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It's Memorial Day weekend and the traditional start to summer! Memorial Day is a U.S. federal holiday and is observed on the last Monday of May. It honors those men and women whom died while serving in the U.S. military. Many memorial services are planned during the Memorial Day weekend so please consider attending a local event to remember their sacrifice. Then join family and friends for fun times watching a parade, going to a favorite park for a picnic, or perhaps a family day at the ballp …

Father's Day is Sunday, June 19th. What are your Father's Day traditions? Our weekend customarily begins on Saturday with a family luncheon date at Bogarts Smokehouse. This is Dad's favorite barbeque restaurant! If you are ever in the St. Louis area you MUST stop here! Bogart's made YELP's top 100 restaurants in the U.S. in 2015. The ribs and brisket (really everything!) are my family's favorites! Dad loves all things sports and especially baseball and hockey! Really though who doesn't love …

It's almost Mother's Day! Only 9 more days and we want to be sure you have an awesome gift for Mom and Grandma in time for their special day! Good news too! Zoey's Attic Personalized Gifts is taking care of the domestic shipping upgrade this weekend! Our U.S. customers can order your Mother's Day gifts through Sunday, May 1st with BASIC shipping thereby avoiding additional upgraded shipping costs. Unfortunately, the international shipping deadline for Mother's Day has already passed.Starting …

Oh my! It's already the last week of April! I'm looking forward to a warm sunshiny May and of course Mother's Day! As I've shared in a previous post, May is my all-time favorite month of the year. When I was younger it signified the end of a long school year was near and the much anticipated summer vacation would be arriving sooner than later! However, the most favorite May date ever was my very first Mother's Day. The memory is forever etched not only in my mind, but also forever in my …

When I was a young school girl there was no internet. I had absolutely no knowledge of computers and certainly had no idea of how this advancement in technology would impact everyday life in the future! It's really difficult for me to imagine my life now without being "connected" via the internet! Our kiddos surely live in a vastly different world than I did when I was a youngster. We actually shopped in a real brick and mortar store as there was no online shopping in those days! Our parents …