Parents often get overwhelmed when traveling with children: how can they organize everything, have it accessible and keep the kids happy in the process? Briggs & Riley has the solution: the Family Backpack from its signature Baseline collection. Until now, storing diapers, toys, snacks, and cameras all in one place has been somewhat difficult. Not anymore! The Briggs and Riley Family Backpack contains perfectly sized compartments that makes carrying children's essentials a dream come true - no more spilled juice, wrinkled outfits or lack of spare diapers!

The features of the Baseline Family Backpack include: read more »

You've got your new large-screen HDTV set up, and you have plenty of your favorite DVDs waiting to be viewed. Now all you need is the right sound. When you sit down to watch a movie -- or live music concert -- in your own home theater, you want to feel as though you're in a real movie theater. The audio is just as important as the picture quality, which means you should take great care in shopping for the right receiver and speaker pieces. As you shop for audio components for your home theater, first check out "HDTV – A beginner's guide." Then, consider the following points:

The AV receiver
Most average home theater users don’t need to buy separate tuners and amplifiers for the different channels. The easiest and perhaps most cost-effective way to get several pieces all in one package is to go with an audio/video receiver, which lets you plug in most, if not all, of the pieces in your system, including your television. read more »

If you have been waiting around for a reason to take a family vacation, consider this a sign. The Hilton Los Cabos Beach & Golf Resort is offering a Family Fun Promotion great for parents and kids. The promotion spans from June 29th to October 19th 2008. The hotel promises a fun-filled family vacation from the very start with a “Welcome Cabo Cooler” and surprises for the children, daily “Vacation Station” activities, family Drive-in movie, and Mexican cooking classes twice a week. Other relaxing offers include a 10-minute kids spa treatment discounted with a purchase of a 50-minute treatment and 10-minute pool side massages. Guests can also enjoy complimentary use of the Hilton shuttle and wireless Internet access. The starting rate for the duration of this promotion is $229 a night, including tax. read more »

Do you often sit in rush hour traffic, engine idling, going nowhere fast? Is your commute taking longer than it used to because of all the other cars on the road? America's urban commuters now waste an entire workweek each year -- some 38 hours -- stuck in traffic, according to a traffic study released late last year by Texas A&M University's Texas Traffic Institute.

Not only is that wasted time you could have spent doing something constructive, it's a major problem for the health of our planet. Idling car engines are a significant contributor to the greenhouse emissions leading to global warming which has become, in the last 15 years or so, a major issue of international proportions. But there are steps commuters can -- and should take -- to reduce their impact on the environment. read more »