‘Cool Finds’ Articles

My absolute favorite thing to do almost immediately after Thanksgiving is head out to a Christmas tree farm with my entire crew to cut down our tree. We prefer to cut our own when we can, so it is one of the options we look for when deciding what farm we will visit. We also [Continue]

Niagara Falls is pretty this time of year – cold, but pretty. I personally have loved visiting Buffalo during warmer weather, like for their Buffalo Wing Festival, or to take a ferry ride into the falls. But with all there is to see at the falls and learn, what I didn’t know was what I [Continue]

I am so excited to share this news with you! I was asked to check out a new charitable website that is revolutionizing the way in which we make charitable donations to our favorite organizations and programs. The site, YouGiveGoods.com aims to eliminate the steps and carbon footprints involved in getting your donation to those [Continue]

It’s that time of the year when my favorite NYC parks start showing the holiday spirit and magic! This Saturday, November 12, families, pets included, are invited to Citi Pond at Bryant Park’s Second Annual Family Day Event to celebrate and kick-off the holiday season by enjoying a day full of fun, family-friendly activities! Activities [Continue]

Here are the collection of photos from my visit to Santa Fe, New Mexico. May they serve to inspire you in your travels. You can read more about my adventures in New Mexico in the following articles: La Posada de Santa Fe, New Mexico The Art. The People. The Views of Magical Santa Fe. All [Continue]

City Parks Foundation announced the launch of The Three Bears Holiday Bash, a marionette production beginning November 14, 2011 at the Swedish Cottage Marionette Theatre in Central Park. The Three Bears Holiday Bash is a variety show that celebrates the holiday season in song, dance, and puppetry. This production quickly becomes a comedy of errors [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]

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]