March 3 is National Pancake Day

March 3, 2015 by Leave a Comment

Get a free short stack (one per person) at IHOP!
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IHOP hopes you will donate money for the Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals in honor of this special day. Our local IHOP is at 5301 Agoura Road at Kanan.

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Or, celebrate at home on this amazing confluence of events: Pancake Tuesday. It’s a nutty day in my house, when there are sports practices and homework and husbands getting home late. So I started making pancakes on Tuesday 2 years ago, and it stuck. For some recipe inspiration, check out this collection I made at the Pinterest-for-food-lovers, Foodie.com.

Check out 12 Versions of Pancake Tuesday

by Kim Tracy Prince at Foodie.com

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Update: The MomFair – a Job Fair For Moms MARCH 12 at The Play Destination

February 15, 2015 by 3 Comments

The date has changed for this event!

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MomAngeles.com presents The MomFair – a job fair for moms who are looking to go back to work or to work part-time. The evening will feature presentations by a career coach and a few success stories, and a work-from-home marketplace with businesses that value families and support moms making money and building careers while also caring for their families. Winnie and Kat, founded by Agoura Hills’ own Diane Prince, will be there!

The MomFair is a recurring mini job fair that happens each month at different locations around LA. Lucky for us, it’s coming to Agoura Hills at The Play Destination – by day an indoor playground and meeting place for parents of little ones, and by night (sometimes) a social gathering place for grownups! Their recent Paint Night (also hosted by MomAngeles with JensList and The Pump Station) was a lot of fun!

I have a special place in my heart for The Play Destination not only because my kids used to love playing there before they got too big, but also because they host a diaper donation bin for Help a Mother Out. Every time it fills up with packs of disposable diapers, I arrange for them to picked up, or I drive them myself, to a homeless shelter in Glendale. So if you have some hanging around bring them with you to The MomFair! The babies will thank you.

Tickets are only $25 and you can get $10 off if you have a MomAngeles Perks card.

The MomFair
Thursday, March 12, 6-9PM
at
The Play Destination
28501 Canwood Street
Agoura Hills, CA 91301
Website: TheMomFair.com
Purchase tickets here

*Yes that’s me in the crowd photo looking very gleeful at the inaugural MomFair event in 2013!

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Malibu Country Mart’s Annual Winter Wonderland

December 1, 2014 by 27 Comments

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Starting this Saturday, December 6, and running through December 20, the Malibu Country Mart will be transformed into a winter wonderland, SoCal style. There will be the usual suspects: Christmas tree, menorah, and twinkling lights. But on each of the December Saturdays before Christmas there will also be special activities.

Victorian carolers will stroll through the Mart, singing holiday favorites while children participate in holiday-themed activities such as stocking and dreidel decorating, face painting, and homemade cookie decorating.

malibu country mart holiday events

And for the older kids and parents, the stores in Malibu Country Mart will be running holiday specials. If you’ve never bothered to stop at the Mart on your way to somewhere else, trust me. It’s worth it. In fact, it’s a great destination in itself!

See their website for additional information.

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