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War Horse~Opens at the Kimmel Center on November 20
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Are you a fan of seeing live shows in the theater? I am! I got hooked in the 90s, when Broadway was having a real boom. I’ve seen Phantom of the Opera a bunch of times, Les Miserables, Miss Saigon, Beauty and the Beast, Cats and so many more. Back then, my parents would take us quite often. We’d drive into NYC, and rain or shine, heat or freezing, we’d stand in line at TKTS. And this was the old one–when it was just a little shack. Today it’s a bit more sophisticated and I think the line moves quicker!
Now, you don’t have to go to NYC to see these popular shows. They are coming right here to Philadelphia and will be at the Kimmel Center, The Academy of Music and the Merriam. War Horse will be in town at the Academy of Music from November 20 to December 2. The show itself is getting great reviews and it won 5 Tony Awards!
Here is the synopsis of the story:
Hailed by The New York Times as “theatrical magic,” WAR HORSE is the powerful story of young Albert’s beloved horse, Joey, who has been enlisted to fight for the English in World War I. In a tale the New York Daily News calls “spellbinding, by turns epic and intimate,” Joey is caught in enemy crossfire and ends up serving both sides of the war before landing in no man’s land. Albert, not old enough to enlist, embarks on a treacherous mission to find his horse and bring him home. What follows is a remarkable tale of courage, loyalty and friendship, filled with stirring music and songs and told with the some of the most innovative stagecraft of our time.
Tickets for War Horse start at just $25! This is an amazing opportunity for your family to see a Broadway-caliber show, right here in Philadelphia. I have gone to the “traveling, non-Broadway” versions of both Phantom and Les Mis, and they are equal to what you see in NYC, really! In fact, at those shows, I had much better seats than what we had for Miss Saigon.
Make sure you subscribe to the Kimmel Center’s email so that you are alerted to all the shows. Some upcoming shows include Les Mis (can never see that too many times!), Catch Me If You Can and many great others. I am so excited to see that list, it’s going to be hard to limit myself to just a few shows.
Here is a video montage from War Horse:
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{Tech & Toy Tuesday Review} What’s the difference between Leap Pad 1 and Leap Pad 2?
October 23, 2012 by · 1 Comment
Last year I tried to do a weekly feature throughout the holidays highlighting deals on the latest toys and tech gadgets. I’m going to try to bring it back this year. For this week, I’m going to talk about the Leap Pad. After owning it for about a year, I think we can give a good review on the Leap Pad 1.
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I was one of the moms (hangs head in shame) who bought into all the hysteria over the Leap Pad last year. However, in my defense, my parents actually purchased it for the boys, not me. And, really, it is a toy that gets played with almost every day. I have gone through bouts of buyer’s remorse over it, but all in all, they really enjoy it. Last year, of course you could only get the Leap Pad 1, so that’s what we have. The Leap Pad 2 was not available until this fall. My boys do not have unlimited access to ours. I keep it “high up” and they have to ask to use it. It is essentially a video game and a mini-video player all in one, so I don’t want them spending endless hours on it every day.
Here is what I really like about the Leap Pad–
- It’s awesome for the car, waiting in waiting rooms, restaurants and situations like that where I need them to be polite and quiet.
- It’s just for kids, so by default the only things you can download onto it are kid-friendly (unlike an ipad or regular tablet)
- Nice variety of learning videos, games and activities.
- Not everything on it is a Disney or Nickelodeon or other branded character. There are no-name kid activities on there that they really enjoy.
Here is what I wish I could change about the Leap Pad–
- The apps and games are much more expensive than what you pay for a regular tablet and they can only be purchased in one spot. No competition, high prices, very disappointing.
- On ours, the back plates that cover the batteries fall off constantly. Right now, though, Amazon has the gel case for $9 or FREE when you buy a Leap Pad 1, so I ordered it. Hopefully that will keep the back on.
- Since you can only get apps in one spot (from the Leap site), I have no doubt that they are collecting our user data when we get apps. I don’t like that.
- We got through tons of batteries, I wish it was rechargeable.
- I wish it shut off automatically when my kids just set it aside.
So, there is the Leap Pad 2. What is different, and what does that mean to us?
- Twice as much memory. I don’t think we are in danger of running out of memory on the Leap Pad 1.
- More processing. Again, I haven’t found this to be a problem. Ours works and boots just as quickly as we need it to.
- Camera is now front and back, instead of just the back. Not really necessary, they like the camera just fine and have fun with it.
- Rechargeable. A ha! Now we’re on to something. I wish ours was.
- And the battery life is an extra hour longer.
- Price difference: On average, you will pay $20-$30 more for a Leap Pad 2 or bundle set, as compared to the Leap Pad 1.
The only thing that would really interest me is the rechargeable battery. I have a charger and rechargeable batteries from Energizer, I just need to get better about using it regularly. All the games and apps are the same. But, if you don’t own one yet, I would pay the extra for the Leap Pad 2. Because we have easily gone through $20-$30 worth of batteries in one year, so that will pay for itself. Unless I could sell ours gently used and get back what we paid for it, I can’t justify spending another $100+ to save money on batteries. Now, here are some places to shop for the Leap Pad 1 and Leap Pad 2. Please keep in mind if you are finding this post at a later date, these offers may no longer be valid.
Leap Website: Currently offering 15% off your order of $50 or more.
Kmart: Use code KMART10PSAVINGS to get 10% off entire purchase.
Toys R Us: Currently has 20% off entire order + free shipping.
WalMart: Free shipping on orders of $45+
Amazon: Has the Leap Pad 1 for as low as $60-with the green gel case, a great price. See the whole collection of Leap on Amazon
Stay tuned and make sure you follow my blog! We love the Leap Pad and post deals on the apps card and the free apps whenever we can find them.
