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Essential summer music with a twist

by Becky

Tue
1
2008

Great music is great summer fun, and here's a list of upcoming summer musical getaways in the area. While all ages are welcome, most of the shows are past my children's bedtime, so these might make a great date night. Line up the babysitter and rock on! July 2, 8 p.m., Ruth Eckerd Hall. See Ringo Starr & His New All Starr Band Billy Squier, Edgar Winter, Gary Wright, Hamish Stuart and ... Read more >

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Things to do for the grownup in you

by Becky

Fri
11
2008

Got a babysitter? Get ready to go out and have some fun in Tampa. I took dance lessons once. In the 1970s. Disco. I'd say it's about time to learn something new. Greg teaches salsa lessons Thursdays at Bellini's in Gulfport at 8:30 p.m. and at BayWalk in St. Petersburg on Fridays at 7:30 p.m. And it's free! Here's an interesting combination: have dinner and solve a murder. I Sense A Murder is ... Read more >

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Your New Tampa City Editor

by Caroline

Fri
24
2008

Hello Tampa area Parents! My name is Caroline and I would like to introduce myself as your new Tampa City Editor at Being Savvy. The baton as editor is being passed to me from the very talented Becky, your previous editor. She has moved away from Tampa and we certainly wish her and her family well in her new home state of Iowa. I am thrilled to be your City Editor and would like to share a ... Read more >

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Becky

A native Nebraskan whose parents were teachers and always made her "look it up" in the dictionary, she married a Norwegian she met in college. She wound up in Tampa via Norway, where her fondest memories are of listening to a bar full of Norwegians sing every word to "American Pie" at closing time (the most English she heard at one time in two months) and explaining "Paradise By The Dashboard...Read more >

Caroline

Caroline is an over-thinking mom of two boys currently living under swaying palm trees in the sunny state of Florida. She grew up as a Foreign Service brat and spent half of her childhood in Africa. But alas, life got a little more typical once she settled down in the U.S. to attend college and eventually start a wonderful family of her own. In 2005, she moved her family from Boston to Florida....Read more >

Because a Great Book Helps Explain a Tough Subject

by BeingSavvy

November
20
2008

Oh, the tough stuff. Life with preschoolers means wading right into the hard stuff, sometimes on a daily basis. And what's perhaps most striking of all is just how much tough stuff there is!
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    Top 5 Posts on BeingSavvy

  1. Top Sites for Sparking a Little Imagination
  2. Art-Based Gifts from your Little One
  3. Savvy Spotlight: Taro Gomi
  4. Savvy Giveaway: Inspiring Your Creative Family
  5. Every Preschooler's Favorite Topic, or The Developmental Benefits of a Little Navel-Gazing

Top Ten Anywhere Anytime Activities on Savvy Source

  1. Backyard "Drive In" Movie Theatre
  2. I'm Going to the Beach and...
  3. Give Me a Hard One to Guess
  4. Wacky Day
  5. Feelings Journal
  6. Simple Scavenger Hunt
  7. Picture a Good Choice Being Made
  8. Helping Game
  9. Spinning a Spiderweb
  10. Bowl-O-Fun

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