…try taking them to the theatre (spoken with a British accent!). The Chicago Children’s Theatre is now showing The Houdini Box, a world-premier musical adventure based on the book by the same name, by Brian Selznick, who also wrote The Invention of Hugo Cabret, a 2008 Caldecott Award winner. The book has gained recent attention after [...]
For the life of me, I will never understand people who are actually willing to wait in line, before the crack of dawn, outside of a big box store, to battle over a big deal. I fully support the Target employees that are protesting a 12am opening on Thanksgiving night, and I appreciate countries that [...]
It’s all in the packaging. Now, don’t get all “But women love football, too” on me…I get that! Some of my best girl friends are football fans. And, I have nothing against football. Many of my fondest childhood memories involve going to Bears games with my Dad. (um…go Bears!) I’m just saying, it’s about the [...]
Halloween has always been one of my favorite holidays…long before it became outré cool to go all out decorating with inflated ghosts and floating goblins. Maybe my love for this eerie holiday has something to do with being the daughter of a dentist. Halloween was the one day where we could actually go out begging [...]
In Danielle Smith‘s recent blog post, she asked moms how they wanted to be celebrated on Mother’s Day. She wanted to know if you’d prefer to celebrate being a mom by spending time with your children or by taking a few hours off and spending time away from family responsibilities for some rest and relaxation. [...]
One of the best things about being a Chicago Mom is Chicago! We have the most beautiful skyline, hands down. Our downtown is so perky, and exciting, sometimes I simply take the “L” to Michigan Avenue to people watch. I was so excited to spend the afternoon at the The Peninsula Chicago for afternoon tea [...]
I’ve always had this fantasy of taking my daughters to tea at a really fancy hotel. I pictured dainty white tablecloths, little cups of tea, tiny cucumber sandwiches with the crusts cut off and girls in pretty frilly dresses sitting with their chic, thin mom. It’s one of those images I had in my head [...]
One of the things that I appreciate about Chicago is the fact that there are about 30 restaurants per square foot, give or take a few, right outside your door. We still find the need, however, to travel 3-4 miles in search of the very best restaurant. For my son’s birthday, not just any [...]
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