Category: Events

This year you can celebrate as a family and still have time for a parents-only party with a whole new set of New Year’s Eve countdowns, available today only on Netflix, designed for preschoolers, tweens and everyone in between. You choose when to say goodnight, and the kids choose how to celebrate with their favorite characters.

I was in my 30s before I participated in my first 5k. My son, however, participated in his first 5k at the ripe old age of 1. No, don’t worry, he didn’t walk it. We did bring a stroller along for him to ride in as we went up and down the paths in Chicago’s […]

Disclosure: We received a travel stipend in exchange for attending in the farm tour. Our family was invited to spend the day at Spirit Farms in Sheridan, IL. And that is exactly what we did last week. We got to take a tour of the farm and hear all about how the business is run. […]

I got to attend a live broadcast taping of the local Chicago daytime show Windy City Live that airs weekdays from 11am – 12pm on ABC 7. Monday’s show theme was “1st Class Dads.” Melvin (of GuinnTribe) met me at my place early Monday morning and we took the train downtown. We arrived at the […]

The above Listen to Your Mother cast image is courtesy of Balee Images. Listen to Your Mother is a production that takes audiences on a well-crafted journey that celebrates and validates mothering through giving voice to motherhood–in all of its complexity, diversity, and humor–in the form of original readings performed live on-stage by their authors. The […]