Archive for October, 2010

Here I was having an incredibly beautiful day, when I saw some tweets scrolling down my stream that seemed to have a few of my fellow travel writing friends in an uproar. Spencer Spellman then directed me to an article titled “Did I Kill Gourmet Magazine?” published in the Wall Street Journal travel blog section. [Continue]

On Saturday October 9th, my daughters and I had the opportunity to attend the “Pink Carpet” opening of “Angelina Ballerina- The Musical”. It was a gorgeous day in Manhattan and the girls could barely contain their excitement as they skipped down Broadway on our way to the Vital Theatre Company. When we arrived they were [Continue]

The Jewish Women’s Health and Wellness Forum, hosted by Congregation Shearith Israel – The Spanish & Portuguese Synagogue (West 70th by Central Park West in Manhattan) will take place this Sunday, October 17th, 9am – 5:45pm. The Jewish Women Health Forum, a full day community-wide conference featuring prominent keynote [Continue]

This Saturday, October 16th, Madison Square Park (located between Fifth and Madison Avenues and 23rd and 26th Streets) is celebrating Kids Fest in New York City! Rain or shine, from 11am to 2pm, kids can listen to the sounds of Tim & the Space Cadets and The Pop-Ups, create their own book at Scholastic’s Klutz Build-A-Book [Continue]

I have mentioned in previous posts that the first time I visited Disney World in Orlando, FL I was about 5 years old. As the daughter of immigrant, working-class parents, I often felt what it was like to go without on many things that other kids often got to experience. But going to Disney World [Continue]

I learned a lot from my recent attendance to the Blogalicious conference in Miami this past weekend. I remember the feeling I had last year when I went to the very first Blogalicious, the first conference of its kind. This year I was honored yet again with the responsibility to capture in photos the many [Continue]

A lot of what I love about living in New York City is that you don’t ever really have to plan anything to end up doing something truly great. Such was the case for us one recent Sunday. The crew and I (minus one pre-teen at the time) headed over to Riverside Park with no [Continue]

Big celebrations will be taking place at Madame Tussauds New York this coming Sunday, October, 10, 2010 (10/10/10) When the wax museum will celebrate its 10th Anniversary. To help commemorate the moment, guests will be offered a behind the scenes look at how its wax figures are created, a DJ dance party featuring the decade’s [Continue]

Looking to take advantage of some great hotel deals for your Fall travels? Well, my friends at Marriott have an wonderful campaign going on, but to take advantage of it you must book by this coming monday, October 11! Plan a weekend getaway this fall and enjoy great rates and added value at more than [Continue]

Often times my husband and I talk about our plans to take a trip somewhere, anywhere, with whatever money we have saved up to do so. Sometimes we really struggle to find places that go beyond the standard family vacationing spots that are so loved by many, but not knowing where to go often leads [Continue]