Archive for May, 2009

NYCity Mama and her family love the Bronx Zoo.  She has written extensively about it before.  This past memorial day weekend they ventured for a warm day at the zoo.  She decided to share their day, and the fun they had there, and tell her story through her photography.  Enjoy! Your email:  [Continue]

It was hot.  NYCity Mama’s husband wanted to go to the beach.  Thing is, this idea of his was spontaneous, and anyone who has children knows that “spontaneity” is not easy to pull off.  But anyone who knows Mama also knows that she is always up for a challenge, especially when it comes to figuring [Continue]

Memorial Day weekend had begun.  Just like that.  It caught NYCity Mama off guard.  It wasn’t too long ago she had been talking about making plans to go away with the family, holding off scheduling the trip “till later” when all of a sudden the weekend was upon her and no plans had been made. [Continue]

4:00AM.  NYCity Mama’s husband gently tugged at her to wake her up.  She had promised her 11 year old son that she would treat him to something special. She dragged herself out of her comfy bed and washed her face with cold water. Her eyes were red from lack of sleep, but she was excited [Continue]

It’s been starting to feel more and more like Summer is upon us, which is a good thing considering that it is almost June!  New York City in the months of May and June takes on a new life.  Concerts are being held every where you turn, eateries are more confident on re-establishing their outside [Continue]

NYCity Mama was hungry.  The day had passed her by as she tried to tie up some loose ends and finish some projects before heading out on a new Adventure with the boys and she just didn’t get around to eating, even though she managed to feed her kids. Luckily their adventure today was taking [Continue]

“Look Mama! It’s Turbo Dogs!” NYCity Mama’s 3.5 year old could not believe his eyes.  He stood in awe for a few seconds before finally moving slowly towards him. Mama and family had ventured downtown to their favorite bookstore, Scholastic in Soho, to see two of the boys’ favorite Qubo television characters, [Continue]

Rain, rain go away.  This is what NYCity Mama was thinking when she looked outside and saw the raindrops breaking up and drip as they hit her bedroom window.  She and her family had made plans to attend a picnic hosted by two wonderful blogging forces, Liz of Mom101/Cool Mom Picks and Emily of theMootherhood, as part [Continue]

NYCity Mama loves Fridays. They symbolize not only the end of the week for her, but also the beginning of a list long family adventures to come. On this Friday afternoon, after meeting up with her husband, they all decided to take a walk over to Chelsea Market. The last time Mama had taken the time [Continue]

The past few days had gone by with NYCity Mama not feeling quite herself.  Fighting a cold and feeling exhausted had kept her homebound for two days, which is huge for her and the boys as they are always doing something or another. Today however, she was feeling not 100%, but a lot better, and [Continue]