Jill Amery, Author at Urban Mommies

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Jill Amery

Jill Amery is a mom of 2 small boys and the Publisher of UrbanMommies, a stylish digital lifestyle magazine filled with fitness, style, health, recipes and savvy mom advice to help you through pregnancy, birth, and raising your kids.

Visiting Schools with the Sandals Foundation

charity, FAM, International, ROAM By Jill Amery November 22, 2016 1 Comment

Even after visiting many schools in Liberia for Right to Play, I wasn’t prepared for what I would see when I did a similar outing in Jamaica. Maybe because Africa is farther. Maybe I equate the Caribbean with vacations. You see photos of soft beaches, tropical drinks and killer sunsets and think everyone must live a resort lifestyle. Whatever the excuse, it’s embarrassing that I’ve been so blasé and undereducated.

2016 Holiday Gift Guide

GEAR, toys By Jill Amery November 22, 2016 1 Comment

It’s here! We have now released our 2016 holiday gift guide in order to give you our curated ideas for each member of your precious family. It took a lot of hours and much crowd-sourcing (and we loved every minute). This year we have 16 guides and a little something for everyone. Feel free to click through at the bottom of each section, as every guide will appear there so you can pick and choose what you’d like to see. We wish you the merriest of Christmases, the happiest of Hanukkahs and the best Kwanzaa ever. Have a peaceful, joyful season and make every memory with your kids count. xx

Stuff for Geeks so Geeky they Think Belt Buckle Collections are Passe

LIVE, play By Jill Amery November 22, 2016 2 Comments

It’s important to be able to get your geek on sometimes, and those of us who have loved ones in the mode – only a few gifts are special enough to suffice!

Grandparent Gifts that will Make them Cry so Hard they Need to Stuff more Tissues up their Sleeves

GEAR, home, tech By Jill Amery November 22, 2016 2 Comments

I’ve always found grandparent gifts really hard to choose. They love sentimental, heartfelt items, but often your family photos are buried on hard disks and you’re not quite organized enough to find that great art piece that was painted last year. Hopefully these grandparent gift ideas strike a chord!

Hostess Treats They Won’t Regift

GEAR, home By Jill Amery November 22, 2016 1 Comment

Hostess gifts over the holidays are usually so kitchy. Flowers are a bit of a pain for a busy hostess, and the last thing you want to do is give more flamboyant holiday ‘stuff’ they have to put into storage every years. Here are a few hostess gifts that will stick.

Gifts for Lumbersexual Guys

fitness, GEAR, style By Jill Amery November 22, 2016 6 Comments

Wikipedia states that “A lumbersexual or urban lumberjack is a man who has adopted style traits typical of a traditional lumberjack, namely a beard, plaid shirt, and scruffy hair, substituting otherwise clean-cut and fashionable style choices. Do we ever have some lumbersexual gift ideas for the ones in your life.

Gifts for babies so cool they look like Bono is their uncle

baby, FAM, GEAR, toys By Jill Amery November 22, 2016 8 Comments

These hip baby gifts will not only make the kid look cool, but mom and dad will seem like rockstars who are oh so cool and collected. Even if they are not. Because, well… baby.

Gifts for People you think are too Rich to Need Anything Else

GEAR, home By Jill Amery November 22, 2016 5 Comments

Everyone has the person in life that seems like they already have everything. Before getting all judgy and resentful (everyone has challenges, remember), here are a few fun ideas for people who are hard to buy for.

Non-Dreidel Hanukkah Gifts

GEAR, home By Jill Amery November 22, 2016 2 Comments

Hanukkah season is upon us, and as usual, it feels like you have to ‘dig deep’ to get past all of the Christmas in order to find the blue and white. That said, we were able to source out some fun Hanukkah gifts – feel free to add your own ideas too!!

Gifts for Crafty Kids who are Already Selling Creations Online

grow, LIVE By Jill Amery November 22, 2016 4 Comments

Those kids – you know the ones. No – not the ones who already know how to program a computer at age 4, but the ones who could redecorate your house with Pinterest-perfect fluency over a long weekend. If you have crafty, talented kids in your midst, you’ll want to check out our gifts for crafty kids.

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