The Fantasticks is the world’s-longest running musical written by Tom Jones with music by Harvey Schmidt. What started in a tiny theater in 1960 on Manhattan’s Greenwich Village, now resides smack dab in the middle of Time’s Square at the Snapple Theater. While the cast has boasted such notable names as Jerry Orbach, Rita Gardner, […]
Author: Elise Jones
Elise Jones was the social media director and blog editor for babybites. She was responsible for engaging and informing moms on a variety of parenting topics found on Mommybites’ parenting videos (webbybites), blog, Facebook, Twitter and BlogTalkRadio show. The Mommybites’ blog is an outlet for moms who are in search of information to support them in their role as a parent.
Prior to working with Mommybites, Elise taught students in a variety of grades while working for the New York City Department of Education. Before teaching, Elise worked in public relations positions at Burson-Marsteller and Sarah Hall Productions developing and implementing media relations and corporate reputation programs for clients across many industries.
Elise is the mom of two lovely girls and currently resides in New Jersey. She performs in the theater and is an active member of her local public arts council. You can also find Elise blogging at Here in This House.
MamaDramaNY Review: NO PLACE TO GO
Last Thursday, I had a date night!!! An incredibly long overdue date night with my husband to go see NO PLACE TO GO at Joe’s Pub. I hadn’t been to Joe’s Pub before and the last time my husband was there was to see Astrud Gilberto almost 10 years ago. So we were excited for this treat and the much anticipated show lauded in the New York Times just that day.
“RATED P: for Parenthood”- A Musical Comedy about Parenthood
By Elise Jones, Mommybites blog editor This past May I had the ultimate pleasure of watching a musical comedy, Rated P for Parenthood, that opened at South Orange Performing Arts Center in South Orange, NJ. Due to its overwhelming success, it now has a stage in NYC at the Westside Theater and is a fantastic […]
This Is Everything Moms Need to Know about ERB Testing
For many NYC parents, getting their child into a top choice elementary school has become a high stake, high anxiety process. With approximately 10,000 admission spots at all private nursery and continuing schools combined and more than several hundred thousand children under the age of five living in Manhattan alone, the competition can best be […]
MamaDrama NY: Godspell, A Review
By Elise Jones, blog editor Prepare ye, the wait is over! Godspell has made its grand return to Broadway and this is a show that will entertain both young and old. I was given tickets* to go see the revival of Godspell as part of MamaDrama NY and elected to take my 5 1/2 year […]
Baby Invasion: Is It Time to Move?
Our most recent teleseminar focused on a very important question that many families in a larger city face after having children and wanting to have more space: is it time to move? Jill Raff, NY realtor and mom of two, talked about the top five factors to think about when you may already have a […]
Live Practically Green: Mommybites Summit Session
By Jen Rabulan-Bertram, The Next Kid Thing With so many environmental factors attributing to health issues and concerns, for many families, green living is more relevant now, more than ever. At this year’s Mommybites’ Summit, green experts and advocates, Susan Hunt Stevens and Sarah Finnie Robinson, led a discussion dubbed “Live Practically Green: How to […]
Strollers and Bottles and High Chairs… Oh My!- Mommybites Summit Session
By Heidi Leder, Coast 2 Coast Mom NYC’s premier baby planners, Jamie Grayson and Jennifer Link, brought their passion and bottomless baby buckets of knowledge front and center for the “Strollers and Bottles and High Chairs…Oh My!” chat. It was standing-room only and the lively baby gear discussion focused on four S’s: sleep, sustenance, schlepping […]
Using Your Social Media Moms Voice: Mommybites Summit Session
By Mae Hacking, co-creator of Here in This House This talk at the 2011 Mommybites Summit was an opportunity for moms to understand just how valuable their voices are to companies. With the insights of speakers Dustin Bryson of Envirocon Technologies and Marie Baker of Child’s Play Communications, attendees learned how to make their voices […]
Dads: They’re Just Like Us- Mommybites Summit Session
By Heidi Leder, Coast 2 Coast Mom Laura Kalehoff, the executive editor of American Baby Magazine, moderated a panel on daddy fears and concerns. Both mothers and fathers share the immediate and short range fears of if your child will get hurt on the coffee table, to the longer term, are we raising a well-adjusted […]