I write a lot about music the whole family can enjoy together, maybe for different reasons, but still all on the same page listening to the same tunes and having an outstanding time…together. The shared experience great all-ages music and media affords is important to me and should be, me […]
I recently learned that two kindie bands have grabbed their sleeping bags, blankees, and stuffed animals, and are in the midst of naptime. That’s what we call a hiatus in this world, right? King Pajama, who’s out-of-nowhere 2009 jazzy debut “Something Sweet” made my Top 10 of that year, recently […]
Remember the TV show Moonlighting? The program’s male lead was, of course, Mr. John McLane, er, Bruce Willis. The female star was the uber-chic Cybil Shepherd. Throughout the dramedy’s four year run, Shepherd never appeared on screen without the soft glow of um, moonlight, on her face. The illumination cast […]
A lot of parents spend their weekends running from game to game, practice to practice, event to event. We do not. This coming weekend will be the busiest one we’ve ever had (non-vacation division): Friday night: The Flea & the Professor kid’s musical theater at The Arden in Philly. Saturday […]
It’s National Physical Fitness and Sports Month. Naturally, it’s now that I crumble in my effort to get healthy and exercise regularly. I’m trying to climb back onto the wagon. I am. I swear. Just one more Mr. Softee milkshake and I’m totally there. I applaud Michelle Obama’s Let’s Move […]
JEFF WARREN “SYNONYM TOAST” As a writer, I often say frustratingly that I’m in the midst of an adjective problem. An issue. A conundrum. [get it?] As a reviewer, and as a parent of a burgeoning reader and storyteller, I’m hyper aware of the need to find new ways of […]
It took half a decade. Bill Harley’s sleepytime story masterpiece Town Around the Bend has been the Bear’s ‘lullaby’ album of choice since toddlehood. Every single night of her life, she’d fall asleep hearing about Bucket of Beans & Clarise, Picklopolis and laughs leaking out through your belly button (yeah, […]
Ever want to be in two places at once? Me, not so much. One notable exception: February 5, 2011. OWTK was in West Chester, PA enjoying Justin Roberts and the Not Ready for Naptime Players. But at the same time, I could almost hear Katy Bowser’s playful voice and Chris […]
