Chicagoland Spots: Illinois Holocaust Museum {Review}

April 21, 2013 in Chicagoland Spots, Chicagoland-Local, Teen, Venue Review 1 Comment

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Venue: Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center Website: http://www.ilholocaustmuseum.org/ Location: 9603 Woods Drive, Skokie, Illinois 60077. Hours: Mon–Wed, Fri: 10am-5pm; Thu: 10am – 8pm; Weekends: 11am – 4pm Admission: Adult Admission*: $12.00 Seniors (65+): $8.00 Students (12-22): $8.00 Children (5-11): $6.00 Parking: Free – plentiful Our Experience: I visited the Illinois Holocaust Museum with myread more

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Amanda

Chicagoland Spots: Kohl Children’s Museum {Review}

April 20, 2013 in Chicagoland Spots, Chicagoland-Local, Family, Toddler, Venue Review 6 Comments

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Venue: Kohl Children’s Museum Website: http://www.kohlchildrensmuseum.org/ Location: 2100 Patriot Boulevard, Glenview, IL.  Approx. 45 minutes from Chicago. Hours: Mon–Sat 9:30am – 5:00pm; Sun 12:00pm – 5:00pm Admission: $9.50 per person, kids under the age of 1 are free Parking: Free – plentiful Our Experience: Kohl Children’s Museum of Greater Chicago offers 17 interactive, hands-on exhibitsread more

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Amanda

Honey Bunches of Oats Greek Honey Crunch {Review}

April 14, 2013 in Food, Product Review, Sponsored 0 Comment

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Lately I’ve noticed that my energy levels have been down – like, way down.  At the beginning of the year I was so gung ho about working out and eating better, but after about three months it just started to taper off.  My system needed a reboot…fast.  When I started to really think about whatread more

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Amanda

Chicagoland Spots: Discovery Center Museum

January 31, 2013 in Chicagoland Spots, Chicagoland-Local, Kids 4 Comments

Discovery Center Museum Rockford, IL

Venue: Discovery Center Museum Website: http://www.discoverycentermuseum.org/ Location: 711 North Main Street, Rockford, IL  Approximately 1 hour and 45 minutes from Chicago – off of 1-90 in Rockford. Hours: Open daily from 10:00am – 5:00pm Admission: $8.00 per person, kids under the age of 2 are free Parking: Free – plentiful My Experience:  Last week, Iread more

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Amanda

Chicagoland Eats: Cheeseburger in Paradise

January 16, 2013 in Chicagoland Eats, Chicagoland-Local, Family, Food, Restaurant Review 1 Comment

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Venue: Cheeseburger in Paradise Website: http://www.cheeseburgerinparadise.com/ Location: 1608 South Randall Road, Algonquin, IL.  Located in the Algonquin Commons Shopping Center, north of I-90. Hours: Mon-Thu: 11:00am-12:00am; Fri-Sat: 11:00am-1:00am; Sun 11:00am-11:00pm (Friday Night Karaoke! 8:30pm-12:30am) Parking: Plentiful, but there are a lot of other restaurants/bars in the Algonquin Commons shopping center, so you may have toread more

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Amanda

Chicagoland Eats: Burnt Toast Restaurant

January 8, 2013 in Chicagoland Eats, Food 1 Comment

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Venue: Burnt Toast Restaurant (Elgin) Website: http://www.btrestaurant.com/ Location: 2942 N. Randall Road, Elgin, IL  On Randall Road, just north of I-90. Hours: Mon–Sat: 6:30am – 2:30pm; Sun: 7:00am – 2:30pm (just open for breakfast & lunch) Parking: Normally I wouldn’t mention parking for a restaurant, but it’s important to note that if you head hereread more

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Amanda

Prefense Hand Sanitizer + GIVEAWAY

June 24, 2011 in Product Review 0 Comment

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Question: Do you ever wonder if your hands are totally clean? Free of germs and bacteria? But hate using a hand sanitizer because of the dryness and cracked skin? I know I do. Regular hand sanitizer completely dries me out and my hands feel itchy and get red easily. Well, fret not! I found theread more

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Amanda

Cube Dog iPhone App

June 10, 2011 in Product Review 0 Comment

Thank you to Cube Dog for sponsoring this review. For more information about Cube Dog please visit the Facebook page or download it on iTunes. Cube Dog! Have you checked it out yet? No?!?! Well you should – it’s totally FREE! Cube Dog is a cute new app for the iPhone (3Gs or higher) thatread more

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Amanda

Knock Out the FAT with George Foreman

June 8, 2011 in Product Review 0 Comment

I have never owned a George Foreman Grill before. Yes, you read that right. I know almost everyone on the planet probably has one, and I’ve heard of it, but never purchased one. So let me just say – WOW! This thing is AWESOME! I received a George Foreman GRP4B Next Grilleration™ Removable Plate Grillread more

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It’s a PB&J Party! + GIVEAWAY

May 7, 2011 in Family, Giveaway, Product Review Comments Off

Just writing that title made me think of Family Guy and that "Peanut Butter Jelly Time" song.  Hilarious! Anyway… This past weekend, I hosted a PB&J party for a few friends compliments of Hero Fruit Spreadables.  What is Hero Fruit Spreadables, you ask?  Hero Fruit Spreadables is a smooth jelly that contain all natural ingredients, noread more

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