Coast 2 Coast Mom

Win A Trip to E3 with Microsoft Xbox 360!

Microsoft is offering a chance to win a trip to E3 this year. Starting today, you can enter the Microsoft GE3K Out Sweepstakes on Facebook to catch all of the thrilling gaming announcements first hand for yourself. I've attended E3 before, and there's always something to text your friends about. ;-) I remember the unveiling of the "project natal" concept at E3 2009, the announcement of the name "Kinect" in 2010...what will be announced this year in 2011? Entering the contest is easy - just "Like" the Microsoft page on Facebook and click on the GE3K Out tab. One winner... Read more →

An Easter Gift For the Whole Family: Win an Xbox 360 with Kinect and Kinectimals

Easter season, Passover celebrations and spring bring to mind the sound of birds chirping and evoke images of flowers, green grass and adorable baby animals ... like the delightful Kinectimals baby animals! The Kinectimals video game for the Xbox 360 with Kinect, allows your whole family - even preschoolers - to play and interact with over 20 virtual baby wild animals like the white tigers, African lions, Iberian lynx and the Kiddo's fave, the Bornean clouded leopard. Here's five of my favorite things about Kinectimals for Xbox 360 with Kinect: It's a video game that requires physical activity. The game... Read more →

GIVEAWAY: Smucker's Stars on Ice at IZOD Center Tickets

It may be only a couple of days into Spring, but the weather here in North Jersey has been cold enough to still bring on some snow and ice after our initial 70 degree warm-up! Well, the ice will heat up next weekend when the Smucker’s Stars on Ice 25th Anniversary Tour comes to the IZOD Center in East Rutherford. Headlining this year will be 2010 Olympic Gold Medalist Evan Lysacek and Olympic Silver Medalist Sasha Cohen. Joining them will be some of today's most well known skating athletes like stellar including Olympic Gold Medalists Jamie Salé & David Pelletier... Read more →

Toyota 100 Cars for Good Submission Deadline Monday

We were watching NBC's Chuck the other night when C2CDad and I looked at each other and laughed at the tongue-in-cheek product placement of the new Toyota Sienna during a stake out. It reminded me that there's less than a week left to enter Toyota's "100 Cars for Good," where 100 nonprofits in the US will receive a Toyota vehicle as voted by the public. I come into contact with so many deserving nonprofits throughout my day-to-day life and I don't always have more time or money to offer them, so I'm happy to share the news that Toyota's giving... Read more →

GIVEAWAY: Thomas & Friends Live! On Stage Prize Pack

There's something about trains that many boys just instictively gravitate toward. Even during my son's most recent play date last week, the kids found the Thomas the Tank Engine set that goes around the Christmas Tree packed up in the basement and proceeded to bring it upstairs and spend the majority of the playdate playing with it. The kiddo's excitement around Thomas the Train is well timed, as Thomas and Friends Live! On Stage will be steaming into town at The Theater at Madison Square Garden this weekend, on March 5th & 6th. The whole gang - Thomas, Percy, Diesel... Read more →

Jeopardy's Man vs. Machine: The IBM Watson Challenge

I think this is so cool. To give you some background, the kiddo and I watch Jeopardy every weeknight we're home. Every. Night. It's really one of very few shows on at 7 p.m. that are kid friendly, unless we go to the kid channels. The Kiddo's such a smartie, that I don't know why I'm surprised anymore when he knows an answer on Jeopardy, and he usually knows at least one every episode. (Yeah. At five. I know. ) The last episode he knew that Mary Poppins was the correct answer on a Broadway category. He usually gets something... Read more →

2011 Doodle 4 Google Contest Is On

I remember chatting with @MorethanMommy last summer about her admiration for the Google logo design team and how cool it would be to work on the logo doodles for your job each day. (A "doodle" being the creative changes made to the Google logo to celebrate different holidays, anniversaries or famous artists or scientists.) You can see all of the Google doodles that have been used at http://www.google.com/logos/, and can even sport one of your favorite Google doodles on a shirt. While my fascination with the design team behind the Google logo doodles is now clearly evident, I'm thrilled that... Read more →

SuperBowl Football Fun With The Kiddo and @Qubee

We've taken the kiddo to several professional and high school football games and watched enough of them on TV that the kiddo "gets" football, but I don't think he really understands the meaning of a "1st down," other than it's what the team gets as they make their way toward their end zone. ;-) Looking ahead to Super Bowl XLV next weekend, former Arizona Cardinal Kurt Warner has helped to launch an app "Kurt Warner's Football 101 for Kids," for the iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch to teach kids the fundamentals of football. It's great timing to help kids understand... Read more →

GIVEAWAY: Win The Hot Holiday Gift Kinect for Xbox 360!

I've pretty well documented my family's love for the new Kinect for Xbox 360 throughout the past year (here and here for instance). I've also found myself talking and sharing the Kinect experience with friends, neighbors and people around town everyday. So if you've been getting excited about it watching the commercials and hearing the news about Kinect for Xbox 360 being sold out of pre-orders and whatnot, I'm geeked about my news. Suffice it to say that if you're bummed that you haven't won one in one of the various contests and giveaway promotions across the web, or haven't... Read more →

Countdown to Kinect Twitter Party! WEDS 6:30 p.m. EST

Woo-hoo! Our household is abuzz with excitement as the countdown to the launch of Kinect for Xbox 360 winds down to midnight Wednesday. It's almost here! Ever since we caught the "project natal" demo from 2009 E3, we've been excited about this fun and seemingly "magical" gaming technology where you control the game by moving your body - no remotes, and no cords. Admittedly, we've been fortunate to have had some sneak peeks at Kinect along the way throughout the past year: last winter and again this past summer and we're thankful for the opportunities. It's been a pleasure working... Read more →