Category: Fun
Add a little more joy to your weekday with posts designed to bring out the fun in your life, featuring things to do, easy party ideas, games and more
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Host a First Day of School Scavenger Hunt
The first day of school can be anxiety-inducing…for parents and kids alike. Why not inject a little fun into that morning, turning the morning routine into a treasure hunt of sorts? Here’s a simple list of things to do—and look out for—as your kids get ready. Presenting the First Day of School Scavenger Hunt. The…
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25 Backyard Scavenger Hunt Ideas
I didn’t expect Life Between Weekends to turn into a scavenger hunt blog, but the feedback I’ve been getting is: KEEP THE IDEAS COMING! (So urgently, in fact, that all caps is required.) Well, as someone whose wild nights in high school involved organizing group scavenger hunts—yup, I am not even joking a little about…
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Frontiers: 11 Places You Must Visit in Dunedin, FL
If you’re in Pinellas County, you’ve got to visit Dunedin. The beachside city’s rich in Scottish culture & features plenty of things to do.
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Holiday Movie Trivia for Your Zoom Party
Planning a virtual holiday party is like fighting a battle of awkwardness. Typically, all you really need to do is plan a menu, set some holiday music and decide on whether you’re doing a Secret Santa or white elephant exchange, and you’re good. But when the party takes place online, you’re playing the role of…
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A Not-So-Definitive Ranking of Rankin/Bass’s Christmas Specials
I grew up watching ALL of the Rankin/Bass Christmas specials, from Thanksgiving Day through January 1st. Not just Santa Claus Is Coming to Town or Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer; I got into them all—even Rudolph’s Shiny New Year (seriously). That said, it can spark a little debate in my family as to which shows are…
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15 Fun Gift Ideas They’ll Actually Use
You want to give a special gift, something meaningful your [insert friend/relative/beau/dog] will actually use and appreciate, not just relegate to a shelf with an “aww, that’s nice.” Every November, I start a list in Google Keep with ideas for everyone I share the holidays with, as I try to find something that captures (as…
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How to Host a Street View Scavenger Hunt
A long, long time ago (READ: 14 years) in a land far, far away (READ: the glorious suburbs of Tampa, FL), Candace introduced me to the wonderful world of team photo scavenger hunts. Here’s how it would work: Create a list of places, people, actions and things that everyone will need to find (ex. Find…
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20 Zoom Thanksgiving Scavenger Hunt Ideas
More than a third of Americans plan on staying home this Thanksgiving (us too), but that doesn’t mean our micro holiday has to be any less festive. Zoom scavenger hunts are one of the least-awkward—and most fun—ways to connect via video chat, so we decided to put a Turkey Day spin on the trend with…
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Exploring The American Dream, the Nation’s First Newly Opened Abandoned Mall
A newly opened abandoned mall?! How can that be? The American Dream in New Jersey isn’t an abandoned mall at all. In fact, it’s the third-largest shopping megaplex in the U.S., just behind the King of Prussia Mall and Mall of America. To call it a mall is practically an understatement: It houses Nickelodeon Universe…
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Your First Look at Dairy Queen’s Fall Candle Line (Yes, That’s a Thing)
Dairy Queen’s Blizzards—those ice cream-and-mix-in-filled cups so hearty you can flip them upside-down and the treat won’t spill out—have their own cult following. And now, that cult is about to get a whole new kind of merch: candles. Yes, candles. What started out as a publicity stunt last year turned out to be wildly popular,…
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How ‘Selena and Chef’ Was Filmed During Quarantine
I’ll admit it: I’ve fallen down a rabbit hole with Selena + Chef. Every Thursday that HBOMax drops new episodes, I find myself binging them all (so far, they’ve shared three each week) in a single sitting, while Googling random questions as they come to mind: Where are those chef’s knives from? (Amazon, apparently.) How…
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Dr. Jart+ Dermask Hydrating Hand Mask: An Honest Review
I’m well-versed in face masks and sheet masks, but it wasn’t until recently that I’d even heard of hand masks. And I never thought I’d want one—until my hands started feeling achy from being so cracked and dry. Lotion and body oil weren’t cutting it. I tried increasing my water intake (maybe dehydration was partially…
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