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Summer is better with sombreros Why is it that summer memories burn a little brighter in our subconscious than other memories? One whiff of Fritos and I am instantly transported back to my childhood pool club; my mom used to pack a Thermos of lemonade and bags of Fritos and Doritos for a forced snack time on the [...] This post originally appeared earlier this week on my new blogging community, The Chicago Moms. I hope that you will swing by and check out some of great voices being featured there. One of my favorite parts of being a parent is introducing my children to the books and movies that I loved as a kid. Now that Zuzu is [...] This post originally appeared earlier this week on my new blogging community, The Chicago Moms. I hope that you will swing by and check out some of great voices being featured there. Outdoor concerts are great for all ages. Not so much the Symphony. I have written before about my love for the CSO’s Kraft Family Matinee series. This series [...] A year ago, I wrote the following post for the Chicago Moms Blog about Mother’s Day and my discomfort with the hype surrounding the holiday. On the eve of Mother’s Day 2011, I thought I would repost it here. This week’s Oak Park Patch also had a provocative Moms Council post about Mother’s Day, which [...] Dinner at Carnivale: breaking out of my suburban rut One of my three New Year’s resolutions was to have a monthly date night with my husband. When you have small children and busy schedules and limited funds, it is so easy to find yourself sitting in front of a DVD — or more likely in [...] My new book club had its third meeting last week. I am very excited to be part of a book club again after several years off. I had been part of a wonderful book group during the years of my life that I went from “young bride” to “first-time mom.” That group was full of interesting, smart women and we read just [...] This snow picture is actually from the DC blizzard of Xmas 2009 It looks like there is another snowstorm heading towards the Northeast. It has been a crazy winter in New England and the Mid-Atlantic — to say nothing of the freakishly cold weather in the south that left folks in Atlanta snowbound for days. Lots [...] This post originally appeared earlier this week on my new blogging community, The Chicago Moms. I hope that you will swing by and check out some of great voices being featured there. My daughter was ushered into a sorority yesterday: the sisterhood of the pierced ear. As I explained in a post written last September, I had originally told Zuzu [...] Lunch at Simple Cafe in Lake Geneva It’s a Midwestern rite of passage, the winter trip to the indoor water park. Not being from this part of the country, I had never been to one of these ersatz subtropical environments. But then our annual Christmas trip to Florida was canceled by the Blizzard of 2010, [...] This post originally appeared earlier this week on my new blogging community, The Chicago Moms. I hope that you will swing by and check out some of great voices being featured there. At this time of year, there is a lot of discussion in the media about what I call the Christmas culture wars. In a multi-ethnic society like ours, [...] With Thanksgiving upon us, and December mere days away, everyone is starting to think about the next batch of holidays. Many of us have family, friends and business associates to whom we need to send or bring gifts at this time of year. One thing that I like to do, especially when sending gifts to friends and family in [...] By now I hope you all have signed up for mamaloot, the online daily deal site focused exclusively on products and services for Chicago-area moms. (If not, you can do so by clicking on the mamaloot button on the right.) Since launching earlier this year, mamaloot has offered amazing deals on kids’ classes, apparel, toys and other [...] Kid-friendly dressing rooms at 77 Kids I have written here before about what an amazing place Chicago’s Children’s Memorial Hospital is. My daughter Zuzu was hospitalized there for a week as an infant for a rare infection and my husband and I were tremendously grateful for the high level of care she received. And I know that many other [...] Symphony Center decorated for the Hallowed Haunts concert This post originally appeared earlier this week on my new blogging community, The Chicago Moms. I hope that you will swing by and check out some of great voices being featured there. Doesn’t it feel like Halloween has gone from being a one-day holiday to a month-long death march of costumes, parties [...] Gaetano's special appetizer: foie gras mousse wrapped in bresaola over a bed of arugula and fresh figs When we say the words “Oak Park dining scene” to our friends in the city, they think we mean the T.G.I. Friday’s by the Oak Park Metra station. That’s pretty unfair. Although they are not as many interesting restaurants west of the [...] |
  
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