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What we’re reading on the blogs today:

Do you have a baby girl named Olivia? Does your infant son go by Ethan? If your family lives in Ontario, your babies have some company. For the third year in a row, Ethan tops the list of the most popular baby names for boys in the province, while Olivia has de-throned Emma. Other top picks in Ontario include: Jacob, Matthew, Nathan and Joshua for boys and Emma, Ava, Emily and Isabella for girls. And it’s not just Ontario — check out Today’s Parent’s list of top baby names in Canada from last year.

Or maybe you don’t need to think about baby names until 2011? If being in a family way this New Year’s Eve prevents you from sipping champagne (Or if alcohol’s just not your thing), Babble found some alcohol-free cocktails that will be excellent for ringing in 2010. The Kir Speciale does look pretty special.  Read more...

Start a family drinking tradition with cocktail and mocktail recipes straight from the Draper’s bar

All of us at Bunchland HQ are jazzed for the Mad Men season four premiere this Sunday. We love the series for the glamorous vintage fashions and whip-smart writing. However, we’re perfectly happy to live in a time when excessive drinking and smoking are no longer cool and kids don’t go running around with dry cleaning bags on their heads.

Cocktail hour, on the other hand, is a tradition we’d love to revive. Not just for the boozy aspect but because taking pause at the end of a hard day of work or play and sipping something cool is delightful. However, mixing and sipping drinks doesn’t have to be an adults-only affair – some of the toniest bars in the world mix mocktails so mean you won’t even miss the alcohol.  Read more...