According to the TriBeCa Trib, Hook and Ladder 8 is one of two Lower Manhattan fire stations on a list of 20 across the city scheduled for closure by July 1 in the mayor’s new budget proposal. The firehouse has been part of the TriBeCa community for over 100 years. xo Triple Threat Mommy
I saw this “Change is Good” message on the NYC subway shuttle a few weeks ago. I was coming back from Right Management, which is the career counseling company that comes with my severance package. I thought it was fitting, yes? xo Triple Threat Mommy
You would think that since I am currently unemployed, I would be able to plan ahead to get presents for The Hubby for his birthday and Father’s Day. Well, guess things don’t change much. The day before his birthday, I decided to bring O to Make Meaning’s creativity experience shop on the Upper West Side — for a made-from-the-heart birthday and Father’s Day present. I picked her up after-school (she…
Back in January, I posted about NYC Summer camps that are available to NYC families, especially the downtown set. If January is the time when you start thinking about where to send your kids, April is the time when you start sending in the checks! Some of you may be asking, “Well, where are you sending your kids?” As most of you know, I have recently become unemployed, so we…
I know, we are only 6 days into 2011 – there’s still piles of snow outside from last week’s blizzard, and we are expecting more snow this weekend, but, as a NYC working parent, January is the time to start thinking of SUMMER CAMP. What options are out there for the downtown NYC kid set? There’s a wide variety of NYC camps that can fit into your budget and the…
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…
I think that Whole Foods Tribeca is a great place to go food shopping. I just know that they have a well-edited stock of fresh produce, seafoods, meats and grocery products. Going to Whole Foods helps me not have to think if the package of graham crackers that I just put in the cart has hydrogenated oils or not. One less thing to think about for this Triple Threat Mommy….