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Annie Reminds Us That Tomorrow is Still Filled With Hope and Sunshine
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Annie Reminds Us That Tomorrow is Still Filled With Hope and Sunshine

I’m not going to bury the lede like I usually do in an attempt to be fanciful and poetic. Nope. Here’s your bold face headline right here: The redhead loved it. That’s the primo takeaway from our advanced screening of Annie, a full month before she sings & dances her […]

OWTK Kid’s Music Monthly Podcast December 2014 Playlist
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OWTK Kid’s Music Monthly Podcast December 2014 Playlist

Huge thanks to Annenberg Center for sponsoring this month’s podcast. The performing arts theater located in University City Philly has the silent madcap adventures of MUMMENSCHANZ on stage from 12/11-12/14. Find out more and buy tickets here. Brrrr. It is December. It is cold. And I am sick. Surprisingly, this […]

The Other Side of the Thankgiving Open Store Retail Debate
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The Other Side of the Thankgiving Open Store Retail Debate

So the other night, the Mrs. and I were at Old Navy. Yeah, again. What of it? I like that place, alright. They were (still are, actually) having a bitchin’ 30% off the entire store sale which meant we could make our dollar go far whilst shopping for our Sponsor […]

The Story of the Invention Table
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The Story of the Invention Table

A carnival ride for Playmobil people. That’s what woke us up on a recent Sunday morning. I’m sorry, I should be more specific. I should paint this picture in fluorescent blues and yellows for you to see it better from where you sit right now, especially if you too have […]

Let’s Make Christmas Last — A Red, Green and Bluetooth Holiday Season
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Let’s Make Christmas Last — A Red, Green and Bluetooth Holiday Season

Holiday music, if anyone is talking about it at all, is usually being bemoaned and belittled openly with much disdain. Blame the big box stores, who begin force feeding it to us through their lame sound systems while the ghosts and goblins of late-October are being moved unceremoniously to the […]

Raising Smart Digital Citizens To #ShareAwesome
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Raising Smart Digital Citizens To #ShareAwesome

There are so many to choose from, with more seemingly going live every single day, but Instagram has proved the more exciting social sharing platform for me. I recently tried to explain why this is to a friend over dinner and I think it is as simple as the extra […]

The At-Home Dad and The Matinee Movie
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The At-Home Dad and The Matinee Movie

Since transitioning from working dad to stay at home dad to lazy dad at home alone with kids in school every day over the past 6+ years, the mid-week matinee movie has become a tradition unlike any other; The Masters without the Green Jackets, 4th of July celebrations without the […]

Watch This: Key Wilde and Mr. Clarke “Armando Armadillo” Music Video
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Watch This: Key Wilde and Mr. Clarke “Armando Armadillo” Music Video

This song from Animal Tales, the new album by the incomparable Key Wilde & Mr. Clarke is my absolute favorite kindie tune of the moment. And that moment is going on 4 weeks old. There’s something quietly seductive about that Spanish acoustic lead guitar, dancing eloquently in the gaps, as […]

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