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Escape with us every week as we give ideas and event tips for moms to take time for themselves.You don’t have to be into the Lilith Fair to appreciate music written and performed by women. As Women’s History Month draws to a close, this Friday night the St. Louis Art Museum presents “Girl Power,” a free concert of chamber music written by women and performed by women.Ladies, this is a great chance to enjoy a free night out with your girlfriends. This isn’t stuffy, old chamber music written by dead guys in powdered wigs. All the composers are still alive and writing music today. These women are inspired by everything from the sounds of sirens in the background hum of traffic to the …
Sometimes all a mom wants is for someone else to make her some home cooked comfort food. This weekend, sneak over to Wat Phrasriratanaram, a Buddhist Temple in Florissant, for some honest-to-goodness home cooked Thai food made by actual moms and grandmothers.Once a month, Wat Phrasriratanaram hosts a Thai Temple Food Fair, which is basically a buffet with approximately 40 different selections. Since these are Thai moms and grandmothers, instead of mashed potatoes and pot roast, you’ll get rice mixes and pork satay. It can be hard to indulge yourself on a budget. Luckily, the á la carte dishes…
Imagine the time before electricity. People didn't have washing machines, refrigerators or battery operated toys of any kind. This weekend, join The Repertory Theater of St. Louis for an evening of reminiscing about how much electricity shocked the nation.OK, that’s how you’re going to pitch it to the guys. Now that they’re bored, ladies, this weekend it’s time to get the girls together to split a bottle of wine before you all go watch a funny play about vibrators. In the Next Room or the vibrator play is set in a Victorian doctor’s office. Married women suffering from “hysteria” go in for a…
Sometimes you can get away from it all without going more than 20 minutes from home. This weekend, leave the kids with their grandparents and head up the street to Maryland Heights' Comfort Inn at Westport for a geeky weekend with other grownups. Conflation describes itself as, “a great chance to get away from the kids, let your hair down and not have to worry about what you say being overheard.” It’s technically a science fiction convention, but really, it’s an excuse for people who consider themselves nerdy or geeky to get together for a weekend and party. Since there will be alcohol on the…
Before the kids were born, remember when you used to go out dancing just to let go of all your tensions from the week? Now, it’s a lot harder to leave the house at 10 p.m. and not come home until 2 a.m., but if you still have that desire to dance, Aabla Raqs has a great alternative for you, bellydancing.Every Monday night from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m., they offer an introduction to bellydancing class at their Creve Couer studio. You’ll learn to dance with veils, swords, finger cymbals and even Aladdin’s lamps - all in the company of other women, many of them fellow moms. If you can’t persuade your …
With families running on tighter budgets, sometimes it’s hard for a mom to justify spending $60 on a facial or $40 on a pedicure at a spa. Luckily, salon schools offer a great discount on these services in a comfy, pampering atmosphere for a fraction of the price. For the same cost as one facial and pedicure at a salon, you can take two girlfriends with you and make a day of it at Elaine Steven Beauty College on West Florissant Road. Facials are only $20 and pedicures only $9. As an extra bonus, if you have free time on a Wednesday, the facials are discounted all the way down to $6. The …
