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Jiggle Jam winners, and other housekeeping.

by Jenny Meade

May 14, 2009

So, I have some winners for the Jiggle Jam concert tickets to see Dan Zanes and everyone else rock KC.  I assigned everyone a number and then found a random number generator on the internet, and that's how I picked the names (if you even care, http://random.org, very helpful!)

So! I will be emailing the 4 winners today, and have a couple of Dan Zanes and friends new CD's for some people as well.  Thanks for participating!  And have fun at Jiggle Jam, I wish I could be there. But instead, we're taking that opportunity to spend 12 hours each way in the car with two little boys and a giant poodle to go visit some family over a long weekend. 

Yeah, I know. Sigh.

PS - Other things going on this weekend in KC:

• Sprint Family Fun Day in the Power & Light District
•  Endangered Species Day at the Kansas City Zoo
• The Royals play the Baltimore Orioles
• The T-Bones play Winnipeg
   

KC Royals fanfest this weekend.

by Jenny Meade

January 15, 2009

When I was a kid growing up here in KC, baseball was still an innocent family entertainment opportunity. Going to a Royals game, regardless of how well or how badly they were playing, was daddy time in my family, my mom rarely deigned to go, and that was fine with me and my little brother. It was a time to eat junk food and drink soda and sit in the heat and not even care, in awe of the players  Read more...

Cheer On Other People (Even if You Don't Know Them)

by Rita Arens

June 26, 2008

Bored? Need something to do for the interminable hour before bedtime? Grab your wee one and head out to a ballpark - any ballpark - and cheer on people you've never met before. It's fun, and your child may develop an interest in a sport he or she wouldn't ordinarily want to play. Where to find the big boys and girls? There doesn't seem to be one big, happy youth-sports-in-KC Web site that I  Read more...

For a Limited Time Only - Kansas City Fireworks at the K

by Rita Arens

June 06, 2008

Okay, I know there are fireworks there every time someone hits a home run, but hello? How often does that happen? (I kid my husband, the die-hard fan.) I just saw a press release talking up the super-fantastic-bigger-than-ever-wowza-manic fireworks that are going to happen on June 20. Here's what they said about the event, which will immediately follow the Royals game vs. the San Francisco  Read more...

Best Birthday Party Venues

by Rita Arens

June 03, 2008

My daughter and her posse all have birthdays around the same time, since they were in the same class at daycare for a long time. As a result, starting in January of each year, we get to see the sights of kid-birthday venues around town. My favorites thus far are as follows: Reading Reptile -- They will do a birthday party, plan an activity, read stories to the kids, serve cupcakes and make  Read more...