Archive for October, 2011

A couple of weekends ago I was heading out on a road trip to the annual Blogalicious conference. I was going with one of my closests friends Issa (of SingleMamaNYC.com). No kids, no husband (mine), just us girls, on the road, to DC. Except it wasn’t DC, really. It was a new area near DC [Continue]

Happy November everyone! If you are like me, you are already thinking about gift ideas and making lists and thinking about Thanksgiving dinner. So as the holiday season approaches I wanted to share a gift idea for your consideration, one that gives back from Share Our Strength, one of the nation’s leading non-profit organization which works [Continue]

I have a confession. Though I adore my community of travel writers and bloggers, and have developed some very endearing and close friendships with many of them, when it comes to listening to most travel writers talk, especially to others about travel, I cringe. I want to roll my eyes and walk away exasperated in [Continue]

Families looking for a spooky weekend getaway this holiday (or year-round) can find some great places to stay at fantastic rates on Airbnb, the leading community marketplace for discovering and booking unique accommodations from people around the world. Airbnb connects people who have space to spare with those who are looking for a place to [Continue]

When I was 8 years old, my parents and I moved out of the city for a bit and into the suburbs of Teaneck, NJ. After school I would walk home on my own, often taking my time because I had a crush on a boy named Andrew who seemed to move as slow as [Continue]

Aw! Our friends at Wanderfly are celebrating their first anniversary! It seems like only yesterday I introduced them to you all on this here little travel blog and there they are celebrating one year already!   I love Wanderfly and the Wanderfly team not only because it truly is a beautiful travel resource and awesome trip [Continue]

Stuyvesant Square Community Alliance (SSCA) will be hosting their 2nd Annual Open Air Gallery event on Saturday, October 22nd (Raindate: Oct.23rd) from 12 Noon to 4pm at Stuyvesant Square Park (located on 2nd Avenue between and 15th & 17th Street – West Side Square). The day’s events include their local artists’ gallery exhibit with [Continue]

The HalloweeNYC Haunted Photo BOO-th One to five guests can pose in the booth, which will be stocked with costumes and props as well as feature various green screens depicting spooky Halloween and Syfy programming–related backgrounds. Visitors can take home a picture as a memento. When: Thursday, October 20 Time: 11am–7pm Location: Union [Continue]

2011 marks 10 years after Harkin-Engel Protocol called for end to the worst forms of child labor in cocoa-producing countries and this Halloween, children, organizations, and businesses across the U.S. will help children forced to labor on African cocoa farms by participating in the 5th annual “Reverse Trick-or-Treating” campaign. By handing [Continue]

It’s that time of the year! This year we discovered a new place to go pumpkin picking in Toano, VA at Pumpkinville and instead of venturing upstate like we have in the past, we decided to discover apple picking in New Jersey. Honestly, as I started writing this post, I realized that I have failed [Continue]