I enjoy walking through downtown Belleville. After living her for 32 years, I've seen this area change dramatically. Clearly, we are in a renaissance period. With Art on the Square in full swing today and Sunday, don't forget about your local retailers while you're enjoying the show: They're here year-round!
Carrying even a tabletop tripod for your digital camera while you're on vacation is just plain inconvenient. Where to put it while you're hiking a trail and how not to lose it are just two of the questions you have to ask yourself. Well, consider the small, lightweight HandPod from Marvin's Camera in downtown Belleville. Attached to an adjustable lanyard you can wear around your neck, the HandPod screws into the tripod socket on the bottom of your camera. It provides stability, keeps...
If you missed the story last week about the Taste of Home Cooking School on May 7 in Highland, here's another plug. "Simply Entertaining" -- just one week away -- focuses on spring cooking, and, as always, includes lots of giveways, goodie bags for everyone, cookbook, plenty of free advice and tips, plus vendors to visit before the show.
I've always thought that eating together was so symbolic for families.
Here's a shower gift that will endure. What better way to cut and serve cake than with a utensil designed just for the celebration of a baby's impending arrival, then as the years go buy, to cut birthday cakes.
I know spring is really here when it's time for the annual Plant Sale at Southwestern Illinois College. It begins Friday and continues April 19 and April 20. Hours are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the greenhouse at the Belleville Campus. It's usually a mad dash for the best plants (and there are plenty of them), so my advice is to pay a visit Friday for the best selections. ...
Lots of games, stickers and fun to keep the kids busy after church on Easter Sunday. If they need to be entertained while all of you are visiting family, check out the light-up flying disc, jump rope with bunny and carrot handles and the bunny bowling game (10 plastic pins shaped like colorful and two balls), each a buck at the Dollar Tree in Fairview Heights by Shoe Carnival and Burlington Coat Factory. ...
It may not feel like spring is right around the corner, but with daylight-saving time upon us Sunday, it's nice to dream about green grass, jonquils waving in the sun and crocus poking their tiny heads out for the first peek of what's to come. Here are some items I ran across that might help put you in the mood for sprucing up indoors or out.
Woof! Is you're Uno-wannabe telling you it's his turn to bask in the limelight?
March down the aisle March 2 during the annual Dillard's Bridal Show at St Clair Square. From 1 to 4 p.m., meet experts in all manner of wedding preparation at the department store, create a bridal registry, receive a free wedding planner and gift from Dillard's and register to win $1.500 in door prizes. ...
