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		<title>Moms Gone Wild-ish: Taking Time Out to Celebrate with Friends (with $100 Giveaway)</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 18:01:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This post is sponsored by Serve from American Express. Sign up for Serve and receive $10 credit towards your first use. Comment below within the next 7 days for your chance to win an extra $100 credit to your account! This past year has been crazy for me.  It&#8217;s been full of amazing opportunities like [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=beccarama.com&amp;blog=3531121&amp;post=2781&amp;subd=beccasara&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>When it&#8217;s OK to Work For Free (Really!)</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Dec 2011 11:00:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rebecca Levey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There have a been a flurry of articles in the mom blogging space over the past year about mom bloggers who work for free and how you should never, ever do it.  I wrote one myself for Mom Blog Magazine.  You&#8217;ve heard it before: You cheapen everybody&#8217;s work; you make it harder for anyone to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=beccarama.com&amp;blog=3531121&amp;post=2772&amp;subd=beccasara&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Educate to Eradicate Poverty &#8211; ONE.org 12 Days of Change Campaign</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Dec 2011 16:06:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rebecca Levey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The education reform debate in the US focuses on testing, achievement measurements, teacher evaluations and data driven discussions that often miss the one major point &#8211; our education &#8220;problem&#8221; is a class and equality problem.  If we dig down deeper into the causes and obstacles facing many of our students poverty is more often than [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=beccarama.com&amp;blog=3531121&amp;post=2751&amp;subd=beccasara&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Yule Log &#8211; An NYC Wordless Wednesday Fireplace</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2011 11:00:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rebecca Levey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nothing says holidays in NYC like the Yule Log.  Because who builds a fire in an NYC apartment?  If you grew up in the 70&#8242;s and 80&#8242;s in NYC the answer was WPIX (channel 11).  Now it&#8217;s available on demand on TWC channel 1006 &#8211; in HD.  So much better than hauling wood &#8211; and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=beccarama.com&amp;blog=3531121&amp;post=2746&amp;subd=beccasara&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Behind the Scenes at Mary Poppins &#8211; Disney Magic In Times Square</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Dec 2011 14:38:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rebecca Levey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A few weeks ago we were invited to take a backstage tour of the New Amsterdam Theater on 42nd Street, current home of the Disney Broadway musical, Mary Poppins.  The New Amsterdam is a particularly rich historical theater &#8211; it housed the Ziegfeld Follies and the fabulous Fanny Brice and is haunted by the ghost [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=beccarama.com&amp;blog=3531121&amp;post=2727&amp;subd=beccasara&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Finding Cyber Deals in an Instant This Holiday Season (and a giveaway)</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Dec 2011 03:09:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rebecca Levey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the things that drives me crazy is the constant tab and window hopping I do to compare prices across websites.  There are sites that will aggregate an item across sites but I never have much luck with them.  Often they show wrong items in their search or don&#8217;t really find the best deals.  [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=beccarama.com&amp;blog=3531121&amp;post=2715&amp;subd=beccasara&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Creating a Magically Priceless Holiday Season in NYC</title>
		<link>http://beccarama.com/2011/11/28/creating-a-magically-priceless-holiday-season-in-nyc/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Nov 2011 19:28:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rebecca Levey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It goes without saying that I love raising my kids in NYC.  One of things I love the most is the incredible opportunities that are available to us just by living here.  We&#8217;ve gone behind the scenes at the Metropolitan Opera (this actually fulfilled one of MY biggest wishes), been to the Origami Tree Lighting [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=beccarama.com&amp;blog=3531121&amp;post=2678&amp;subd=beccasara&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The KidzVuz Gift Guide for Tweens is Here!</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Nov 2011 19:04:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rebecca Levey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m all for bargain hunting, though Black Friday is pretty much my least favorite event in the world.  Nothing is worth the crowds and madness (and pepper spray) in my book.  But I do love to figure out exactly the right gift for the people in my life.  There is nothing better than watching someone&#8217;s [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=beccarama.com&amp;blog=3531121&amp;post=2676&amp;subd=beccasara&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Cheating on the SATs? I&#8217;m Shocked &#8211; NOT!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Nov 2011 15:43:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rebecca Levey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This week&#8217;s revelations that students in Long Island paid other students to take the SATs for them has the media all lathered up.  Is it a result of high stakes testing?  Is it a sign of our now hyper competitive world?  And of course they want to know how could this happen?  Well it happens [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=beccarama.com&amp;blog=3531121&amp;post=2672&amp;subd=beccasara&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Is that a Browser in Your Pocket? The Kingston urDrive Review and Giveaway</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Nov 2011 22:37:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rebecca Levey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thank you to Kingston for sponsoring this review. Please click here to learn more about Kingston. I was selected for this sponsorship by the Clever Girls Collective. All opinions are my own &#8211; as always. I have a lot of projects to juggle.  Between Beccarama, the Blogging Angels and KidzVuz I have files all over [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=beccarama.com&amp;blog=3531121&amp;post=2659&amp;subd=beccasara&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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