Every year, Nickelodeon and the ParentsConnect.com website ask parents to vote on their “Kid Favorites” – and Smarty Pants has been nominated as Chicago’s Best Party Entertainer! It’s a honor just to be nominated, but I’d love to win! Would …
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PMQ (that’s Pizza Magazine Quarterly) recently ran a nice feature about the benefits of restaurants having family night promotions with a professional entertainer. I’ve been hosting the Tuesday night Family Night at the Wrigleyville D’agostino’s Pizza for nearly three years, …
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Did you know that Time Out Chicago also publishes a special quarterly edition devoted entirely to kids & family activities in Chicago? Time Out Chicago Kids is a fantastic magazine packed from cover to cover with tons of news, photos …
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Please (pretty please) nominate us for Best Party Entertainer in Nickelodeon’s Parent’s Picks Awards! We need your help to be in the running for a 2010 “Best of Chicago” award. You can nominate us once a day, every day, from …
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Smarty Pants and Miss Dena were recently featured on television as part of WGN-TV’s annual St Patrick’s Day celebration. We had a lot of on-air fun with Chicago’s favorite weatherman, Paul Konrad. Have a peek at the footage – I …
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People often ask me, “What’s the first step to even start making balloons?” whenever they see me whipping up a dog, hat or Spongebob Squarepants balloon (that last one’s not a “first day” kinda balloon sculpture) I’m glad to say …
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Hey everyone, Finally got on board to set up the official Smarty Pants fan page on Facebook. I post a lot of the same updates, photos and news on Facebook as I do here on my blog, but a bit …
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D’Agostino’s Pizza recently celebrated the grand opening of their new location in Park Ridge, IL. Scott & Sara D’Agostino threw a big party on April 9th 2010 to invite the community to their newest location. We enjoyed meeting the great …
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Smarty Pants and Miss Dena recently performed their Big Balloon Show at the Barrington Park District. Our show was nicely covered by writer Myrna Petlicki in the pages of the Pioneer Press. We appreciated the nice newspaper article! For more …
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Smarty Pants and a team of skilled balloon entertainers recently attempted to set a brand new world record for most people getting into a six foot balloon simultaneously! This historic event took place at the 2010 Twist and Shout Balloon …
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