Georgette Gilmore

Our Upcoming Events calendar has plenty to keep you entertained this week. Check it often for all local happenings. Here are this week’s highlights:     Get in Touch With NatureFeb. 25 […]

Today is Fat Tuesday, also known as Mardi Gras. Traditionally, the Tuesday before Lent was also called Pancake Tuesday, because all the fats, eggs and dairy needed to be eaten before the forty days […]

Green is a religion in these here parts. So I am not sure I should admit that I have put the milk carton in the garbage can once or twice in […]

There’s a lot going on this week. We wrote about Sunday’s concert craze here and our Upcoming Events calendar is filled with other local happenings. Here are a few of this week’s […]

When I was a kid going to concerts was something you did as a teenager. My first concert was Def Leppard, I was thirteen, and I lost my voice screaming […]

Now that we have kids, a night of romance is watching 24 together while drinking Alka-Seltzer (Mexicali Rose takeout just doesn’t settle as well as it used to). Stinky diapers, sleep deprivation […]

We’ve been hard at work on our spiffy little calendar of family-oriented local happenings. We call it Upcoming Events. Check back often when you’re looking for things to do. And […]

Last night, Thursday, I went to the evening tour of Rand while everyone else was watching The Office. My advice is to go to the morning tours if you can. You […]

I walked by one of my favorite little shops today in the snow, and it was completely empty. I froze and cursed this crap economy. Luckily, though, my store hasn’t […]

Montclair elementary school tours started at 9:00 a.m. this morning. I went to my first one, and I’m still alive. Barely.

If you have children in Montclair, you know about the kindergarten tours and “choice” process. Parents drag themselves through six schools in a week’s time, pick one they think will […]

I’m not happy that salmonella peanut butter is making people sick, as Kristen posted recently, but at least this is one illness my family doesn’t have to worry about. We […]