There goes another thing I swore I’d never do before having kids…
In those care-free days (at least that’s how I remember them now), I self-righteously poo-poo’ed the trend of using subterfuge to get kids to eat their vegetables. The idea, popularized in Deceptively Delicious by Jessica Seinfeld (wife of Jerry), is to puree vegetables [...]

I’ve been meaning to write about great local blogs and other resources for parents, and at the top of my list was a great new blog called Cool Progeny, a frequently updated site with interviews, reviews, advice, and a great little calendar of local kid-friendly events. Well, the folks at Cool Progeny knew just what [...]

“It rained at Woodstock, and it might rain at KidStock too,” one of the event’s announcers said from the stage just before headliners Milkshake took the stage yesterday afternoon.
But the fleeting showers didn’t dampen the spirits of the dancing toddlers at Garrett Heights Elementary-Middle School in Hamilton-Lauraville yesterday, nor those of Milkshake frontwoman Lisa Mathews [...]

Faithful readers of this blog know there are few things my family likes more than summer festivals and Milkshake—the best kids band on the planet.
This weekend, our two favorite things come together at KidStock, a kids music festival in the Hamilton-Lauraville section of northeast Baltimore. And, as a post on the website says, “it’s all [...]

Having kids has, without doubt, given me the greatest joy of my life.
It has also often left me tired, angry, snappy and annoyed. Maybe it’s the sleep deprivation or the endless rounds of The Why-ing Game, but I find that little things that I might otherwise let roll off my back really get to me [...]

Last week, Jack’s school celebrated the Jewish holiday of Purim. The kids all dress up like its Halloween and Jack, at his own request, went as a dog (which was supremely convenient since he was a dog for Halloween, as seen here with his brother, and we still had the costume). After school, we [...]

Alright, I’ll post about something besides Milkshake soon (egg cream?), but I wanted to share this photo of our favorite local kids’ band at the Grammy’s (and take special note of bassist Cord Neal’s Edgar Allen Poe t-shirt, representing our patron literary giant).
While they lost out to Ziggy Marley (see previous entry), the band says [...]

In many ways, it was a disappointing night at the Grammys for Baltimore. The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra’s “Berstein: Mass” lost in the Best Classical Album category (although producer Steven Epstein won for Producer of the Year – Classical), and “Great Day,” the album by revered local children’s band Milkshake lost in the Best Musical Album [...]

As you may have heard, local kid’s music maestros Milkshake have been nominated for a Grammy in the Best Children’s Music category.
I had never heard of Milkshake before we moved to Baltimore last fall, but I have become an all-out fanboy ever since. My son Jack, 3, and I have seen them play at the [...]

My wife and I went to see “The Importance of Being Earnest” at Centerstage last Thursday. We stressed all week searching for a babysitter, then rushed like crazy to get to the theater on time. Brenda fell asleep at the beginning of the second act, and, by the 10 pm bows, I was struggling to [...]