Happy Fourth of July!  I hope you have some fantastic plans.  I know my kids and I will do all that we can to put as much fun into this weekend as we possibly can.  We may visit the Cherry Creek Arts Festival.  We will be seeing the HUGE fireworks display at the Colorado Rockies […]

School is out for summer…yet somehow things don’t look to be slowing down anytime soon. I feel blessed to have so many exciting activities ahead, but sometimes a day at home sounds like a vacation. Oh, the many things I would do with a beautiful summer day – nothing on the agenda – in the […]

Two of the harshest food critics I know live in my home and are both under the age of 8. It’s a daily struggle to sneak a morsel of something resembling health into their diet and often results in a complete surrender by dinner time. Yet, these two, picky eaters are absolutely thrilled to cast their […]

When you are watching your budget nothing is better than kids eat free.  Yes!  You have to love the word FREE!  Daily/Weekends: Through October 31, Garbanzo’s Mediteranian Grill is offering a free healthy kids meal on weekends with purchase of an adult meal. Melting Pot kids eat free on Sundays 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. […]

Valentine’s Day looms, and with it one of the central tasks of one of the holiest periods on the Hallmark Cards calendar: finding the perfect spot in a romantic restaurant for wining, dining and perhaps a bit of canoodling. Frankly, this is a daunting challenge if you’ve waited this long to make reservations. But why […]

Hello 2011!!!  Did you make a resolution?  How well are you doing at sticking to it?  If staying on a budget and having some fun or getting a great deal are in your plans for this year – stay tuned to GREAT stuff coming this year!  Did you know that January is Learn to Ski and […]

“Daddy, why are you letting that man drive your car!?” Tessa was alarmed when my husband handed the car keys to the valet at the Four Seasons Hotel in downtown Denver. I realized then that bringing our children to a fancy-schmancy restaurant and exposing them to fine dining was not a bad idea. Did Roger […]

San Francisco’s Board of Supervisors has voted, by a veto-proof margin, to ban most of McDonald’s Happy Meals as they are now served in the restaurants. The measure will make San Francisco the first major city in the United States to forbid restaurants from offering a free toy with meals that contain more than set […]

Souplantation & Sweet Tomatoes’ Chicken Won Ton Happiness Salad makes me happy. That’s why taking the restaurant up on their 25% off discount for catering was a no-brainer. My neighbor Kristen (already a mother of three kids and two stepchildren) is pregnant with twins. Unexpectedly. If that doesn’t deserve an all-out celebration, I don’t know […]

This Halloween, instead of trying to pass yourself off as a costume- clad grade-schooler or rifling through your kid’s goody bag to claim the Halloween Parent Tax, visit one of Colorado’s prized candymakers to stockpile your own booty before the big night. Moms and dads will hardly notice that pile of jawbreakers and lollipops once […]