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2025 Map of Christmas Lights in Reno/Sparks

If you’re looking for the biggest and best map of Christmas lights and decorations in the Reno/Sparks area, you’ve come to the right place. We celebrate the dads who go above and beyond to bring Christmas cheer to our community. We’re still accepting addresses/houses for our master list. If you decorated your house this year…

Hump Day: Racing Camels in Virginia City

I never caught the animal’s name – and I’m not sure it would have mattered – but if we had been properly introduced, had a couple of drinks together, maybe chewed on some hay, then perhaps things would have turned out better for both of us. But let me back up. I cover all sorts…

Reno Dads Guide to Youth Baseball and Softball in Reno – 2025

Youth Baseball and Softball in Reno [Updated for 2025] It’s that time of year again when registration for spring youth sports are opening up and parents all over Reno are clearing their calendars for baseball, softball, soccer, and every other sport hosting spring leagues. With so many options, we wanted to compile a list of…

Reno Dads Podcast Episode 34: Safe Embrace Client Services Manager Leslie Berg

Safe Embrace: A Northern Nevada Resource In this episode, we are joined by Leslie Berg, who is a Client Services Manager at a local organization that is focused on helping support victims of domestic violence (DV), sexual assault (SA), and human trafficking, Safe Embrace. We wanted to chat with Leslie to learn more about this…

World’s Best Dad Today… and Tomorrow

Father’s Day really is about celebrating the joy of fatherhood. Despite any vestiges of machismo, if you’re like me, you melt at the crayon cards, the macaroni pictures or even the tie with mysterious green slime on it. We melt because we care. And yet. Some of us still have stigmas. According to survey results…

Reno Dads Podcast Episode 33: Talking Prostate Health with Dr. Angelo Kanellos

In June, Reno Dads focuses on Men’s Health Month, emphasizing the importance of proactive care. Dr. Angelo Kanellos from Nevada Urology stresses the significance of regular check-ups and PSA screenings, highlighting the role of individuals in managing their health. This content also provides information on the PSA test and its implications for men’s health.

Dairy Dad

I’m a dairy dad. By that, I mean that I love dairy. I’m not sure a day goes by when I’m not enjoying cheese, yogurt, milk or my absolute favorite… ice cream (you won’t believe my obsession with ice cream). And, we’re a dairy household – some of our favorite foods incorporate dairy and my…

Games Worth Playing

My daughter is a senior in high school now, and everything that she does this year seems to be taking on a whole new significance as the school year rushes headlong through her final semester at home. This year is seemingly full of a lot of “lasts,” which, by any measure, makes this an emotional…

Food Roll-Up

We’ve talked a lot about food in the past. As a parent, figuring out 3 meals a day for your kids is a never-ending endeavor, often fraught with the dramatics of “I don’t like that!” So, here are a handful of Reno Dads articles for all you dads that are on the journey of feeding…

Dad’s Meditations

Between 161AD and 180AD, Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius wrote down “things to one’s self,” which is now known as his book Meditations. It was a series of personal writings, 12 books to be precise, that reflected the emperor’s Stoic philosophy— a philosophy that believes practicing virtue is what’s necessary to achieve eudaemonia. Eudaemonia is commonly…

Christmas on Ice

I need to preface this by saying that I am not a fan of ice shows. And after this ice show, I need to invite all others who think like I (used to) think to consider this one because it is absolutely awesome. Whether we focus on the singing, the dancing, the skating, or Santa…