To help you plan your busy weekend, we have partnered with Mommy Poppins, the FREE online resource curating the best things to do for kids and families in NYC. Each week they will provide us with their top weekend picks for events and activities in New York City. Families can celebrate Halloween, Day of the […]
Category: Grandparents
Welcome grandparents and parents! We know how important grandparent relationships are so in addition to all the great information on our notational blog such as activities grandparents can do with their grandchildren, ways to positively foster these relationships, better communication and appreciation between parents and grandparents (and vice versa!) here you will also find special grandparent information specifically for the NYC area.
Mommy Poppins Picks for the October 19th Weekend (Brooklyn)
To help you plan your busy weekend, we have partnered with Mommy Poppins, the FREE online resource curating the best things to do for kids and families in NYC. Each week they will provide us with their top weekend picks for events and activities in New York City. Families can celebrate Halloween, Day of the […]
Mommy Poppins Picks for the Columbus Day Weekend (Brooklyn)
All Weekend: Open House NY and the Historic House Festival – Citywide Hundreds of NYC cultural institutions, historic homes, marvelous mansions and offbeat spots like cemeteries and artist studios open their doors to the public this weekend as part of OHNY and the Historic House Fest. While neither event is specifically aimed at families, many […]
Mommy Poppins Picks for the Columbus Day Weekend (Manhattan)
All Weekend: Open House NY and the Historic House Festival – Citywide Hundreds of NYC cultural institutions, historic homes, marvelous mansions and offbeat spots like cemeteries and artist studios open their doors to the public this weekend as part of OHNY and the Historic House Fest. While neither event is specifically aimed at families, many […]
Ode to Summer
My sweet girls, As I dropped you off for the first day of school today, I had that moment of overwhelming emotion that has been present since your first day of preschool. There is such a feeling of promise and excitement in the air each year on this day. I look back on our summer […]
Meet The Creators With Gary Osborne, Episode #7: Petits Sauvages – Decor & Furnishings Company
Meet the Creators with Gary Osborne, Child Style Expert & Founder of Oliver & Adelaide, Exquisitely American-Made for Children Children’s products are especially inspiring to me when I have I personally met the designer or artist who has hand crafted each piece. I appreciate the value and love that they inject into each stitch in […]
Striking A Beautiful Chord
Three years ago, my daughter started piano lessons as a Kindergartner. Her school offered classes as part of the after-school program. Along with a handful of other children, she spent an hour a week learning the basic concepts of piano playing. I always wished that I had learned to play, but with no musical background […]
Around The World in 80 Days
If global travel doesn’t fit into your busy schedule these days, then take a few hours and head to the New Theater in Midtown to see Around the World in 80 Days. This play by Mark Brown is based on the 1873 classic novel by Jules Verne and directed by Rachel Klein. Five actors masterfully […]
Sweet Greek Treats
Summer has begun (well, unofficially) and the warm weather evokes images of cool, silky ice cream and al fresco dining. Two places where I treated myself to dessert recently are Anopoli Ice Cream Parlor and Omonia Café. They may be polar opposites in terms of ambiance, but they share the common thread of great atmosphere […]
Hoping For A Healthy Head Start
This past weekend my daughters had a sleepover at their grandparents’. When they got home, they told us about all the fun they had, including having breakfast for dinner on Saturday night, which included three eggs each and an obscene amount of crispy bacon on the side. They giggled as they described how their food-fest […]