Sandi has been at Chicago Parent for 12 years. For much of that time she worked on developing our websites and other digital platforms. A year ago she took on the role of sales and marketing coordinator. Did you ever notice sales people don't like to be coordinated? And yet she perseveres. In an earlier life Sandi worked in the agency business. She is the mom of 4 and lives in Oak Park.

Past articles

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Make your own ice cream
June 27, 2012
Beat the heat with homemade ice cream the kids can help make. Yummy! 

Kid Culture | Tween Books
November 3, 2009 - Comments (1)
 

For tweens, check out these four great books
September 28, 2009
Four books not to miss this month. 

These books offer great escapes from routine
September 10, 2009
We are back in the groove. School, homework, reading assignments, soccer practice, gymnastics, piano lessons, go to bed early, get up early-we've only been in school one month and it feels like summer was a million years ago. And I'm the mom; I'm not even the one going to school. 

Looking for fun? Check out these books
September 10, 2009
My kids and I were in the car and one of our favorite songs came on the radio, Sheryl Crow’s "All I Wanna Do." We were smiling at each other and singing very loudly when it hit me: That is what this column is all about. All of these books are fun. That’s it. Fun. 

Shop ’til you warm up. Minneapolis, Minn.
September 10, 2009
Kati,” I say, “how about a weekend in Minnesota, just the two of us?” Kati, my 14-year-old, just shrugs. “C’mon Kati, we’ll stay in a hotel, eat out, it’ll be fun.” No response. I pull out my trump card. “We can go to the Mall of America.” “OK,” she says. “Let’s go.” 

Say beautiful 850 times and you’re there, Oahu and Maui, Hawaii
September 10, 2009

Kylie,” I call, “we need to start writing our article about Hawaii. Have you been thinking about it?” She answers, “How many words does it have to be?” (I’m proud. She’s learning writer’s lingo.) “About 850 words,” I say. “That’s easy,” she says, “just type the word beautiful 850 times.”

From Universal to Disney and everything in between
September 9, 2009
 

Miles of fun in the Mile High City
September 1, 2009
A weekend in Denver sounded intriguing, but I had no idea it would be so much fun. 

St. Petersburg isn’t just for old folks anymore
September 1, 2009
My family and I have been to Orlando, Ft. Lauderdale and Tampa in Florida but