CityMommy.com is coming to Columbus...

...or Columbus/Central Ohio is coming to CityMommy.com! Whichever, Columbus will soon have its own section within this national online community.

One of the most visited aspects of this site is the Directory, and I’d love your suggestions about places in your neighborhood or community you’d like to see included.

Below is a list of the areas along with the types of businesses and services to be listed. Send suggestions (business name, address, phone, web page, etc.) to : mamasbody@gmail.com and put CM Directory in the subject box, and please be sure to note your neighborhood or town.

Thanks, and look for the CityMommy.com/Columbus page soon!

p.s. If your neighborhood isn't on the list or if there's something you'd like to see added to the Directory - let me know!

Neighborhoods/Communities

Bexley

Canal Winchester

Clintonville

Delaware

Dublin

Gahanna

German Village

Grandview Heights

Grove City

Hilliard

Lancaster

Marysville

OSU/Campus

Pickerington

Short North

Upper Arlington

Victorian Village

Westerville

Worthington

Directory Headings:

Alternative Medicine

Amusement Parks

Announcements & Stationery

Baby Gear

Baby Gifts

Bakeries & Desserts

Birthday Parties

Children’s Book Stores

Children’s Dentists

Children’s Furniture/Décor

Children’s Hair Cuts

Children’s Shoe Stores

Classes & Lessons

Cloth Diapers

Counseling & Support

CPR & Safety Classes

Date Night Spots

Exercise & Yoga

Fertility

Food Delivery

Green Parenting

Hospitals

Kid Friendly Restaurants

Kids Clothing

Kids Resale Shops

Libraries

Massage

Maternity Clothes

Midwives, Doulas, Lactation Counselors

Mommy & Me Classes

Mommy Jewelry

Montessori Schools

Museums

Music Instruction

Nannies & Childcare

Parks & Playgrounds

Pediatricians

Photographers

Preschools

Schools

Shopping Centers & Malls

Summer Camps

Toy Stores

Tutoring

Zoos & Animals

Columbus Night Skyline photo by Demand Studios

What I'm Reading

"Skinny Bitch Bun in the Oven - A Gutsy Guide to Becoming One Hot and Healthy Mother!"

by Rory Freedman & Kim Barnouin



What a perfect follow up to "Skinny Bitch in the Kitch," the bestselling it's-not-going-to-happen-unless-you-do-it-so-get-off-your-butt & get-healthy vegan how-to guide.


Freedman and Barnouin are feisty vegans. Their previous professional incarnations were in the modeling world and they have metamorphosed into nutrition experts and best selling authors. Freedman has studied nutrition for 15 years. Barnouin is a mother, and has a Masters of Science in Holistic Nutrition. They could both have PhD's in tough love, sassy straight talk and irreverent humor. Primarily they are all about being healthy and having a healthy pregnancy. My kind of gals!

I'd quote from a page or two here, but their book has the most foreboding copyright warning I've ever encountered! " ...may not be reproduced ...in any form...now known or hereafter invented"! You can go to Amazon, etc. and read clips.

Between the bawdy humor and the straight talking nutritional advice, I'm loving these gals. This is not a touchy, feely "What to Expect..." These gals pull no punches and would probably grab a cigarette out of your mouth and extinguish it in your latte if your baby bump was showing and they passed you on the street. Bottom line - good, accurate, sensible info delivered in a highly readable, laugh out loud manner. Check out their website: skinnybitch.net

p.s. Thanks to candidchatter aka Heidi Reid for the photo