My Readers Save $20 Off One-Day Admission to Six Flags Great America!

Six Flags Great America is pleased to present the premiere of igNIGHT – Grand Finale, a mesmerizing and immersive nighttime spectacle bursting with energy, vivid colors, brilliant visual effects, lively performances, fascinating imagery, and pure imagination.

The groundbreaking new high-tech show — the most advanced show in the park’s 37-year history! — plays on all your senses, taking you on a wonderfully wild journey to a beautiful never-before-seen world. Watch in wonder as igNIGHT illuminates the dark night, magically bringing to life a phenomenal bright and vibrant multimedia universe filled with music, singing, dancing, laser lighting, and pyrotechnics right before your very eyes. Guest interaction along with advanced audio, enhanced video projection, and special effects round out the brand new show that is sure to stun and delight audiences of all ages.

igNIGHT – Grand Finale will premiere in summer 2013 and will take place in the evenings right before the park closes because there’s no better way to end an adrenaline-filled day at Six Flags Great America than with a big bang!

My Readers Save $20 Off One-Day Admission to Six Flags Great America with this special ace and friends COUPON. 




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Cascade Platinum Pacs {Review} #MyPlatinum #sponsored

I participated in a campaign on behalf of Mom Central Consulting for Cascade. I received a product sample to facilitate my review and a promotional item as a thank you for participating.


I don't know about you, but I have to say... doing the dishes and emptying the dishwasher is one of my least favorite things to do! So when I go to empty the dishwasher and see spot and residue left on my dishes and glasses... I get mad. Yep, mad... because {1} I know that I have to either re-wash these items by hand or {2} re-run the dishwasher... and hope for the best! Believe me... I choose option #2 with sub-par results.

Over the past year or so, I thought that the left over residue and spots were the result of our aging dishwasher. Lo and behold, I was surprised to find out there was another VERY interesting and important reason I've been getting these unsightly spotty results!

Cascade© Platinum Pacs feature an advanced triple action recipe that is specially designed to leave dishware virtually spot-free and help prevent the build-up of hard-water film on dishwasher walls. Each pre-measured Pac contains a granule dish-detergent paired with the grease fighting power of Dawn. Convenient, easy to use and they fit perfectly into my dishwasher’s detergent holder. 

Cascade© Platinum Pacs achieves a clean so powerful it helps keep the dishwasher sparkling while delivering a variety of dish care benefits.

• Delivers Cascade’s ultimate clean for dishes 
• Scrubs away tough 24 hour stuck-on food 
• Eliminates the need to pre-wash dishes
• Provides exceptional dishware shine
• Contains the Grease Fighting Power of Dawn

So will Cascade© Platinum Pacs achieve it's claimed results? Check out my test below.

Test subject (dirty dishes sans rinse)

Test Result

Go ahead, don't be shy.... take a look.... clean, shiny and spot free. Clearly.... A SUCCESS! Additionally, the odor from the interior dishwasher is NOW gone. Double bonus! Thank you (again) Cascade, you've done it AGAIN!

How Does the NEW Cascade Platinum Pac compare to other's in it's line?

To learn more about the complete family of Cascade products, please visit the Cascade website.

Cascade’s Partnership with Gail Simmons

Now, more than ever, people eat with their eyes, and the evidence is all over sites like Facebook and Instagram. With that in mind, Top Chef judge and editor of Food+Wine magazine, Gail Simmons, has partnered with Cascade to discuss why presentation is just as important as preparation.

• From prep to plating: It’s more than just a great-tasting recipe, but also perfect presentation. Sparkling dishes, shining flat ware and spot-free glasses truly let you put your best food forward with culinary creations that pop!

• Gail recommends impressing with a Platinum Presentation: “The easiest recipes pop with unexpected, gourmet presentations. Drizzle bright sauces on sparkling white plates or layer desserts in crystal-clean glassware. Keep your presentation sparkling with Cascade Platinum, which keeps dishes perfect for anytime entertaining and impromptu guests.”

Learn more about Cascade’s partnership with Gail Simmons by viewing additional videos available on Cascade's Facebook page as well as Cascade's YouTube page.

Cascade Platinum Contest

Show your sparkle and win! Enter Cascade’s #MyPlatinum Instagram Contest for a chance to win a KitchenAid® Kitchen Makeover and a 1-year supply of Cascade^®! Weekly entries have a chance to win a KitchenAid^® Dishwasher and six-month supply of Cascade^®too!

To enter: Login with Instagram from the contest page and follow the instructions. Upload a photo to Instagram that is inspired by the current week's theme.

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