About
Barista Kids is a joint venture with Baristanet.
Baristanet was born in May 2004 and soon after emerged as a leader in both hyperlocal blogging and citizen journalism. Debbie Galant and Liz George, co-owners and editors of Baristanet, have created a true online community, and Barista Kids is a proud partner.
Barista Kids' mission: To make life a little easier and a lot more fun for parents in Baristaville.
For information on advertising, write to ads@baristakids.com. Please send your press releases and news tips to tips@baristakids.com.
Kristen Kemp
Founding Editor
Kristen Kemp created this parenting site in August 2008 because she was new to town, and she was so not in the know. She longed for a resource to find out about preschools, pools and other parents. She wanted a website that could be the city-minded suburban family's one-stop shop for all kid- and parent-related news. She's a longtime freelance writer for Glamour, Cosmo, Self, Seventeen, CafeMom.com and many others. She's the author of seven teen novels for Scholastic, and she is currently writing a book called Redemption for Random House (March 2011). She and her husband are raising twin girls and a little boy in Montclair.
Georgette Gilmore
Editor-in-Chief
Georgette fell in love with Montclair while majoring in art at Montclair State University. She's been here nine years, and she knows exactly when to register for summer camp. She started as an ad salesperson for Barista Kids and worked her way up to Events Editor. In less than a year, she became co-owner of the site along with Kristen and took over as the Barista Kid boss and tour de force. She is currently a teacher at Park Street Academy--and the mother of two precocious girls. (georgette@baristakids.com)
Holly Korus (aka Ask Holly) is an illustrator, muralist, gardener, baker and mother as well as graduate from Pratt Institute. She can be seen poking her head around Baristatville shops, restaurants, garbage bins or anyplace that sparks her creativity. holly@baristanet.com
Brian Glaser is a writer, editor, husband, dad, Maplewood-to-NYC commuter, and regular contributor to Baristanet and Barista kids.
Lisa Davies is a lover of fresh, local food - the basis of all the recipes she prepares. She is Barista Kid's contributor to What's for dinner? and writes about feeding her family and sharing those recipes on her blog. She is from a long-line of European foodies.
Carolyn Maynard-Parisi writes about food, local businesses, education and health while (slowly) working toward an M.A. in Journalism and Education at NYU. She lives in South Orange with her husband and two children.
Bernadette Baum is a financial journalist, and mother of two boys, who's worked on three continents. She's a photographer, and avid cook who runs a food blog, writes about health, parenting and real estate. bernadette@baristanet.com
Christina Gillham, a former editor at Newsweek, is a writer, editor and mom of two. christina@baristanet.com
Always on the lookout for parents' stories of creativity in raising children, Cynthia Darling is an English Teacher and freelance writer who enjoys writing about parenting, music, politics and travel. Read more of her writing at www.cynthiaburnsdarling.com.
Tara Williams loves meeting people and sharing their stories. Passion and curiosity are qualities she shares as a writer and public relations professional and as a mother and wife. tara@baristanet.com
Kristin Wald is a bossy know-it-all, mainly due to being the eldest of three sisters all her life and a teacher for more than a decade. Her children and husband allow her to believe she is the boss of them. Kristin is discovering the ins-and-outs of the Montclair area while still adjusting to being in a car far too often. She blogs for herself, and she writes for Barista Kids.
Jenn Schiffer is Baristanet's web developer and a freelance developer & blogger. She is currently working on her Masters in Computer Science at MSU, where she also works. She believes that children are the future. jenn@baristanet.com
Amanda Zadroga is Baristanet's billing manager. When not having fun with spreadsheets, she is a food blogger and pastry chef-to-be in Jersey City. amanda@baristanet.com
Joy Yagid is an eclectic photographer, artist and writer who lives in Maplewood with her family. She likes long walks on the beach, but only when there's snow on the sand. She's a regular contributor to Baristanet and Barista Kids.
Melissa LoGiudice is best known to the Montclair area from The Little Gym. She started there is 2002 when the gym opened as Program Director and is now working there part time teaching Parent Child classes. Today Melissa spends most of time with her two darling daughters and enjoys any opportunity be creative! She is Events Editor on Barista Kids.
Stacey Gill is a writer, editor, blogger extraordinaire and mother of two crazy kids. She is a regular contributor to Barista Kids and Baristanet. When she is not writing about her kids she is writing books for them and working on her own blog.
Chanda Hall is an artist and freelance photographer who moved to Montclair from Brooklyn three years ago and never looked back. She loves Baristaville for its beauty, its diversity and its dynamic citizens. A mom to two daughters, she loves to photograph kids being kids, which she gets to do often as a regular contributor to Barista Kids..