‘Museums/Science Centers/Tours’ Articles

City Island in the Bronx is a favorite destination for many New Yorkers looking for a beach-side escape where delicious seafood fair can be found. The traffic on the one road into this small neighborhood is not for the faint of heart, or the impatient, but a beautiful summer afternoon spent in City Island is [Continue]

I first discovered the Snug Harbor Cultural Center in 2009 when I ventured into Staten Island via the State Island Ferry  with my young children. Our goal was to find the Staten Island Children’s Museum but in the process came across a beautiful area past an arch stone entry that united the tall iron fences [Continue]

One of my happiest summer adventure was at the Queens County Farm with my children, during their annual Children’s Carnival. The carnival has since passed for this year, but they are still hosting some great events well into October. I invite you to read about how the farm was able to bring joy to me [Continue]

In my continued effort to highlight a few of the city’s most historic landmarks, I have been visiting sites to personally experience them and let you know why you should not only visit but also vote for your favorite. There are 40 landmarked buildings in New York City competing for restoration grants totally $3 million [Continue]

I am working with 19 other blog ambassadors – all of us  from a cross-section of categories including interior design, parenting, sustainability, fashion, food, and more – to chronicle the historical sites and their programming to drive voting at favorite historic preservation projects at www.PartnersinPreservation.com. Our goal is to [Continue]

I have a severe deathly fear of sharks. Sharks and drowning. I almost did drown once off the coast of Puerto Rico when I was a kid. The details are somewhat blurry, as I was only 5 at the time…but the sense of “this is it” stayed with me forever. And as teen in Samaná, [Continue]

A night walking through the streets of New York City. On this particular evening my feet covered the Lower East Side, East Village and some of the West Village. Despite those things that didn’t really feel like they belonged among the coolness and uniqueness of the neighborhood, like the Super Cuts and Chipotle on St. [Continue]

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]

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]

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]