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In a world where SURI CRUISE wears $300 shoes and the JENNIFER LOPEZ twins are wrapped in FUR baby blankets it's hard to feel good about my little guy in an OLD NAVY T-shirt and TARGET khaki shorts....

  So I head to H&M kids ( franklin mills mall) .   They have little skull t-shirts... cute argyle vests for $14.99 that look like the pricey JCREW style sweater vests and jeans galore.  I also head to all of the TJMAXX, MARSHALLS "type" stores because I've found TOMMY HILFILGER, RALPH LAUREN and more for cheap cheap cheap ! 

  When I have the little man in an argyle vest and skinny dark jeans he looks like the son of a rockstar.... and I feel like one too!

 ( even if I am in an OLD NAVY  t-shirt and TARGET shorts myself heeheehee)

HOW DO YOU MAKE YOUR KIDDOS LOOK SPECIAL? I'D LOVE HEAR YOUR SECRETS !  

I would like to welcome all of you MOMS to our first official MOM SQUAD BLOG.  We are launching a new segment on Friday... the Mom Squad.  We want young moms, moms who are young at heart, suburban moms and city moms to join our segments on Good Day and here on WWW.MYFOXPHILLY.COM.  We'll talk everything from back-to-school fashion to inexpensive wine to ....well, hair products that promise to tame the summer frizzies! Our Mom Squad team (you) will also get regular tips and insider advice from experts ... and fellow moms.  Blog with us - send us your story ideas and family pictures - we want to know who you are and what you are about !!

Friday's segment is all about the hair.  Our Moms are Steffanie .. 3 kids .. works fulltime for a PAZZO... a shoe wholesaler.. still she finds time to stay fabulous.  Katye also has 3 kids and new store in Haverford called KATYEK BOUTIQUE.   They will undergo a DRAMATIC hair transformation at the hands of Harry Josh..a hair guru who has worked with everyone from Gisele to Hillary Swank. 

These are some tips from Harry Josh.. a paid spokesperson for JOHN FRIDA HAIR PRODUCTS

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Run a dime size amount of John Frieda Frizz-Ease Original Formula Serum through hair while in the shower after you shampoo and condition to give hair shine but keep it from getting greasy

• For gorgeous curls, twist sections of your hair with your fingers while blow drying and then use a 1"-barrel curling iron and curl small sections in ringlets all around the head.
• Apply a bit of dry shampoo or baby powder to your roots to soak up grease
• When using a curling iron, pin each piece of hair into a twist after you curl it and let it stay for 5-10 min, then shake it out.
• To give bed head some volume, take top sections of hair, spray with John Frieda Luxurious Volume Lavish Lift Root Booster and roll with Velcro rollers. Leave them in for 5 minutes.
• After showering, tie hair into a loose bun for bed to wake up with gorgeous natural waves.
• For intensely damaged and dry hair, try applying John Frieda Frizz-Ease Overnight Style Sealant Cream before bed to ends of hair.
• When doing an up-do, spray a toothbrush with a light hairspray like John Frieda Sheer Blonde Crystal Clear Hairspray and comb down fly aways.
• To define curls, spray curly hair with John Frieda Frizz-Ease Dream Curls Spray and then blow dry with a diffuser.
• For extra fullness, blow dry hair upside down, then use a brush on the roots once it’s dry.
• Comb tangles out of your hair before you wash it so the tangles won’t worsen and it will wash easily.
• For ultra sleek bangs, blow dry with a paddle brush then wrap around a Velcro roller and leave in while you do your makeup.
• For added shine when you don’t have time or money to go to a salon, use John Frieda Luminous Color Glaze Clear Shine in the shower once a week.

 see ya friday !!!  7-9 am !!! GOOO MOM SQUAD !!!

So today on GDP we had the Chef from Barclay Prime James LoCasio and he delivered some great tips for summer grilling.

- never put cold meat on a hot grill

- don't let the kids even see you turn on the grill... the Chef says they might want to play with it when you are not paying attention  DANGEROUS

- the Chef advised AGAINST pulling the lid down.  he says it will shorten your cooking time so incredibly that you are bound to burn anything you are cooking

- and finally... here's a DO.  he says DO take anything and everything out of your garden .. mint parsley.. all the herbs you can find and use them for a marinade.  and then take the marinade off the meat / fish / chicken etc so that you don't create flames you can't control.

HAPPY GRILLING... FEEL FREE TO SEND IN YOUR TIPS / TRICKS !!

I don't usually promote other websites but here goes http://shine.yahoo.com/ is a GREAT WEBSITE FOR GIRLS.

Some guy at work told me Kerri Lee already covered this site ... check it out !!

So.. we are starting a new segment this week. FIREHOUSE FRIDAYS.   How can you help ??? We want your suggestions for the BEST FIREHOUSES in the region.... yes Jersey, Delaware and the PA Counties.. Philly too!

And speaking of suggestions... remember our MYFOXPHILLY.COM Hot List???

Well... it's time for the SHORE EDITION.  Where do you eat pizza? Who has the best mani/pedi.. the best post beach happy hour... how abour your favorite place to buy a cute tank top???   Send your ideas into the HOT LIST PAGE.

Make them REALLY good.. and I'll see you there ON LOCATION - LIVE - ON GDP!

See ya soon... let's get some suggestions in peeps!!   

So.. I am telling you about this store against my best instincts.  It's called KATYE K .. it's in Haverford, PA .. it's new ... and it's AWESOME !!  The chick is from NYC so her stuff has all of these great stories.  Plus, the owner is a stylst so she has all of the things you'LL need pull off the look.. bra inserts .. etc.   BOTTOM LINE this shop is awesome because it has everything you need .. and everything that the other stores fail to stock.  It's like the best of KITSON and the groovy stuff from BARNEY'S without the attitude.

- the sweatshirt you need.. the one you'll actually wear out and about

- the beach cover-up that you WILL wear from the pool to the posh post pool party

- the bag all of your friends will covet  ( no, it's not a marc jacobs.. cuter / less expensive)

- the baby gift that the girl's will love - the one the mommy will adore - LOVE IT !!

  Wrap all of it up with a glass of wine and shop owner who will help.. not push.  I'm sure this place will be sooo crazy soon.  Just remember where you heard about it first.

 www.katyek.com

So .. we've all gone through the drill..

you need a car - you are NOT  millionaire - so - you are looking for a deal

On Friday'S Good Day Philadelphia we will travel to WEST GERMAN BMW and talk to the sales mgr. there.. Jonathon Goldberg.  "JG" as I refer to him is PROMISING  to give us the real deal when it comes to car buying.  Here's a tease..

DO go the dealer at the beginning of the month.. sales people are bored.. you'll get more attention.  MOST PEOPLE THINK THE END OF THE MONTH IS BETTER..not so..

DO  ask about the 'money factor' in the lease.. apparently many details ARE NOT disclosed in Lease paperwork.. you have to ask. I'LL ASK HIM LIVE ON T-V.

DO NOT  buy a car without watching our GDP segments. 7:10 7:45 and 8:45 am FRIDAY

This morning on GDay Philadelphia we featured some basic and some crazy ways to save a wet cellphone. A new survey from ENGLAND estimates that 880,000 cell phones there are destroyed annually when they are accidentally tossed into a toliet.  Some of the suggestions for salvaging a 'cellie' are putting it into a bag of dry rice ( the rice apparently absorbs the water) or placing the phone on your dashboard of our car.  Apparently the dash gives off a low amount of heat and dries it out safely.

We will give you an update on which of the tricks worked tommorrow.  I have been hearing from some of you... and here are a couple of the emails.   Thanks for watching!! I'm looking forward to hearing more from our viewers.

FROM AMANDA:      3 years ago I was bathing my daughter in the tub (shhh don't tell her I told you) and my cell phone was in my front pocket. When I leaned over the tub out it fell. Oops. Well this was not the first time this happened and I laughed when I saw your news cast saying to put it in the fridge...only it's not the fridge...it's actually the freezer. I have since dropped 2 other cell phones in water since and all three times it worked like a charm!

FROM CHARLES:   Please stop giving people false hope.. As a wireless employee i know for a fact that all the little tricks that are posted on certain websites are not true.  The customers phone may work for a while, but eventually the phone will start to have problems, keypad not working, screen goes in and out.  The is the start of the corrision process; our techs actually open up the phones to check for corrision on the motherboard and charging ports.  So even if the customer tries to protect the white sticker on the inside of the phone, techs will still know that the phone has been hit with some type of liquid. 

SO.. THIS MORNING WE'RE TALKING ABOUT CLEAN PUBLIC RESTROOMS.  

MANY MOMS TALK ABOUT THIS ALL THE TIME... MOMS ALSO WANT TO KNOW IF YOU HAVE TO BUY SOMETHING INSIDE THAT PUBLIC PLACE.   FYI.. HOTEL LOBBYS ARE ALWAYS MY CHOICE WHEN I'M TRAVELING WITH THE KIDDO.

SO, NOW, ON TO THE STORY... THERE IS A NEW WEBSITE THAT WILL LEAD TO A REVIEW OF A PRISTINE POTTY.   JUST PLUG IN AN ADDRESS.   YOU CAN ALSO ACCESS IT ON YOUR PHONE... IT'S DESIGNED TO BE TOOL YOU CAN USE WHEN YOU ARE OUT AND ABOUT.  BUT, AGAIN,  IF YOU ARE TRAVELING INTO A CITY .. PHILLY, NY , ETC., AND YOU KNOW THE ADDRESS OF THE SPOT YOU ARE GOING TO AHEAD OF TIME... TYPE IT IN .. AND YOU'LL GET SOME POTTY SUGGESTIONS.

GOOD LUCK !!

WWW.MIZPEE.COM

P.S. WHERE DO YOU "GO" HERE IN THE PHILADELPHIA AREA?  

So.. here's AN EASY way to get healthy...

PUT A LIVE PLANT IN YOUR WORKSPACE.  No.. really.. the 'experts' say it can prevent stress and headaches and even reduce your coughing.

Tuesday on Goodday we're 'making over' some the desks of our ANCHOR STARS... We'll also have tips on how to keep those plants alive. 

While we're at it.. how about a list of 'GREENEST" COUNTRIES.. ?  The places that are good to the envirnment.  NEWSWEEK delivers the epi indexs...that's the envirnmental performance index.   And .. sad to say.. the US is not even in the TOP 10. (see below)

So... we'll do our best to get healthier.. TUESDAY ON GDP... see you then.

1 Switzerland 95.5
2 Sweden 93.1
3 Norway 93.1
4 Finland 91.4
5 Costa Rica 90.5
6 Austria 89.4
7 New Zealand 88.9
8 Latvia 88.8
9 Colombia 88.3
10 France 87.8

Hi Ladies... so this is a segment for all the MOMS out there.  My producer pitched the segment and we are going for it .. Thursday morning on GDP!

The idea is that there are times when a MOM needs to take a break.. ya know.. take five. A MOM in Bala Cynwyd has turned her home into a DAY CAMP FOR MOMMIES.  She wants you there 4 days a week for five hours a day.  The cost if $105 a day .. for five hours.  She hosts cooking classes.. yoga classes and other seminars.  She'll have ya for just an hour if that is all you can spare... the cost is much less.  

Our segments on Thursday will be 645 am 745 am and 845 am. 

Check it out.. find some of the links below. 

 And.. of course.. have fun watching IDOL  tonight!!

See ya on TV 

WWW.LETSTAKEFIVE.COM

WWW.VARSITYFITNESSCLUB.COM

 WWW.DANAHOTYOGA.COM

WWW.MPDDINING.COM

Hi gang ... as I write this the January bulge around my aging tummy is growing.  ( attractive I know) So.. as part of our LOOK GREAT IN 08 series.. we're headed to Celebrity Body Wraps in MEDIA, PA.

Tune in Thursday 1/17/08 at 6:45 am / 7:45 am and 8:45 am to see if the wrap works. We'll begin a wrap at 6:45... give you the update at 7:45.  Additionally, Dr. Mike is joining us for that 6:45 segment... should be fun.

And.. of course.. GO JOEY GO !!   JOEY CATALANO (one of the winners of our GDP contest) has made it to Hollywood... American Idol Style.   GO JOEY GO !! 

First of all I have to send some GET WELL wishes to Sheinelle.. she's been out with voice problems and we all miss her terribly ( I know you do too...)

Second... let's talk about those New Year's Resolutions.  I ate way too much beginning in October and now I have NOTHING to wear... how did you do?   Well, if you need some inspiration , stay tuned.    We're trying to get all of our GOODDAY experts to give us their secrets... it's a series of segments called LOOK GREAT IN '08.

Secret number one... eat less and exercise more.   Don't like that one?  Tommorrow on Goodday we have the editor of MEN'S HEALTH MAGAZINE coming on to tell us the TOP FIVE worst foods to eat.  It may not be the key to a Heidi Klum - type figure.. but.. it's a start.  

Oh.. we miss Steve Keeley too (yeah right ha ha ha) he's on vacation this week.

See you tommorrow... feel free to give me your secrets... you all look so trim out there! 

 We have all heard about the benefits of wine so..  how about finding some cheap wines that taste GOOD...?

Below please find our expert's list of five wines that are fabulous for the price.  Our expert (Ryan) owns the new restaurant 707 CHESNUT.. check it out. 

The address ? 707 CHESNUT

2004 Schramsberg Brut Rose Estimated Retail $34

2004 Herman Story, Grenache, Larner Vineyard Estimated retail $31.

2006 Domaine de la Janasse, Cotes du Rhone Blanc Estimated Retail $17

And... if YOU have some suggestions.. lemme know.

Another great tip?  Paul at total wine in New Castle DE is the guy to trust if you want a good "gulper" as he calls it.. or a nice " impress the family" type wine.  He helps me everytime I'm in there ( and I've got a 2 year old in the cart yikes) I'll tell him my price and what I liked before and he's delivers everytime. 

Cant get to DE?  Head to www.classicwines.com .. you can get some help there and if you liked a wine at a restaurant and can't find it.. www.winesearcher.com.. is like GOOGLE or YAHOO or wine drinkers.... Have a good one.. and wine - it - up responsibly !!