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Hi, I'm the cool mom.
I'm Lulu Chang -- a food, travel, and lifestyle journalist in Washington, D.C. The Cool Mom is where I keep the good stuff: the hotels that are actually worth it, the dinners worth the babysitter, and the trips that turn out better, not harder, with a kid along.
Think of it as the vetted, design-forward, still-fun version of doing it all.
Words also in Resy, Eater DC, Hotels Above Par, USA Today, and more. More about me →
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