While my family loves all of the productions put on by the Children’s Theatre, I’m going to be honest and say that Disney’s Aladdin JR. is the most highly anticipated show in our household! Max and Sam are both going to perform in their school’s production this spring (singing skeletons!) so this production by the...
One of my favorite restaurants in Over the Rhine is Senate, home of unique gourmet hot dog creations that will wow you and the best fries in town. And then there’s the impressive craft beer list, which includes many local brews in addition to all of the other specialty cocktails and wines they offer. Recently...
Our weeknights have gotten CRAZY busy lately. I’m taking a graduate course one evening a week, the kids have play practice, math team, Lego club, soccer practice, and the list goes on. Menu Planning is playing a key role in keeping my sanity. I’ve been working really hard to stick to the plan each week,...
I’ve been trying to shake things up in the kitchen on Fridays during Lent this year. We’ve been trying lots of new ways to enjoy seafood. Last week was a scrumptious Seafood buffet and then this past Friday I made Salmon…the Colonel’s Way. What’s the Colonel’s Way you ask? It’s salmon sprinkled with Maple Powder...
In the past year I’ve hosted two Owl Baby Showers, one for my sister-in-law Jenny and one for our cousin Elizabeth. I loved creating parties with an Owl theme – Ella and I had so much fun putting together special touches for our guests to enjoy. I’m not one that likes to spend a fortune...
Today was Saint Patrick’s Day and Ella requested that I make a special dinner. With the help of my best friend Google I found a few awesome recipes and made a St. Paddy’s Day dinner to remember! It was pretty easy to put together and it was a hit with everyone. I think that...
Hear ye, Hear ye….Otters have finally returned to the Newport Aquarium! And nobody else in town is quite as excited as my otter-obsessed son Sam is. I snuck him out of school early last week to attend the media preview of the new exhibit at the Newport Aquarium, “Canyon Falls”. I wrote it up as...
Lexington Mini-Vacation :: In January of 2015 we took the kids to Lexington, KY for a long weekend. We spent two nights and three days exploring Lexington. We crammed as much fun as we could into those three days with activities for both the kids and the parents. Lexington is a perfect place for my family to escape to for a...
This year during lent we’ve been trying to find ways to make our Friday night dinners interesting. I’ve made Salmon, we’ve attended a Fish Fry at Old Saint Mary’s in Over the Rhine, and then this week I decided to make a seafood smorgasbord for dinner. I had some shrimp in the freezer, but I...
If you missed all the wonderful Arts events that happened this past weekend for Macy’s Arts Sampler Weekend have no fear…ArtsWave has another fabulous event coming up! On April 8th choirs from several local companies will come together for an epic sing-off hosted by Drew Lachey called CincySings. Tickets are on sale now, and the money...
I’m jumping back on the Menu Planning bandwagon after being absent for a while. I NEEEEEED Menu Planning to stay sane! It helps me to save money at the grocery store and to save my sanity at dinner time when I’m scrambling to figure out what to cook. I’ve recently starting substitute teaching, and while...
We have gone to Bockfest for years. We’ve drank the Bock beer, hung out at Bockfest Hall, cheered on the Sausage Queen, taken brewery tours and church tours…but we have never gone to the Bockfest Parade. A friend of ours even suggested that we go on israel group tours but we decided to go another...
