‘Cool Finds’ Articles

When you walk around the streets of New York City, especially in the Midtown area, the second most common sight one sees, after the iconic yellow cab, are the double deck tour buses filled with camera touting tourists. The amount of tours available to visitors can be daunting, and expensive. Trying to decide which tours [Continue]

Can’t help but get emotional while the sadness overwhelms as I write out this event announcement. That is because CANCER SUCKS and it took away my mom and my grandmother. That’s why I am grateful for the continued work of organizations such as Avon Foundation for Women. They continue the fight against cancer with their [Continue]

All the little kids are out of school and we are looking for something to do that will entertain them. Well, as luck would have it, The Ohmies are in town, and they are looking not only to entertain, but educate as well! They are performing at the Peter Jay Sharp Theater located at 416 [Continue]

How does a NYCityMama celebrate the summer solstice?  Well, I started out with what most parents are doing at this time of year – graduation ceremonies – then continued the celebrations from there because when you are in this great city of ours, there’s always something going on! We set out to enjoy it all [Continue]

New York City and the people I meet who love and breath it like I do, never, ever cease to amaze me. I love it. On one perfect Saturday morning, we headed over to Inwood Hill Park, which looked a lot different than it did since our last visit there, and is now showing all [Continue]

Yay! Sing for Hope has brought back the Pop-Up Pianos to New York City! We love them. We never know where they will, um, pop-up, but when we see them we can’t help but be attracted to play them. This latest encounter was at Inwood Hill Park, after a wonderful nature walk and morning of [Continue]

Emmy-winning actress and comic Judy Gold, who was seen Off-Broadway in 25 Questions for a Jewish Mother, will return to the New York stage June 30 in a brand-new show entitled The Judy Show: My Life as a Sitcom. The production, produced by Daryl Roth and Eva Price, will officially open at the DR2 Theatre [Continue]

We share our favorite parks in NY where we have loved spending time with friends and as a family in our NY Parks for Summer Fun post. To help you get out there and enjoy in your own Summer fun and games, we have partnered with SportCraft  www.sportcraft.com) to host a Summer Fun Twitter party on [Continue]

We talk so much about NYC being a concrete jungle. So much so that even Alicia Keys sings about it. Truth is, and what most people don’t expect, is that New York City has a lot of green area that we can enjoy. There are truly countless of parks, from small to large, crowded to [Continue]

Ok, so if you could see me lately, you will notice that my hair is not my best of friend right now. And truth is, when I run around the city I want to look great, but that’s not always possible in this heat. Love the warmer weather, but between the New York City’s humidity, [Continue]