Let's step away from the restaurants + parenting theme for a moment and consider just the parenting part. Specificially, the mom part.

I'm doing a shout-out this morning for One Chic Mama, a new mommy + style blog from my friend Michele. She's recently featured some indulgent and unexpected finds from The Gap, Laura Mercier, and The Body Shop, as well as social and charitable issues every thinking mom should know about.

The woman behind One Chic Mama also designs lovely children's clothes, is an active supporter of other women in business, is raising an awesome three-year-old girl whom Baby A looks up to, and has a second baby on the way. (How's that for a chic mama?) Because our sites launched around the same time, we've had fun learning together and sharing marketing ideas.

So give One Chic Mama a look, now and whenever you need a little mom pick-me-up.