When I was a kid, we didn’t have much choice when it came to buying shoes. I didn’t get any characters or flashing lights on my sneakers. Uh uh. The biggest choice I had was whether to go with blue or red stripes. These days, however, forget about it. Kids footwear features every character you can imagine and they can do just about everything except fly. We didn’t have Crocs back then but I would’ve …
It’s true, I have a legitimate shot at playing a character in the new Star Wars: Episode VII movie! Okay, so it’s a long shot. But even a long shot is better than no shot at all. Thing is, YOU have the same shot too. See, Disney and Lucasfilm have teamed up with Bad Robot to launch one of the greatest charitable initiatives this side of the galaxy. It’s called Star Wars: Force for Change, and …
If you live in the NYC area and you’re already pulling your hair out from your kids being on vacation this week, don’t despair. Put the wine down, it’s going to be all right. I highly encourage you to pack up the kids and head over to the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum and take advantage of #KidsWeek2014! In addition to all the super cool stuff the Intrepid has to offer (You can tour a …
“Use the fork, Luke.” Sorry. That joke’s a little Forced, isn’t it? And it really makes no sense in this instance because I’m talking about breakfast cereal. You don’t eat cereal with a fork. A spoon, yes. Fork? No. But “Use the spoon, Luke” doesn’t quite get the same set of laughs. Or eye rolls. Anyways, cereal. Raise your hand if you remember being a kid in the supermarket walking down cereal aisle. It’s a …
I still remember leaving the movie theater when I was a kid. I was 7 years old and a one-handed Luke Skywalker had just been saved. On the flip-side, a frozen Han Solo had been carted away by that no-good, rapscallion Boba Fett. And well, then the credits rolled. And the crying and confusion soon followed. “What about Han Solo?!? The bad guys took him and he’s still frozen? I thought the good guys always …
