About Tommy Riles

Tom Riles is a husband, father, and original founder of Life of Dad, the largest community of dads in the world. Riles is also the long-time audience warm-up comedian for “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” in addition to hundreds of other TV shows in Los Angeles. Riles started the Life of Dad community from a hospital room as his daughter was awaiting open-heart surgery at only three days old. His daughter is now a healthy nine-year old, while Riles and his wife, Lucy (who also started Life of Mom), have helped to raise over $1 Million for congenital heart defect awareness and research.

‘Tis The Season of Christmas Cards

Receiving holiday cards is fun.  I remember from a young age rushing home from school to see which Christmas cards had arrived that day. After going off to college, and throughout the single days of my twenties, holiday cards rarely came.  My parents always sent me a great one, but [...]

By |2010-12-13T15:54:13-08:00December 13th, 2010|Blog|1 Comment

TINY HEART SUPERHEROES – December 2010

December's TINY HEART SUPERHERO is Helen Huff! December EBay Auctions (expire Dec. 20th): Fisher Price - Power Wheels Cadillac Escalade: Click here Cy Fredric Jewelers "Boho Bracelet": Click here To make a direct donation to The Saving tiny Hearts Society, on behalf of Helen Huff, click here. The Saving tiny [...]

By |2010-12-10T21:50:12-08:00December 10th, 2010|Blog|0 Comments

December 2010 Column

The December issue of Pregnancy and Newborn magazine is now on newstands, where you can see the latest Life of Dad column. The article is also up on Pregnancy and Newborn's website, and you can read it here! I wrote about how drastically my New Year's resolutions have changed since becoming [...]

By |2010-12-09T16:09:33-08:00December 9th, 2010|Press|0 Comments

Apples and Onions Guest Blog

Today I'm being featured on the L.A. based food, entertaining, and fashion website, Apples & Onions. I wrote a column entitled "A Day in the Food Life," where I tracked everything I ate one day last month.  Every item of food I digested is explained thoroughly, and I hope you will [...]

By |2010-12-02T13:09:48-08:00December 2nd, 2010|Blog|0 Comments

Cyber Monday – Holiday Gifts for New Dads

As we enter holiday season, my daughter just turned nine months old.  In honor of Baby Babs, I give you nine holiday gift ideas for new dads. 9.   Pizza.  Any kind.  Meat, vegetables, or just plain cheese.  New York, Chicago, or Atlanta style.  The equation is simple:  Cheese + Dough [...]

By |2010-11-29T14:28:10-08:00November 29th, 2010|Blog|3 Comments

Kindergarten Thanksgiving

Happy Thanksgiving Week!  I had the opportunity to interview an entire kindergarten class about the traditions behind Thanksgiving.  Enjoy learning about this holiday through a kindergartener's eyes... There are two parts to this series, so look for tomorrow's video, where the students share all that they are thankful for.  I'm thankful to the entire class, parents, [...]

By |2010-11-22T13:53:21-08:00November 22nd, 2010|Video|3 Comments
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