Hey Mama Hey! It’s FRIDAY!!!! Which means I have you covered with your Freshly Picked Events for this weekend. This is your weekly round up of my favorite events from around the city. I hope this list helps you get out and explore your community and our beautiful city. SendContinue Reading
Every year right around Valentine’s Day, the Chicago Auto Show takes over the city. It’s the nation’s largest auto show and if you visit, you will see how serious they take their title. More than 1 million square feet of exhibit space and over 1,000 vehicles. The past few yearsContinue Reading
Hey Mama Hey! Happy Friday! Y’all loved the special MLK Freshly Picked Events so much I felt the need to bring back Freshly Picked Events. (Mamas around Chicago erupt in applause!). If you are new here….first of all WELCOME. Let me break down Mama Freshly Picked Events: I comb throughContinue Reading
Hey Mama Hey! Last weekend we escaped the cold with a trip to Atlanta. We hung out with our adorable nieces, saw family from both sides and I even fit in a lunch with a Mama friend. As usual, I brought everyone along in my IG stories. The questions IContinue Reading
*In my Stevie Wonder voice* “Happy Birthday to Ya!…For in our hearts we sing. Thanks to Martin Luther King.” Monday is the MLK Holiday and if you are reading this blog you want to the day more than just another day off school. I remember when Q was 3.5 monthsContinue Reading
10..9..8..7..6..5..4..3..2..1!!!! Happy NOON YEAR. It’s time for another Baby Soul Jam and this one is to celebrate what an amazing year 2019 has been to us and get ready for the FAVOR 2020 will bring for our families. Tickets are on sale here. My first NYE after I had ObieQContinue Reading
Seven. That’s the number of Santas we saw last year. We saw Santa at a mall, Santa at a park, even Santa in a hotel. All of them were great. ObieQ took the obligatory pictures and we moved on. But there was ONE experience that was different. An experience thatContinue Reading
Our honeymoon. That is the last time my husband and I have been on a trip together. That was in 2015. It was time. We are both busy. Our day to day lives are full of logistics. We needed to reconnect. When my husband first proposed this trip I askedContinue Reading
“I don’t wanna grow up..I’m a Toy’s R Us Kid” just reading those words should bring a smile to your face. You can imagine the joy I felt when I received an email inviting ObieQ and I to the new interactive playland “Toys R Us Adventure”. There weren’t a lotContinue Reading
It’s October. Temps have dropped. Leaves are changing. You’re social media is full of Mamas and their little ones in matching plaid shirts at a pumpkin patch. It’s Fall Y’all! I know what you’re thinking. “I am a cool city Mama. Is it worth it for me to pack myContinue Reading
