I was not compensated for this post. All opinions and recommendations expressed herein are my own. My newest obsession isn’t sexy or fashionable, but it’s comfortable and you can find it basically on every corner. It’s the Kushyfoot sock and you can find the Kushyfoot collection at every Duane Read – and if you live in the NYC’s Financial District, there’s eight Duane Reade’s south of Fulton and east of…
The Tribeca Performing Arts Center right on Chambers Street and the West Side Highway, is such a gem of a theater. It is so family focused, and puts on amazing plays that are just right for the kids. You can take advantage of the many performances for the 2010 – 2011 season by signing up for a 10Club membership of the Tribeca Performing Arts Center. Becoming a member basically means, instead…
The Downtown Community Center, located at 120 Warren Street between the West Side Highway and Greenwich Streets, has finally put together an easy-to-read Members Drop-In Schedule [click on this link, and then click on the 2010 Drop-In Schedule hotlink] that provides a daily list of activities available to members, complete with the time, the target age for the activity, an activity description and whether or not the activity is included in the…
We heard about a new restaurant that just opened up in the neighborhood, The Bailey Pub & Brasserie on 52 William (corner of Pine). We read about their $7 kid menu – which comes with complimentary ice cream – and we just had to try it for one of our weekly Friday Family Dinners. Our usuals consist of Harry’s Italian, Cowgirl Seahorse or Barbarini Alimentari down in the North Seaport area,…
A friend of mine several months ago showed me a new magazine that had just come out: the Food Network Magazine. It is a FABULOUS magazine that is so great and easy to use – especially for the working mommy! I had just started subscribing this past summer, so I have been in for 3 issues thus far, and have tried a handful of recipes from each of the issues…
Where to find the New Amsterdam Market. Photo courtesy of NewAmsterdamMarket.orgOn Sunday, August 22nd, the South Street Seaport’s New Amsterdam Market will be back at the South Street Seaport! The market is located on South Street between Fulton Street and Peck’s Slip. It is open from 11 am – 4pm, with over FIFTY vendors at the market. Also on Sunday, you’ll also be able to partake in an Ice Cream Fair and…
I had decided that we needed to start making family memories, doing those things that families do: going to Disneyworld, Great Adventure, Coney Island. I had decided that Disneyworld was too far and too expensive, Great Adventure was probably too old for our girls and Coney Island was too close (I wanted to make a weekend out of it). So our first stop in the family amusement park arena would…
When our eldest daughter turned 7 earlier this summer, we decided that it was time to change her room into a Big Birl Room. I searched online for an affordable kids desk – one that wouldn’t fall apart next year, but wasn’t so expensive that it cost more than the furniture in my bedroom. I searched on Pottery Barn Kids, Pottery Barn Teen, Ikea, Target, and finally, JCPenney. JCPenney has…
The Hubby noticed how stressed I was over work so he suggested that I got in to work early this past Wednesday morning and that he would take care of The Girls. Awesome Hubby, right? 7:30am comes, I’m ready to leave, I give huge kisses to The Girls – big enough to make them cry (I tend to go overboard) – and I walk right out the door. I am sitting…
Since we’ve had our two girls, the thought of having a civilized “dinner party” was never part of our weekend repertoire. First off, dinner is usually held at the early-bird special time of 5:00 p.m., and usually consists of Chicken Fingers, Annie’s Stars, Mac & Cheese or anything of that ilk. Now that the girls have “grown up”, we’ve decided to bring back the civilized dinner party back — at…