Lilycare Providing Family Health Care

Posted on June 22nd, 2008 by admin and filed under Family Holidays

‘Health care focused on you,’ is what you’ll find at LilyCare, a new West Fargo-based health care clinic that opened to patients June 2, at 550 13th Ave. E. in the former Dakota-Heartland building. Family practice physician Tracie Mallberg established the private corporation facility that focuses on full-service care for the entire family with emphasis [...]

Waterparks making a big splash

Posted on March 20th, 2008 by admin and filed under Family Holidays

Orlando’s SeaWorld resort is hoping to make a big slash next month when it officially opens its first water park, Aquatica.The South Seas-inspired attraction, which will pair wet-and-wild thrills and spills with up-close animal interactions, may be one of the more ambitious new kids’ attractions to hit the sunny south recently. But it’s far from [...]

Funfilled family events Mar. 15 to 21

Posted on March 20th, 2008 by admin and filed under Family Holidays

March Break fun continues with princesses, leprechauns and much more. Find something to do that will appeal to all members of your brood. Be sure to check back every week for updates.SATURDAY, MARCH 15 Wizard World offers children ages two to 12 interactive shows, a bounce zone, carnival rides, a wizard workshop, crafts and more.PRICE: [...]

Funfilled family events Mar. 15 to 21

Posted on March 18th, 2008 by admin and filed under Family Holidays

March Break fun continues with princesses, leprechauns and much more. Find something to do that will appeal to all members of your brood. Be sure to check back every week for updates.SATURDAY, MARCH 15 Wizard World offers children ages two to 12 interactive shows, a bounce zone, carnival rides, a wizard workshop, crafts and more.PRICE: [...]

Funfilled family events March 1 to 7

Posted on March 1st, 2008 by admin and filed under Family Holidays

Participate in activities as a family that are out-of-this-world. Find something to do that will appeal to all members of your brood. Be sure to check back every week for updates. SATURDAY, MARCH 1 The Backyardigans Quest for the Extra Ordinary Aliens is full of finger-snapping, toe-tapping and mind-boggling fun.PRICE: $19 to $49LOCATION: 1 Front [...]

Grim from start to finish or finish to start

Posted on February 21st, 2008 by admin and filed under Family Holidays

There’s nothing remotely subpar about Denver Center Attractions’ “The Last Five Years” in presentation or performance.The blue-chip, rotating cast; the smart and swiveling, time-themed set; the string-based quintet all first-class.
Though the score is mostly just a series of alternating musical monologues, it’s deceptively difficult to pull off, especially in the enormous vocal pendulum required [...]

Mom starts online toy rental company to save parents space money

Posted on February 16th, 2008 by admin and filed under Family Holidays

HOUSTON After scouring the Internet to fill her house with only the best toys for her infant twin sons, Lori Pope hated to watch the clutter build as the boys lost interest.
If you can rent movies, video games and even handbags online, she thought, why not toys? That’s the idea behind Baby Plays, [...]

Making sense of humour

Posted on February 14th, 2008 by admin and filed under Family Doctor

The abrasive stand-up Roy “Chubby” Brown would be startled to learn that one of his most avid admirers is a gay academic from Brighton. “The most important comedian of the past 25 years,” is the verdict of Andy Medhurst in his new book, A National Joke. Indeed, the final chapter is entirely devoted to that [...]

The family challenge

Posted on January 28th, 2008 by admin and filed under Family Learning

People in the know - and yes, there are hundreds of avid geocachers all over the place - will tell you that geocaching is akin to a sophisticated treasure hunt where you use a hand-held satellite navigation system to lead you to the treasure. This treasure can take many forms - there are multi-caches and [...]

The devastating truth about Iraq

Posted on January 28th, 2008 by admin and filed under Family Learning

So well done More4 for scheduling the first showing of No End in Sight, written, produced and directed by Charles Ferguson, which aired last Tuesday, the day it had been nominated for a best documentary feature Oscar.This was two of hours of riveting, epic viewing that rejected the opportunity to be obviously filmic (there was, [...]