Archive for July, 2009

The time has arrived.  We are packed. We are ready to go. Everyone is in bed, resting for the early morning trip ahead, but I am here, writing to you. My hope is that we start making our way to Madison, WI by 5:30am. Today was exciting, and stressful, and exhausting.  You can see it [Continue]

I love Chicago.  I remember it being my escape when living in the suburbs of Madison, WI not too long ago.  I would often call it my “city fix”.  Granted Chicago isn’t as big or spread out as New York City, but it does manage to pack in a lot of wonderful things to do [Continue]

This is an Adventure, of a different kind. I am starting this post in a very different way.  If you read my blog regularly, than it is already obvious.  I am writing my blog, for the first time, in the first person, coming out from behind the scenes.  This inspiration came to me after speaking [Continue]

If there’s anything that NYCity Mama loves equally as much as enjoying NYC with her family it would be enjoying NYC with her friends.  These past few weeks have been a chuck full of days dedicated to meeting up with blogger friends, old and new, during playdates, brunch, happy hour, dinner. She is happy that [Continue]

Day trips.  These past couple of days this is all NYCity Mama could think of. Her desire to get away from the hot and humid city and go out somewhere, on a day trip with the family. Luckily, this day, was the celebration of her friends Neeka and Rob son’s birthday, R. He was 3 [Continue]

Ah, Rockefeller Center.  For most visitors to New York City it is the place where the famous Rockefeller Christmas Tree stands ever year.  It is also the location of the famous, and beautiful ice skating rink.  For most New Yorkers, if not a place of work, it is a place to avoid because of the [Continue]

Today is A.’s birthday.  He turns 4.  And this morning, as he laid next to NYCity Mama, after having snuck into her bed while she slept, she couldn’t help but stare.  As he laid there, breathing the relaxed breaths of a sleeping child, with no worries or care in the world, she felt an intense [Continue]

Today is the day the French celebrate Bastille Day, commemorating the storming of the Bastille, which took place on this day in 1789 and marked the beginning of the French Revolution. The celebrations started a few days ago and continue still.  Today’s celebrations include eating cake with Marie Antoinette at Park Avenue Bistro, a French [Continue]

Many times when visitors think of “Great New York City Parks” they think about Central Park.  And of Central Park is pretty great, amazing even, but it’s not the only park in New York to be so.  NYCity Mama has written about Riverside Park here and here, but not so much about Prospect Park, in [Continue]

A Summer day in the life of NYCity Mama. Your email:  [Continue]