Shiri Sondheimer

1 week ago | geekmom.com | Sarah Pinault |Shiri Sondheimer

Easter baskets were not something I grew up with in the UK. We didn’t hunt eggs in the Midlands in the 1980s. And while we did consume a vast quantity of oversized chocolate eggs, it wasn’t until I married an American that Easter became an extravaganza!Before the pandemic we would travel to a church or community center and scramble with 200 other children to collect plastic eggs in a wide variety of colors, filled with a wide variety of candy.

Nov 2, 2024 | geekmom.com | Elizabeth MacAndrew |Corrina Lawson |Shiri Sondheimer

Only Murders in the Building was one of those surprise shows that I hadn’t anticipated being a favorite, but enough people whose opinions I trusted were raving about and the combination of Selena Gomez with Steve Martin and Martin Short was sort of too unexpected not to look into. It quickly became a big hit in our house and with the fourth season wrapping up and a fifth season already greenlit, it’s the perfect time to look at the season’s highlights.

Sep 11, 2024 | geekmom.com | Elizabeth MacAndrew |Shiri Sondheimer

Labor Day weekend tends to host a number of conventions across the country from large and iconic ones like Dragon Con, to smaller and more local ones. Last year I wrote about the joy of smaller conventions after attending Tucson Comic-Con. We just attended our third Tucson Comic-Con and one of my favorite things to do after attending these events is to highlight some of the cool artists and makers that populate Vendor Halls with their small businesses and Artist Alley tables.

Aug 14, 2024 | geekmom.com | Elizabeth MacAndrew |Lisa Tate |Patricia Vollmer |Shiri Sondheimer

There’s a few things that give me a special sort of GeekMom nostalgia, but one of them is when a show I started covering from season one during my first year wraps up. The Umbrella Academy is one of those shows. There’s been a special place in my heart for the crazy superpowered and highly dysfunctional world saving shenanigans of the Hargreeves siblings ever since they first debuted. The final season has now dropped on Netflix with some mixed feelings.

Aug 13, 2024 | geekmom.com | Sarah Pinault |Amy Weir |Shiri Sondheimer |Corrina Lawson

When I was twelve years old, my English teacher took us to the library and told us to find a book or two that met a few requirements. It had to be something we hadn’t read before, and it had to be something outside of our usual reading habits. Being an RL Stine devotee, I picked up Tess of the D’urbervilles by Thomas Hardy, and Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen. I still have a soft spot for Tess, but it was Elizabeth Bennet who stole my heart.