Archive for March, 2009

Last time NYCity Mama went to the circus, it was Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey.  It was in Madison Square Garden, and she remembers it well.  She remembers the animals, the acrobats, even the book and flashy light her father bought for her.  She was maybe 7 or 8 years old. Now, 30 years [Continue]

Continued from: Revisiting Brooklyn Part I: Flatbush, NY They made their way down Flatbush Ave.  The day, now completely sunny, was also warmer than she had expected. The traffic in New York is crazy. People are aggressive and always in a hurry. They passed the Greenmarket at Grand Army Plaza, Prospect Park Zoo, and the very [Continue]

Ah, Brooklyn.  NYCity Mama’s birthplace and source of many memories: from her first school fight (because when you grew up in the part of Brooklyn she’s from you had to at some point) to her first kiss on a bench in Sunset Park overlooking the sunset and the Manhattan skyline when she was 15. Yup. [Continue]

Often times we tend to take for granted those things immediately around us.  Life becomes so hectic, we really don’t have time to notice.  And then when we do take the time to slow down, we go somewhere else, a place different then where we are every day.  And thus, it is not surprising that [Continue]

“So much to do!” thought NYCity Mama as she stared at the mess in their tiny apartment and at the writing projects flooding in on her computer.  She wishes she could get away with spending a sunny day inside, working on projects and cleaning up, but as she quickly twitted (or is it tweetered?), replied [Continue]

This is NYCity Mama’s dining room area, in her dreams, where she lives without kids, specifically boys, specifically toddlers.  This is where she can have nice, designer chairs, with cream cushions, and a nice wooden table, without fear that they will be covered in scratches, stains, bumps, or rips.  This dining room table is a [Continue]

NYCity Mama had headed out early on this warmish St. Patrick’s Day.  She had intentions to do all sorts of things: Go to the Upper East Side and watch the parade; go to a free concert downtown by the World Financial Center, or participate in one the endless amount of activities taking place for little [Continue]

After the parade and before making their way home, Mama and her husband decided to scope out a couple of the surrounding neighborhoods in Brooklyn for potential places to live.  For weeks now Mama has wanted to pass by her grandparent’s former brownstone, the one she spent so much of her childhood at, and the [Continue]

St. Patrick’s Day isn’t for another couple of days, but already the sights of green and the festivities surrounding the Holiday began about a week ago in most places.  NYC was just starting to really come alive with it all, with Staten Island and Queens being two of many  boroughs to first kick off the [Continue]

Running late.  Again.  There was a time when NYCity Mama was early for everything.  But that was before she had two toddlers to run after at each stage of dressing. Mama was getting ready to try a new indoor playground.  She was a bit skeptical of any place that would require a reservation and hourly [Continue]