Often, the same thing said a bit differently–can change everything! A while back Esti asked the team, “What’s a piece of advice you got when you were young that you still refer back to?” One of the pieces of advice that Shaindy shared sparked a discussion. She told us, “Don’t apologize all the time. Instead of…
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FYI: Your Husband Wants a Happy Wife
Even if you think otherwise some of the time. Once in a while, you experience a paradigm shift. You know, when a new piece of information is introduced and suddenly, you’re seeing a situation, or a person, or life… through an entirely new pair of glasses. Like the time when you were 6 and you…
Our Favorites From Costco – Take Two
Back when we started BCP, we wrote our 8 favorite things to buy in Costco. By now we’ve tested many more items and have a longer list of Costco faves. While some of us prefer to use instacart to do our Costco shopping, we went down every aisle of the store to get pictures for you and to make…
What Are the Best Lightweight, Full-Size, and Double Strollers?
There are lots of ways to get around with your baby. And whether you’re looking for that convenient, compact stroller or that full-sized full-featured comfortable ride, these are the best picks. There’s so many options in the stroller category, it can get very overwhelming. And while there are lots of types and stripes of strollers,…
Echoes of Rabbi Wallerstein’s Words
What I learned from the most memorable of Rabbi Zechariah Wallerstein’s zt”l shiurim. I am nowhere near able to capture or summarize who was Rabbi Wallerstein, what he did, nor even what we learn from him and the scope of what we have lost. I am just compelled to share some notes from my files…
Our Favorite Measuring Spoons And Measuring Cups
We use them so often, why not get a set that we like? Whenever I post about something I am cooking or baking in my kitchen, inevitably someone will ask me for a link to the measuring cups. Or spoons. And I completely understand that. It took me a while to find the perfect set…
Display the Hebrew Date on Your iPhone Calendar and Home Screen
Want to know the Hebrew date at any given time? It’s easy to have it show up right alongside the secular date on your iPhone calendar app. You can keep track of Jewish birthdays and Rosh Chodesh so much more easily when you can see the date on your calendar. And it’s such a simple…
The Colander/Scoop That’s Simply Genius
You’ll wonder what made them take so long to come up with this idea. It’s not another gadget. I give you my word. A few weeks ago, I was storying my dinner prep. I was frying the chicken strips for one of my (many) favorite Dinner Done recipes, the Crispy Chicken on page 112 (it’s only…
Miso Maple Chicken with Shallots
This Miso Maple Chicken is a dish with truly special flavor! Usually, here on Between Carpools, we try to stick to the basic ingredients. We don’t like to send you on a hunt for ingredients and we love when you can make a recipe using ingredients that you already have on hand! So, even though…
The Easiest Way to Seal Invitations
Need to seals lots of invitations? Since no one licks anymore–this is an easy way to seal instead. Some people use water, but with a glue stick, there’s no wet cards, there’s no bubbles. Even though we used the purple glue stick here (it dries clear), but any will do. You can use the bottom of…
