HP Daily Blog

The HP Recreation Center is hosting a free family fitness day.  Activities for everyone ages 3 to adult. The event will not include toddler treadmill training – one of the country’s fastest growing, and most controversial, activities.   

Healthy snacks and water provided. For more information call 847.579.4554.

Sunday, March 21, noon-3pm.

Activia Yogurt is good for your health?  Maybe. But when Sunset and Jewel and Poeta’s put signs on the aisle communicating that as fact, well the lawyers couldn’t accept it and sued.  So if you’re an inhaler of Dannon Yogurt, especially the Activia variety, you may be due back some money.  $100 if you can show your Sunset receipts.  $30 if you can’t. 

Here’s the website that starts all the fun:  LINK

Ross’s Cosmetics at 625 Central Avenue is also home to Tatiania’s Mini Mani, located in the back of the store. At Tatiana’s, $10 gets you 10 minutes of mani – including french manicures.

So if you’re in a rush – or simply loathe the idea of dropping $40 at Olga’s – than Tatiania may be for you…

No Drop ins: Schedule your appointment with Tatiana at   .

Not sure if you heard, but umm, that rolling stop may not be your fault.  Getting it checked out is easier than ever, as Toyota is offering free rental cars while you get your car checked out…including free at-home pickup and return of recalled cars plus reimbursement for out-of-pocket transportation costs.   Wait a couple days and you may be getting free breakfast too.

HP Daily Blog Correspondent EB reports on the Bar Method:

 The Bar Method, an hour-long workout program located in downtown HP, has the unique ability to make the combination of half a millimeter movements, 2 pound weights and 20 seconds of time feel downright diabolical – and yet amazing at the same time.  The beauty of the Bar Method is that you stay within your own body. There is never a stress on joints – only muscle – and the bar itself creates delusions of being a member of the Joffrey Ballet company.  And frankly, delusions are often times the best things to get you through a workout. 

So if you’re looking for some low-to-high impact heir to the Jane Fonda-Suzanne Somers-Victoria Principal trifecta, the Bar Method may be a great bet.  It’s a full-body workout, that hits all the right notes, and you may not even break a sweat – which makes it an easy way to fit into one’s daily schedule.

If you’re interested in giving it a try, they offer a free class via this Link (must bring in the coupon).  Also, they offer a beginner’s special- $100 for the month…

The HP Bar Method Studio is located in the lobby of 1770 First Street (the tall building adjacent to Port Clinton Square).  Happy V-Day..Love, Yourself…

If you’re curious about how babies are delivered, than a tour of the HP Hospital Family Birthing Center may be for you.  The highlight will undoubtedly be seeing all the lil’ miracles bundled up in the nursery — and their sleep deprived parents wandering the halls aimlessly.  They say “no children” but in this day and age, that may be in the eye of the beholder…

Feb. 15th 7-8pm – HP Hospital – Audio Visual Lecture Hall.

The Event is free.  Register HERE

HP Hospital is offering American Red Cross Baby-sitter training for 11-15 year olds.  We always thought that baby-sitting training involved figuring out how to use the remote control and determing where all the goodies were stored. But gone are the days when baby-sitting is … well sitting…Now, you’re expected to be pro-active, and in the baby-sitting world that means you have to know first aid and home safety.

Conveniently, this one-day baby-sitting training class will teach you everything you need to know about being a responsible sitter.   

Saturday, January 23rd from 9:00AM – 5:00PM: HP Hospital (Meeting Room 1)

Register HERE

If knowledge is power, than a blood pressure screening may be just what you need.   Every couple of weeks, Highland Park Hospital provides free screening on a walk in basis from 8:30am- 10:30am in the Cafeteria.  And while your there, check-out their vending machine options – easily the best in the city.

A complete list of dates and times can be found at this link:  Screening Dates. 

If you don’t know where HP Hospital is – Lucky you!   It’s at 777 Park Avenue West in Downtown HP.

The Recreation Center of Highland Park is recruiting children ages 6-10 to make believe Florida has come to HP in January.  The production includes swimming, a game of tag and winter-themed cookies.  

January 16 5:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. $10/resident

Register by January 13 at 847.579.4554.

Are you one of the many Ross’s Cosmetics customers who bought too many sample size toiletries for your Xmas Vacay? Well MLK Day is just around the corner and HP residents are being asked to donate these sample size toiletries to The Firehouse Youth Center at 1830 Green Bay Road, Monday through Friday from 2:30 p.m. to 6:00 p.m., through January 15.

The items will be packaged by volunteers on MLK Day – and delivered to the area’s neediest.  It’s a great use for items that would otherwise get lost in your bathroom cabinet.