“Holiday Cookies” Family Cooking Workshop at The Childrens Museum

“Holiday Cookies” Family Cooking Workshop The Children’s Museum of Cleveland DATE: Sunday, December 18, 2011 TIME: 12:30 pm to 1:30 pm WORKSHOP FEE: $5.00 per person. (Non-members must pay additional Museum admission of $7.00/person if they wish to play in the Museum exhibits). MORE: Participate in a family-friendly cooking workshop created especially for kids. During [...]

Holiday CircleFest This Sunday

Holiday CircleFest 2011 at University Circle December 04 – 1:00pm to 5:30pm Start off the holiday season with a trip to the 18th Annual Holiday CircleFest. It’s the perfect way to experience University Circle, free of charge. Many of University Circle’s renowned museums, gardens, galleries, churches, and schools open their doors and offer an afternoon [...]

Polar Express Tickets Still Available

I was pleasantly surprised to find when looking at the Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad’s website this week that there are still tickets available for certain dates of the Polar Express, departing from both Independence and Akron.   You can find the most up-to-date info here: http://www.cvsr.com/polar-express.aspx Here’s my advice based on last-year’s experience, departing from the [...]

Order Fresh Holiday Hams at Brunty Farms

Sometimes I wish I took more time to take advantage of things like this, maybe I will this year: Don’t Miss Out! Brunty Farms Holiday Hams are now available for pre-order. All hams are HICKORY smoked, NITRATE-FREE, and available FRESH for either Thanksgiving or Christmas. Hams range from 5-7 lbs each and are $7.00/lb. To place your [...]

Take the Train to Pick Out Your Christmas Tree

Each year Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad offers the Christmas Tree Adventure, I’m thinking if we don’t do the Polar Express that this event might be a fun family tradition to start, especially now that we live a bit closer to the area: Christmas Tree Adventure 10am or 11:35am, November 28th through December 13th Ride to [...]

Holiday Musical Rainbows with The Cleveland Orchestra

PNC Holiday Musical Rainbow programs feature The Music of Chanukah, Christmas Brass Quintet, and All About Kwanzaa. PNC Holiday Musical Rainbows are festive programs for children through age 9, featuring music of the holiday season. All tickets are $7. The Music of Chanukah Friday, December 11 at 10 am Sunday, December 13 at 12:30 pm [...]

Polar Express Tickets Still Available

The Polar Express™ on Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad Climb aboard for this magical journey to the North Pole. Along the way, elves will read you the story, you will sip on hot cocoa and enjoy a cookie. After reaching the North Pole, Santa will join us for the return trip where he will give out [...]

St. Patrick’s Day in Cleveland

Last night my sister called me up to see if I was going to take the toddler downtown for Cleveland’s St. Patrick’s Day parade.  I told her no, that he would be going to school today and I would be doing housework.  I actually wanted to clean the gutters, to which she reminded me that [...]

Brunch at West Side Market Cafe and Rockettes

Yesterday was a fun little girls’ day out with two of my sisters, my mom and my 5 year-old niece.   A few months ago I picked up some tickets to go see the Sunday matinee performance of Rockettes Radio City Christmas Spectacular.    Again, as we did before going to see Wicked earlier in the year at [...]

Lake Metroparks presents Farmpark Toy Workshop December 26 – 30

Lake Metroparks presents the Farmpark Toy Workshop during winter school break where children (ages 2 – 11) can construct and paint a wooden toy. The workshop, made popular over the years at Farmpark’s Country Lights is the place where memories are built. A nominal fee applies for the toy in addition to regular Farmpark admission. [...]