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The next Chicago Food Swap will take place on May 12 at The Scrumptious Pantry in Logan Square. Registration is now open. As always, to find out more about the Chicago Food Swap, check out our website or join the conversation on our Facebook page.

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“If You Knew Suzy:” A From Left to Write Book Club Post

Following the closing of the Silicon Valley Moms Group site, and the resultant closing of its Book Club, I have joined a new blogging book club entitled From Left to Write.  The idea of From Left to Write is not to write a book review per se but rather a post in which the blogger connects that month’s book to an anecdote [...]

Peter Pan Tickets

The winner of the Family Four-Pack of tickets to see “Peter Pan” at the Emerald City Theater is…Melanie from Tales from the Crib. Congratulations! Please contact me with your email address so I can mae sure that you get your tickets.

Thanks to all who left funny and sweet comments about their or their children’s [...]

An alternate reality

An SV Moms Group Book Club post: Girl in Translation by Jean Kwok

Immigration has been a extremely charged topic in American politics for decades.  President Obama and Senator McCain heatedly debated the issue of immigration reform during the 2008 election, when the Latino vote was believed to be crucial.  And Arizona’s draconian new law targeting undocumented workers is only [...]

“Peter Pan” Review and a Giveaway

For children who are used to TiVo-ed television shows, DVD players in cars, and watching movies on their parents’ iPhones, there’s something particularly captivating about live theater.  The lights go down; the audience is silent; and a performance that cannot be paused for a snack or potty break begins.  Of course, most plays are not [...]

Canning Lessons

Intrigued by the descriptions of the fruit spreads and pickled vegetables that I make in my kitchen? Would you like to learn how to preserve the best of summer’s bounty? Perhaps you have a garden overflowing with zucchini or tomatoes or love to go to pick-your-own farms, but are stumped with what to do with all those berries when you get [...]