Plus, the best kids books of 2022 (so far!)
We are devastated by the school shooting that happened Tuesday at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas. Here's what you can do right now to help in a small but significant way: 1) Donate to the victims' grieving families through this GoFundMe hub page, and 2) Donate to Everytown for Gun Safety to help stop gun violence. –Cambria, managing editor of Cubby |
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Over the last two years Nicole Taylor has been working on her much anticipated cookbook, Watermelon and Red Birds: A Cookbook for Juneteenth and Black Celebrations. But she's also had a side project of an arguably equal magnitude: renovating her home! When their son, Garvey, was a year old, Nicole and her husband Adrian Franks decided to leave their Brooklyn apartment to go back to Nicole's hometown of Athens, Georgia. There they found a unique mid-century house and worked with designer Naïka Andre of NJA Interiors to design the house with intention. "Our home, our dinner table has always been that space for Black joy, Black celebration," says Nicole. Nicole took Cubby on a tour of her son Garvey's room and shared advice for designing a kids room that's packed with style and meaning! |
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| Is this the world's greatest kids water bottle? After many leaky trials over the years, the Thermos Funtainer straw bottle is the last one standing. It's made of stainless steel, keeps drinks cold, has a covered straw, is easy to take apart and clean completely, and it does not leak if it's snapped tight. So many colors and patterns to choose, too! A win for parents and kids everywhere. |
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| Childhood Memory: Dad & the Accident |
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| Friday afternoon after school always meant driving out to the country with either our mother or our father. While our mother would eventually go other places on the weekends or in summer, my father never would. For him going to the big old house in East Hampton was a dream come true that never got old. He often said, "Why would I want to go anywhere else? It's the most beautiful place in the world." We believed him so much that when we were teenagers and started to visit friends and see other places on our own, I was dumbstruck that there were other places that were different, amazing and totally unknown to me. I remember thinking that maybe I should tell my father that there were other beautiful places in the world - just as beautiful - but then, I thought he might not want to know that, so I never did… |
Maxwell Ryan is a father and was an elementary school teacher in NYC before founding Apartment Therapy. He'd love to answer your question: askmaxwell@cubbyathome.com |
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