‘Aquariums/Parks/Zoos’ Articles

The following post was written by my 12 year old son, David, based on his experiences ice skating with a few of his friends this past weekend. This is his Adventure, without parents in tow. This weekend my friends and I went to Battery Park Ice Skating Rink. I was really excited because I love [Continue]

Bryant Park is one of my favorite smaller parks in NYC.  I have written about it here before.  It is the main location of every year’s Fashion Week , and of many more events year round. But in the Winter especially, the park is transformed into a Winter Wonderland, and The Pond is created hosting [Continue]

Ok, let’s face it.  The weather in NYC has been awful as of late.  I have tried to take my children to a few Adventures and no soon do we get two blocks out that they start complaining about wanting to go home. I have been all too willing to comply. It’s been THAT bad. [Continue]

On this day we headed out of Sioux Falls and made our way through the Black Hills as the morning sun slowly rose.  We stopped at the incredible Mt. Rushmore.  Mt. Rushmore is one of those places that you see on TV and movies and print, and you suppose it’s great and all but really [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.  I have written about Riverside Park, but not so much about Prospect Park, in Brooklyn.  And though in [Continue]

Sun. Finally. After weeks of rain and cloudiness the sun was out, bright and warm for everyone to enjoy, with no imminent threat of rain in the forecast. NYCity Mama had been itching to try a new beach, and she wanted to head to Staten Island for the occasion.  So she consulted her friend, and [Continue]

It’s been raining a lot in NYC for the past couple of weeks.  This has caused NYCity Mama to get somewhat creative in the things she and the boys do during the day.  Luckily there is always something going on at the different public libraries throughout the city.  Mama tends to venture to other neighborhoods [Continue]

It was Father’s Day and because of a tight deadline he was on, the only thing NYCity Mama’s husband wanted to do was get some work done.  It was rainy on and off (mostly on) and it seemed like the lazy Sunday would be spent inside. But with the boys getting louder and cabin fever [Continue]

One of the wonderful things about New York City is that just when you think you’ve seen it all, or know it all, something changes, reinvents itself, becomes anew, tempting you to come back and take another look, rediscover it, get to know it again.  It is why even after living here most of her [Continue]

Lazy mornings, if ignored, can lead to lazy afternoons until they become days, causing, without notice the complete extinction of a day once fully planned with activities.  This was the danger that NYCity Mama faced this morning.  And though there is nothing wrong with lazy mornings, afternoons, or days, it is very rare that the [Continue]