It’s during these weeks before Pesach, when we’re working so hard, that these feelings tend to creep up. How do we deal with it? It’s Pesach again! Ah! The Yom Tov of freedom, when we’re meant to feel like kings and queens, the pinnacle of royalty. Freed from the bondage of Mitzrayim, which the sefarim…
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Ideas for Affordable Hostess Gifts
Want to give your host (or your simcha hostesses) something they’d appreciate? Need more hostess gift ideas? See our Gift Guide. The most popular gift to bring to a hostess over the last few years has been reed room diffusers. I guess everyone figured that they’re an affordable gift, they’re pretty, they smell nice, and…
Can’t Get Out to Grocery? I Explored Amazon Fresh vs. Whole Foods Market
If you never shopped for food on Amazon, here is a quick rundown of my experience and favorites on Amazon Fresh and Amazon’s Whole Foods Market. So it began with me scrolling through Amazon for a product and being redirected to Whole Foods on the Amazon app. I began peeking around and saw a whole…
Small Things That Deepen Your Marriage Connection
These baby steps go a long way in moving your marriage forward. When I was getting married, I knew intuitively that it was going to require ‘work’. A bad marriage has fights, after all, and cold silences, and mis-matched expectations. Who wanted that? A good marriage, conversely, was presumably one in which both parties work…
Give Gifts That Don’t Create Clutter
Want to give your family some nice gifts but don’t want more “stuff” in the house? We have some ideas for clutter-free gifts! Many of us enjoy giving gifts to the people we love – it’s one of the love languages, after all. But many of us also don’t want to have extra clutter around…
One Hack for Keeping Animals Out of the Garbage & Landscaping
Just a sprinkle of cayenne pepper is known to keep the critters away. While extra hot cayenne pepper might be intended for those who like their food extra spicy (still, even if you like spice, you won’t need this quantity unless you’re operating a restaurant with a spicy menu!), it has another use that might…
How to Turn Basic Roses from Beautiful to Breathtaking
Your flowers will be more gorgeous than ever when you learn one simple floral trick. One day, while choosing some flowers at Tali’s Global Flowers, I noticed one of the workers opening up the petals of a rose. While roses are beautiful on their own, once the rose petals were opened they were breathtaking. I…
Tulips: The Flower That Always Looks Right
Tulips might be the easiest flower to arrange in a vase. Here are some tips on how to guarantee you get the most for your money. Tulips have always been up there as one of my favorite flowers, right along anemones and peonies. A bunch of tulips is what I will turn to when I know I …
We Want to Set Our Shavuos Table Just Like These
Tables like this just makes us all happy. Use code BCP15 for 15% off your order at LuxeParty.com! I want to tell you the truth. Every Yom Tov, I wait until I see what Between Carpools comes up with (yes, I even wait to see, even though I get to see it as it’s unfolding!)…
Table Inspiration: Set a Gorgeous Classic Pesach Table
This season, we invited the uber-talented Sina Mizrahi to bring her vision to our Pesach table setting. See what she’s done with Luxe! Use code BCP15 at LuxeParty.com for 15% off your order and stay tuned for more table setting ideas next week! All of us at BCP are completely enamored by all the talent that fits into…