An interactive comedy show starring Ellen Degeneres’ long-time opening act, Tommy Riles!!
We got to spend the day at Santa's Village in East Dundee, IL as a family earlier this summer. It was the first time any of us had been there. Let me just say, we had so much fun we'll be sure to go back!
Nintendo is hitting the road again this summer and holing a Kick-Off Party at Chicago’s Navy Pier. The tour kicks...
Now through August 1: Tuesdays, Wednesdays & Thursdays CMX Market Cinema Old Orchard, a unique combination of luxury movie-going experience...
Disclosure: My family and I were invited as guests to attend a Chicago Dogs. The following opinions are my own. Abigail and I attended a Chicago Dogs game last year. It was fun and we’d been talking about attending again with the kids for months. That finally happened last week. We were...
Disclosure: We were invited guests for the Wednesday, December 12, 2018 show of Cirque Dreams Holidaze at the Chicago Theatre. All...
One does not have to be an uber-geek to enjoy this sci-fi retooling of this Charles Dickens holiday classic.
Disclosure: Our family was welcomed as guests at the castle in exchange for this post to be shared online. We...
If you have a young child in school or daycare you’ve likely heard the song “Pop See Ko.” The band Koo Koo Kanga Roo has three versions of this popular camp song on YouTube. Each just as catchy an earworm as the next. https://youtu.be/LMxtwzroMTQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pwn4beja1QE My son loves these songs...
It is an annual tradition for Abigail and her family to go to Garwood Orchards in LaPorte, IN every fall. This...
Abigail and I attended a showing of “20,000 Leagues Under the Seas” at the Looking Glass Theatre on the Magnificent Mile...
We recently visited the Chicago Shakespeare Theater to see “Peter Pan, A Musical Adventure” with the family as guests of the theater. The theater is located on Chicago’s Navy Pier and holds a special place in our hearts. It is where I proposed to my now wife of over 12...
Abigail recently visited her 50th US state. That state was North Dakota. We’ve been meaning to go up there for a while but the right opportunity took a while to show itself. Then it finally did! Subaru lent us the new 2018 Forester for a week to get a feel for the vehicle. They specifically said there was no mileage limit so we took them at their word. Hello 1,600-mile road trip from Chicago, IL to Fargo, ND, with a few stops in between.
Disclaimer: Ferrara Candy Company compensated me for the creation and sharing of this post. We attended Boo! at the Zoo for the second year in a row this year. It was held at Brookfield Zoo on the last two weekends in October and sponsored by Ferrara Candy Company. Last year we were...
Our midwest tradition of visiting an apple orchard and corn maze continued this year. You might have noticed in yesterday’s...
We visited the Skydeck Chicago experience at the Sears Tower recently. Excuse me, Willis Tower. I don't know that I'll ever get that straight in my head. It was great.