About us

My mom is the queen of freebie entertainment. She started taking me to outdoor concerts at age 1 month, and when she later realized she could get me to behave all day with the promise of “music and lights,” she broaded her scope to include food festivals, ethnic shindigs, holiday fetes and more.

This blog is NOT all about my big brother! Music and lights, bah. Mom knows how much I love to run wild, so she finds plenty of trees for me to hug and water for me to splash. She also knows all the best places for complimentary lollipops.

In 15 years as a journalist, I’ve learned to keep my eyes open for good ideas. The kind of idea varies depending on what genre I’m currently immersed in. During the past five

years, I’ve roughly split my time between food (I was on the editorial staff at a local food publication) and kids (as a mom to M. and S.). This blog is my way of sharing what I’ve learned with other families while keeping my writing skills polished. I hope you have as much fun reading it as we’re having researching it! — Amy De La Hunt