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.

Football, Baby!

When Babs’ due date was approaching this past February, I watched the Superbowl thinking that the next time I watch a football game, I’ll have a baby in my arms. When Brett Favre retired four years ago, I remember thinking that my unborn kids will never get to [...]

By |2010-09-10T12:28:00-07:00September 10th, 2010|Blog|5 Comments

Walk the dog (and baby)

Nobody walks in L.A. It’s kind of true.  Unless you have a dog or a baby, you probably don’t walk in L.A. When you have a dog, walking is pretty simple.  Here’s what you need: 1)      The dog 2)      Leash 3)      Plastic bags To make walks even smoother, especially [...]

By |2025-05-27T08:07:27-07:00September 8th, 2010|Blog|1 Comment

My baby loves her UFO

There is an unidentified stationary object living in our condo. It beeps, plays music, and has flashing lights of different colors. This single rider only vehicle features a red lower deck shell and a purple upper deck. As you can see in the above satellite image, attached to the purple [...]

By |2010-09-07T12:50:19-07:00September 7th, 2010|Blog|3 Comments

Life of Dad Column Published!

I'm excited to announce that I have a guest column which will be featured in the October issue of "Pregnancy and Newborn" magazine!  You can find this magazine in the hands of many pregnant woman and new mothers. In the article, I share a guy's take on "nesting."  More details [...]

By |2010-09-03T13:56:24-07:00September 3rd, 2010|Press|4 Comments

Happy 10th Birthday, Bo!

Dear Bo, Happy 10th Birthday!  I know I am only six months old, but I wanted to tell you how much I appreciate you already.  I also wanted to apologize for taking some (all) of the attention away from you since I was born.  For your tenth, here [...]

By |2010-09-02T13:04:03-07:00September 2nd, 2010|Blog|6 Comments

Circle of Life

My nephew was born. My grandmother passed away. Babs turned six months old. Oh yeah, I guess I had a birthday too. It was a whirlwind of a week.  Sadness.  Pride.  Joy.  Life. Monday, August 23rd – Sadness This was my mom’s birthday. Sadly, my grandmother (my dad’s [...]

By |2010-09-01T13:45:28-07:00September 1st, 2010|Blog|7 Comments

Baby and Dog

Bo is a good boy. Babs is a good girl. Bo is our Wheaten Terrier. Babs is our almost six month old baby. When Babs was two months old, I wrote a column titled Babs Meet Bo. At the time, Babs and Bo could care less about each [...]

By |2010-08-17T13:29:06-07:00August 17th, 2010|Blog|1 Comment

Grilled Cheese + Prune Juice

The Scene: Lucy and I sat at a beautiful restaurant overlooking the pool at Wynn Las Vegas. We were having lunch, just a few hours after arriving in town. Misters (not men, but sprinklers) were keeping us cool, and the vibe around the pool was perfect. The Conversation: Lucy and [...]

By |2010-08-11T14:18:52-07:00August 11th, 2010|Blog|3 Comments

Backstage with Garth Brooks!

Lucy and I with Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood. I can't say enough about how kind they both were to us, and they let us hang in their dressing room for almost a half hour after the show. Go see Garth live at the Wynn in Las Vegas!

By |2010-08-10T13:24:34-07:00August 10th, 2010|Blog|1 Comment
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