Where Apple, Moses and Your Kids Like to Eat

Madeline Holler — Fri, 01 May 2009 19:01:00 GMT

Eating out with kids isn't always easy, even when you're Gwyneth Paltrow (though, come on, it has to be easier, right?). Either the restaurant you like doesn't like your kids, or the menu doesn't have any realistic options for your picky offspring.

Paltrow addresses the matter of kid-friendly yet adult-palate-satisfying restaurants in this week's issue of her online newsletter "GOOP." (If you don't yet get GOOP, you should. It only costs you bandwidth and you sometimes get little gems, such as this one, where she discusses her once "frenemy" who we all know is Winona Ryder.)

GOOP consists of a lot of lists, and this week's is no exception. She put together a guide of kid-friendly/Gwyneth-approved restaurants in Manhattan, Los Angeles, Chicago and London. What? You're nowhere near Manhattan, Los Angeles, Chicago or London? That's where you come in.

We've got readers from all over -- U.S., Canada, Australia, Japan, etc., etc. Here's your chance to give a shout-out to the restaurant you really, really like and where you can also bring your kid without (1) being made to feel bad and (2) having the nightly food battle. In other words, some place they like too. Maybe you'll drum up extra biz and ensure you're favorite family dining spot won't go out of business. We're looking for non-national chain (if possible), delicious, maybe even healthful.

I'll start. I live in Long Beach, Calif., and while, technically, it's in the same county as Gwyneth's Los Angeles picks, I'm not hauling the kids to Santa Monica to go out to eat. But I'll keep her recommendations in mind if I'm ever tempted to do so.

In the meantime, we love going to La Parolaccia, which turns out is a mini-chain in the area. The food is delicious, they don't glare at you when you show up with kids and they even have a high-chair. Oh, and a bread basket with some kind of tapenade that must include heroin as a main ingredient because it's highly addictive and they keep refilling it even though they probably shouldn't. And for Mexican, we go to the Los Compadres on Anaheim St.. Not only is the food good and authentic, they send the waitresses over to take turns telling you how cute your baby is and then pass him around until everyone has had a chance to guess how much he weighs.

Your turn. Where do you take the kids in Minneapolis? Des Moines? Perth? Guelph? Arlington?

Happy Meals at Haughty Places?

Photo: GOOP.com

Hollywood’s Cutest Kids? Life & Style Pick Their Winners

SunnyChanel — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 02:05:00 GMT

Hollywood’s Cutest Kids? Life & Style Pick Their Winners

Do you live in Hollywood? Well if you do, I’m sorry if your kid wasn’t picked as one of Hollywood’s Cutest Kids. US Weekly wannabe, Life & Style Weekly Magazine, is a fickle mistress. If the spawn didn’t come from superstars (and generally a set of them), well it looks like they aren’t deemed “cute” enough to win this popularity contest. Who needs to wait until high school to be pigeon holed and have their personality branded? let’s do it before they even start preschool. So, who won for each “category”? Click thru to find out:

The Fashionista: Our one and only Suri Cruise of course! (who got her own two page spread and also is the fodder of my Suri Watch in Droolicious) (Parents: Katie Holmes and Tom Cruise)

The Globe Trotters: Shiloh and Zahara Pitt (Parents: Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie)

The Drama Queen: Coco Arquette (Parents; Courteney Cox and David Arquette)

The Clotheshorse: Apple Martin (Parents: Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin)

The Little Artist: Matilda Ledger (Parents: Michelle Williams and Heath Ledger)

The Accesssorizer: Valentina Pinault (Parents: Salma Hayek and Francois-henri Pinault

The Happy Camper: Violet Affleck (Parents: Jennifer Garner and Ben Affleck)

The Future Rocker: Kingston Rossdale (Parents: Gwen Stefani and Gavin Rossdale)

The Best Bros: Jayden and Sean Federline (Parents: Britney Spears and Kevin Federline)

The Hippie Kid: Ryder Robinson (Parents: Kate Hudson and Chris Robinson)

The Daredevil: Maddox Jolie-Pitt (Parents: Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie)

The Mama’s Boy: Milo Langdon: (Parents Live Tyler and Royston Langdon)

The Little Leaguer: Deacon Philippe (Parents: Reese Witherspoon and Ryan Philippe)

The Scene Stealer: Cruz Beckman (Parents: Victoria and David Beckman)

Strollerderby : Apple MArtin

Where Apple, Moses and Your Kids Like to Eat

Cooking with Tamra Davis: Apple Cake

Happy Meals at Haughty Places?

Hollywood’s Cutest Kids? Life & Style Pick Their Winners