Kristi Phillips and Richelle Acker were in a familiar stage of adult sisterhood: Phillips was a new mom stressed about going back to work. Acker was completely burnt out from her corporate job. They were living separate lives in cities far apart, missing each other and feeling isolated.
Then last year, on a trip home for the holidays, they made a decision that terrified them as much as it thrilled them: they were going to open a play café.
“We knew right from the start that we wanted it to be something that catered to the kids and the parents,” Phillips said…