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  • Meet Your Neighbor: Hanukkah Celebration

    Hanukkah is a festive eight-day celebration that for many people falls during the darkest, coldest season of the year. Also called the Festival of Lights, the holiday brings light, joy, and warmth to our homes and communities as we celebrate with candles, food, family, and friends.  The holiday commemorates the triumph of a band of…

  • 5 Gifts to Make at the Maker Playground

    5 Gifts to Make at the Maker Playground

    In a world where any store-bought item is merely a click away, how does someone give a present that will stand out? Giving a custom handmade gift is the best way to let someone know you care about them and make sure they’ll treasure it for years to come. The Fishers Maker Playground has all the…

  • 5 Ways to Have a Spectacular Fishers Friendsgiving

    5 Ways to Have a Spectacular Fishers Friendsgiving

    Thanksgiving is definitely one of my top favorite holidays, but there is just something so special about Friendsgivings! We hosted one after buying our first home and it was such a blast to have all our friends over. Picture Thanksgiving but with all of your best friends, it really is the best! Everyone can pitch…

  • Meet Your Neighbor: Veteran Scott Sobczak

    The City of Fishers honors all our local heroes who courageously served our country in the armed forces. To all the servicemembers past and present, thank you for your service, sacrifice, and support.   On September 20, 1975, President General Ford signed a bill amending the Uniform Monday Holiday Act and officially restoring Veterans Day to November 11. In the following years…

  • 4 Ways to Have a Green Halloween

    Halloween is a big deal in our house. My daughter loves all things scary, creepy, and macabre and my son was born a few days before Halloween. So, we bake, craft, and decorate our way through October, enjoying every Pinterest idea we can find. But this is a holiday that typically produces a ton of…

  • 20 DIY Family Halloween Costumes

    This year, Fishers Parks is hosting their annual Boo Bash event on Saturday, October 29 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.! We look forward to attending this family-fun event every Halloween and cannot wait to celebrate again this year. From festive booths to a boo-tiful display of jack-o-lanterns, this is an event you’ll definitely want to bring the whole family to.   I get so excited around…

  • Meet Your Neighbor: Headless Horseman

    If you like adventure and haunted hayrides, you might know me from my namesake Headless Horseman festival at Conner Prairie every October! Q&A NEIGHBORHOOD: West Fishers at Conner Prairie. “In the fall, their autumnal grounds full of brilliant colors of orange, purple and scarlet are like my own private Sleepy Hollow.” FAVORITE LOCAL RESTAURANT: “Conner…

  • 5 Things to Know About Rosh Hashanah

    Rosh Hashanah commemorates the creation of the world for those who are of the Jewish faith. This holiday, along with Yom Kippur, are considered the two “High Holy Days” in the Jewish religion. We have gathered five facts for Fishers residents to know about the holiday: 1. This year, Rosh Hashanah is Monday, September 26…

  • Meet Your Neighbor: Celebrating Loving Day

    Loving Day is an annual celebration held on June 12, the anniversary of the 1967 United States Supreme Court decision Loving v. Virginia, which struck down laws prohibiting interracial marriage remaining in sixteen U.S. states. The case was brought by Mildred Loving, a black woman, and Richard Loving, a white man, who first met when…

  • National Pumpkin Day: Boo Bash

    What Is It About Fall That Makes Me So Happy? Is it the weather? Is it the cool, crisp days when the sky is so clear and so blue, and the temperatures are so perfect?  The kind of weather when a light sweater or jacket wraps you in perfect comfort. Time outdoors in the fall…