‘Museums/Science Centers/Tours’ Articles
Written by Carol Cain on 08 January 2012
The Children’s Museum of The Arts is hosting series of special events and performances celebrating cultures from around the world. On Saturday, January 28th from 10AM to 5PM the series will kick-off with a special 1pm performance celebrating the Lunar New Year and exploring the arts and culture of New York’s Chinese community. The festival [Continue]
Written by Carol Cain on 27 November 2011
Disney is huge in NYC. I know, you are asking yourself, “What?” But, truth is, Disney was one of the the first major investors in the Times Square area before Times Square was what it is today. Its presence on the then grumbling 42nd street set the tone for what was to come and encouraged [Continue]
Written by Carol Cain on 16 October 2011
Last weekend the family and I packed up the car and headed 7 hours South to Virginia to visit the Williamsburg area. Now, we’ve been to Williamsburg, VA in the past when we visited Bush Gardens in our last Summer road trip. But this time we were going for a new experience. We were going [Continue]
Written by Carol Cain on 01 September 2011
We had so much fun in Hershey, PA area that when it was time to leave my 4 year old protested and requested ”one adventure more”. Luckily for us an unexpected turn lead us right to Indian Echo Caverns, a limestone cave which took over a million years to create by the erosive properties of water. [Continue]
Written by Carol Cain on 25 August 2011
The East Coast has been hit with a lot of rain these past few weekends, and this coming weekend will be no exception. However, we have been really fortunate in getting out to enjoy some time during our Road Trip Weekends, at least a day or two with sunshine allowing for lots of fun adventures. [Continue]
Written by Carol Cain on 24 August 2011
My second video in a series of videos on NYC for SheStreams Conference, which will take place in Times Square this coming September, and sponsored by AT&T. Hope this information is helpful to conference attendees, as well as anyone planning on visiting The Big Apple and is wondering which is best, taxi or subway? Your [Continue]
Written by Carol Cain on 18 August 2011
In an effort to inform and help navigate NYC for those who will be visiting for the SheStreams conference in September (read more about it here), I will be putting together a few videos, with support from AT&T, about NYC that I hope will help. My first video is an introduction to Times Square. You [Continue]
Written by Carol Cain on 17 August 2011
One of our favorite NYC destinations is the American Museum of Natural History. We love the museum so much we have had a membership to the museum for years now and the kids never get enough of it. The Museum is also a favorite field trip destination for many kids around the New York City [Continue]
Written by Carol Cain on 09 August 2011
There are few moments in life when I am overcome with pure, unadulterated joy and love. Consistently, only a couple of things offer such euphoria for me: my husband, my children, and my NYC, especially during the sunset hour. I had the opportunity to take my husband on an impromptu date. I wanted to do [Continue]
Written by Carol Cain on 31 July 2011
My two youngest have an absolute fascination with The Smurfs. To me this is super funny because they aren’t really cartoons that have been around much on television during their life time. But in preparation for the opening of The Smurfs in theaters today, there has been quite a lot of buzz for weeks. Because [Continue]