she worked as a financial software trainer. The mom to three—her son is 9 and she has two daughters, 8 and 6—says that she began realizing her southern...
Vegan & Gluten-Free Berry Basil Rhubarb Crisp
If you loved the recent basil recipe roundup from Megan Sullivan of The Local Moms Network, here is one more for your list—this time paired with another favorite summer garden/farmer’s market ingredient, rhubarb! Not only is this crisp a delicious...
Vacation Sleep Tips
It’s family vacay season, and while making memories is fun, the sleep disruptions that kids (and as a result, parents) encounter while away are not as enjoyable. We spoke to Craig Canapari, MD, a Yale Medicine pediatric sleep expert and author of It's...
How I Practice Self-Care: New Ideas from The Local Moms Network
We’ve all heard that taking care of yourself as a mom—aka self-care—is important. You can’t pour from an empty cup…you have to put your oxygen mask on first…etc., etc. The thing is, this is so much easier said than done. It’s almost as if when you give...