Monthly Archives: August 2009

Aug 31 2009

Disney On Ice Presents 100 Years of Magic Giveaway

Contest Closed. Congratulations to Jenny Miller Horn! She won a 4-pack of tickets to Disney on Ice Presents 100 Years of Magic!

Thank you to everyone who entered! If you are still trying to win tickets, head over to Family Friendly Cincinnati where April is giving away another 4-pack!

I love Disney on Ice shows. I said it. It’s out. I am 33 years old and I love to watch people dressed as Disney characters ice skate. I don’t care who knows anymore, lol.

In all seriousness, I do love taking the boys to Disney on Ice and am excited that the show will be returning this month to US Bank Arena. This year Disney is bringing, “Disney on Ice Presents 100 Years of Magic” to Cincinnati (and Dayton) and based on the previews I’ve seen online, it’s going to be a great show.

About the show:

Join the celebration as 65 of Disney’s unforgettable characters from 18 beloved stories come to life in Disney On Ice celebrates 100 Years of Magic! You’ll be captivated by the one and only Mickey Mouse, the irresistible Minnie Mouse, Goofy, Donald Duck, Jiminy Cricket, Pinocchio and many Disney Princesses. Be thrilled by exciting moments from The Lion King; Mulan; and Disney/Pixar’s Finding Nemo, The Incredibles, and Toy Story films; in a skating spectacular filled with magical Disney moments you’ll remember forever as Disney On Ice celebrates 100 Years of Magic!

Disney on Ice will be in Cincinnati:
Wednesday,
September
23:
7:30pm
Thursday,
September
24:
7:30pm
Friday,
September
25:
7:30pm
Saturday,
September
26:
11:30am,
3:30pm,
7:30pm
Sunday,
September
27:
11:30pm,
3:30pm

So why am I sharing this with you? Well the good folks at Disney have not only provided me with tickets to take my family, but they’ve offered to give me a four tickets to the September 23rd performance to giveaway to my local readers! How cool is that?

To enter, just share the name of your child’s (or neice, nephew, etc.) favorite Disney Character or Disney story. It’s that easy.  Winners must live in greater Cincinnati and be available to attend the September 23rd performance. Giveaway ends Tuesday, September 8th.

Want bonus entries?

1)Tweet about this giveaway- including @mommybits

2) Post about it on your Facebook wall and leave a comment here letting me know

3) Subscribe to my blog, leave a comment saying you did so.

Since I only have one 4-pack to giveaway, for those who don’t win, Disney has also given me a discount code:

Purchase
a
4‐pack
of
tickets
for
only
$44
for
weekday
shows,
or
receive
$4
off
weekend
tickets
by
logging
onto
www.ticketmaster.com
and
entering
the
coupon
code:
MOM.

Thank you to Disney & Mom Central for this opportunity.

UPDATE: My Friend Cortney is also giving away tickets to this show, in Cincinnati: http://www.evanhaslanded.com/?p=1780#content

Aug 31 2009

Family Movie Night

Saturday night my Mom and I took SM down to Fountain Square for Family Movie Night. Kung Fu Panda was playing and I knew SM would love to see it. 

I’d heard about the event through Fountain Square’s Twitter account earlier in the day. More about this in a minute.

The movie was scheduled to start at 7:30 p.m. so we headed downtown around 6:30 p.m. so we could stake out a good spot on the Square for our lawn chairs.  Turns out this was a good idea as the Square was already starting to get crowded.

We ended up getting an awesome spot close to the Fountain (not such a good spot when the wind blew…..). With about 45 minutes to kill before the movie started, I ran over to Graetersand got everyone a scoop of ice cream. Chocolate for Mom,  Black Raspberry Chip for SM and I. What a delish treat!

Watching the movie on the Square’s jumbo screen was awesome. The graphics were great and the volume was just right. We had a blast watching Kung Fu Panda and it was great to see so many families out for the evening.

In addition to watching the movie, the Square at night provides for some amazing photos.  My Mom had a great time snapping photos of the Fountain and the downtown skyline.

This was a great event and our family will definitely be back down in the future! I wish I would have attended one of Fountain Square’s Family Movie Nights sooner. If you are thinking about going down here are a few things to note: Parking is easy to find. We parked right under Fountain Square for $4. While we packed our own drinks and snacks, there are concessions on site.

Back to the Fountain Square Twitter account.


 I have to say I was really disappointed here. After seeing them Tweet about movie night, I replied asking what time the movie started and if we were allowed to bring chairs. I also noted that I’d never been to Family Movie Night before. Much to my dismay, Fountain Square NEVER responded. Disappointed, I went online and checked their Twitter account. Turns out they pretty much just use the account to push information out. They haven’t @ someone since the beginning of May.

In my opinion they are missing out an a huge opportunity to engage with people who are interested in, or thinking about, coming downtown.

Their Twitter bio says “Fountain Square is the heart of Cincinnati, Ohio. It’s a public space where we gather, celebrate and connect as a city.” My experience with them via Twitter makes me really wonder about the “connect” part.

I was recently in Chicago where I got to experience first hand how a downtown organization leveraged Twitter to make coming/being downtown easier. Perhaps they could learn from @ExploreChicago.

Aug 30 2009

Woot, Woot! Kodak Zi6 Cameras

In July when I was at BlogHer I was lucky enough to receive a gift bag from the Socialluxe party that contained a super-cute pink Kodak Zi6 video camera. In love with my camera (thank you Kodak for being so generous!), I was excited to see refurbished Kodak Zi6′s featured on Woot.com today.

Woot.com is a great site, that each day features one item at an awesome price. We’ve bought quite a few items from Woot.com and if I didn’t already have a Zi6, I would be all over this deal.

Available colors include Black, Pink & Red.

PS – Deals at Woot.com change everyday so this link will only take you to the Zi6′s today.
Aug 26 2009

Exciting New Adventure

Now that it’s been up and running for a few weeks I wanted to share some exciting news with you….. Myself, along with two of my “Mom” friends have launched a new blog for families in Cincinnati! I know, I am insane for starting another blog but I really love it, and I hope you will too!

The new blog is called Family Friendly Cincinnati (FFC) and it’s a site where parents can go to get feedback as well as recommendations for family friendly events, attractions and restaurants all over greater Cincinnati. We want it to be a resource that provides readers with insights and learnings from other parents before they make that treck across town or before they chunk down mucho dinero at an attraction that might not be worth it. Every Friday we’ll also be sharing our favorite weekend events and activities.

Unlike a traditional blog, FFC has multiple contributors. While it was started by myself, Susan (Working Moms Against Guilt) & Amy (AmyinOHio) – there are also five other parenting bloggers from across Cincinnati who have joined our FFC family: Michelle (Paper, Glue, etc), Barbara (KolbeMarketConsultants), Phyllis (Cincy Health Coach), April (Doin the Working Mom Thing) and Katie (The Little Things).

I hope you’ll all hop over and check it out – comment if you agree or even disagree with us – but most of all I hope you find it helpful.  If you do like what you see, and would like to be a part of FFC, you can read about becoming a contributor here. We’re always looking to add more parents to our group. We want to make sure we have all areas of town represented!