‘Farms’ Articles

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]

The new Fall season has not officially started, but it is safe to say that with all the festivities of the New York Fashion Week and kids going back to school, NY folks have really started to live it up. Our crew was no exception. The moment the first cool breeze touched our faces we [Continue]

My love for travel, especially travel with my family in tow, comes from the fact that almost always I come away with a new dimension of me and of my kids. The more unique the trip, the more opportunities I have to discover something new about all of us. Thus, those are usually the trips [Continue]

I am in heaven. Thanksgiving came and went, and that in itself was an awesome time for our little family unit. But what I love the most right after Thanksgiving is going to a Christmas tree farm, searching for that one special tree, cutting it down, and bringing it home. Last year we drove out [Continue]

This past weekend my family and I decided to go pumpkin picking.  I had a list of places I wanted to try but it was Sunday, and some places in NJ that are closer to the city are closed on Sundays, other places seemed too far.  So we decided to look on the New York [Continue]

Last weekend the family and I wanted to take advantage of a beautiful just-beginning-of-Fall Sunday, so we headed about an hour North of New York City to go apple picking. Normally we would wait till much later, but this year I think I actually am a bit more organized.  To where when I go to [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]

I started my day witha walk.  While outside, I could see it was going to be an amazing day.  I came home and was greeted by my husband with, “So what adventure are we going on today, Babe?”  One would think that with such beautiful weather in NYC that finding something to do would be [Continue]

One of the things NYCity Mama discovered while living in Wisconsin was the joy of visiting Christmas Tree farms and picking out her favorite tree and then having her oldest son and husband cut it down and carry it away.  She loved the personal experience of just walking around among all those pine trees and [Continue]