Quick tell me what your kids are doing this summer? If you haven’t already booked your summer camps, now is the time to get going. Here are three to get you started. Ready? Let’s go have fun. Hubbard Street Dance Chicago has several dance camps available for little movers through high school students. My favorite might be “Artistic Connections”: [...]
Another friend told me her family is moving out of Illinois. They are just tired of the train wreck our state has become. She can’t stand turning on the news to see the corruption that permeates every level of our elected governments. She’s sick of hearing about how this innocent child’s murder will be the [...]
I went back to work for the first time in six years a few weeks ago. I have always done corporate financial and accounting work. One great thing about that kind of work is that the busy season is in the winter when, at least in Chicago, you aren’t missing a whole lot of exciting [...]
I can still remember the girl who made middle school a waking nightmare for me. Last I heard she is an orthopedic surgeon which I thought was good because it meant that she would work long hours and not spend too much time with her children. I figure her children would do better in day [...]
My family was invited to a special screening of The Weinstein Company’s new film, Escape from Planet Earth, which hit theaters across Chicago last weekend. Although many film critics are calling this show “mediocre”, I think Escape from Planet Earth is a light-hearted family film that everyone can enjoy. It was a perfect feel-good movie [...]
At Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago, a great many “guests” miss significant amounts of school because of their need for treatment. “Snow City Arts turns this time to heal into a time to learn.” Snow City Arts is made up many real working artists who partner with children in hospitals in and around the Chicago [...]
With Barack Obama’s historic second inauguration on Martin Luther King Day, I was on the lookout for ways to bring home to my children the truths and travesties of racial inequality in our past. The Chicago Children’s Theatre performance of Bud, Not Buddy turned out to be an excellent and entertaining way to do just [...]
If we’re going to be #Louderthanguns we need to bring all our voices together. I found this information waiting for me in my email this morning. Mark your calendar tomorrow to be part of the solution. Hope to see you there! ——————————- Candlelight Vigil & Peaceful Gun Control Rally Sat., January 26, 4:45 – 5:45 [...]
The Chicago Children’s Theatre‘s newest performance “Bud, Not Buddy” is now running until February 24, 2013 at the Ruth Page Center for the Arts, at 1016 N. Dearborn Street, in Chicago. This outstanding show, based on the book by Christopher Paul Curtis, follows the heartwarming, funny, and unforgettable journey of a young African-American orphan as [...]
Last month, I caught wind of the Sandy Hook tragedy while I was sailing in the middle of the ocean, on my way back to the states. Talk about a huge wake up call. I immediately felt worried. It was 3 in the morning, and I was worrying about my children who were probably fast [...]
Side Effect May Include….is a thought-provoking play that will have you laughing until you cry, gasping as you recognize your relationship and marvelling at a love strong enough to battle anything. Seinfeld writer Marc Jaffee and Emmy nominee Eric Coble wrote a love letter to Karen Jaffe, Marc’s wife of more than 20 years. The [...]
You cannot have a gingerbread house without royal icing. You know, that frosting stuff that doesn’t taste like much, is hard as cement and holds the house together. Unfortunately the recipe requires egg whites, which is a non-starter for a lot of people. So I made an egg-free version. Most confectioners sugar contains corn starch. [...]
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