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I fondly remember my husband's First Father's Day. We spent the day at one of his favorite places to visit, the Missouri Botanical Garden. It was a delightful June day in St. Louis, not as oppressively warm as it usually is on Father's Day. While touring the flowering gardens, an elderly woman also enjoying the magnificent colors and fragrant scents of Shaw's Garden approached my husband and wished him a happy Father's Day. Then she also told him his daughter was more beautiful than any of …

Did you know that Grandparents Day will be celebrated in the U.S. on Sunday, September 10th, 2017? In 1978 President Jimmy Carter proclaimed a national holiday in honor of grandparents. The idea was conceived in 1970 by a West Virginia housewife, Marian McQuade. Through her efforts statewide, the United States Congress passed legislation to proclaim the first Sunday after Labor Day as National Grandparents Day. September was chosen as the month to celebrate our beloved Grandparents because …

It's almost Father's Day! Only 12 more days and we want to be sure you have the bestest gifts ever for Dad and Grandpa in time for their special day! Here is the latest on our Father's Day processing and shipping schedule: our U.S. customers can order your Father's Day gifts through Sunday, June 12th with BASIC shipping thereby avoiding additional upgraded shipping costs. Unfortunately, the international shipping deadline for Father's Day has already passed.Starting Monday, June 13th, you wil …

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 …

We want to be sure you have your gifts for Dad and Grandpa in time for their special day! We are processing and shipping all Father's Day shirts and gifts as fast as we possibly can, but the one thing we can't control is the speed of the U.S. Postal Service. So to avoid additional upgraded shipping costs, June 13th will be the last day for our U.S. customers to order with BASIC shipping. Unfortunately, the international shipping deadline for Father's Day has already passed. After June 13th, y …