Happy new year! As we dust off the holiday layers of sugar and spice and say hello to 2019, we’re excited to share some of the fun things happening at mutterhood. Today we launched the first issue of our weekly email newsletter, what’s the mutter. Available exclusively to members of …
Families are gathered, Christmas presents exchanged, and now comes the calm before the returns/shopping/vacation storm. This space will be quiet for a bit while we enjoy time with our families, but in January we’ll return with new stories, essays and pictures centered around the idea of home. Thank you for …
If after making your list and checking it twice you suddenly realize Santa’s still a few gifts short, don’t fret. Here’s a list of last-minute gift ideas for when you need a little something extra, or you can’t remember where you hid the kids’ stocking stuffers, or you just found …
We wanted to write about snow, and winter, and then I remembered a poem I’d read recently that stayed with me and it seems like this would be a perfect time to share it with all of you. Ice by Gail Mazur In the warming house, children lace their skates, bending, …
The last week of December is for many of us getaway week, when families pack up the car or hop a flight for the slopes, the beach or a visit with family. In the spirit of the journey, we offer an inflight entertainment guide of sorts to our favorite travel …
Years ago, as I raced to prepare for my first big-girl-in-the-city holiday party, the Christmas tree fell over, shattering ornaments as it landed with a thud. Its resting place? The coffee table, carefully arranged with the festive holiday appetizers and drinks I spent weeks planning, shopping, cooking and fussing over …
Fresh-cut pine. Cinnamon glaze on warm baked ham. Peppermint candy canes. Gingerbread just out of the oven. Hot chocolate and toasted marshmallows. New snowfall. Holiday evergreens. A crackling fire. Wet woolen mittens drying on the radiator. Sugar cookies. Lit candles glowing on a table, lavender and pine scenting the air. …
We’re all about family here at mutterhood, but a little family can go a long way. And while there are always lots of holiday activities to do together, like ice skating, catching a movie, taking a hike or even playing a game of touch football, sometimes all that togetherness can …
A holiday treasure in Chicago was itself a gift to the Art Institute of Chicago. The Thorne Miniature Rooms comprise 68 models of European and American interiors that recreate in exact detail the rooms of our past, from the late 13th century through the 1930s. Built on a scale of …
The Whos down in Whoville enjoyed rare Who roast beast, but that’s not the strangest holiday food we know of. Mutterhood recently paged through a few cookbooks from the late 1950s for holiday favorites that may or may not have stood the test of time. Jell-O molds. Apricot, cherry, orange …