Harlem Globetrotters Are in Town!

You loved them as a kid and now you can see them again as an adult. The Harlem Globetrotters is celebrating their 90th anniversary world tour, and will be bringing their star-studded roster to Barclays Center on January 2 for two epic games.  The world famous team will have fans on the edge of their seats to witness the […]

Roasting S’Mores by the (Non) Open Fire

My kids are constantly begging to make s’mores–no matter what time of year. Even now in the winter, they beg for them. So I found a perfect solution to curb their winter cravings: an Electric S’mores Maker. I can pop it on my counter, dining room table or even bring it to a party! It’s made of stainless steel, […]

Giving Until You Feel It

When I was a child, I remember a few occasions where my parents asked me to choose a toy to give away to children who had less than I did. “We have so much,” my mom would say in a gentle voice. And it was true. We did. I would painfully look through my stacks of […]

Prevent Holiday Illness in Your Family

Read some tips to prevent illness during the holidays.

Around Town With Jill: Happy Holidays & Merry Christmas

Around Town With Jill would like to wish you and yours a very Merry Christmas and Happy Holiday Season!

A Mother in Need

Lesley Ellis Linker is a 45-year-old Ridgewood, NJ mother of two young children who is unable to work due to advanced Multiple Sclerosis and who has been devastated by the breakdown of her family. Now her friends are reaching out and trying to find her some support and help. Lesley was diagnosed with MS at age 33, when […]

7 Places to Feast on the 7 Fishes

The Feast of the Seven Fishes is a beloved tradition for many Italian families on Christmas Eve. The Feast typically consists of seven different seafood dishes which may include some combination of anchovies, whiting, lobster, sardines, smelts, eels, squid, octopus, shrimp, mussels and clams but the most famous dish is baccalà, salted cod fish. No one is sure of the true significance of the 7 fishes. Some say it represents the seven sacraments […]

Something big is happening on December 24, 2015

Something big is happening on December 24th and I don’t just mean Santa’s visit. This year, Santa may not even need Rudolph to guide his sleigh because on Christmas Eve, there will be a full moon–the first one in 38 years! There were only 3 full moons on Christmas in all of the 20th century, only one of which I […]