‘Vacations’ Articles

First day in Madison, WI.  I fell asleep next to my 2.5 year old on the air mattress that was laid out for him and his brother.  I was woken up to the easily recognizable squeals of them playing in the living room, enjoying the fact that they had even more attention being bestowed upon [Continue]

Day one, completed.  We hit the road at 5:30 this morning.  My husband was surprised that even after having stayed up till 1:00 AM I would be up and ready to go.  We drove almost 1000 miles today.  When I exited the minivan, I took a deep breath and took in the clean, fresh air [Continue]

The time has arrived.  We are packed. We are ready to go. Everyone is in bed, resting for the early morning trip ahead, but I am here, writing to you. My hope is that we start making our way to Madison, WI by 5:30am. Today was exciting, and stressful, and exhausting.  You can see it [Continue]

I love Chicago.  I remember it being my escape when living in the suburbs of Madison, WI not too long ago.  I would often call it my “city fix”.  Granted Chicago isn’t as big or spread out as New York City, but it does manage to pack in a lot of wonderful things to do [Continue]

NYCity Mama had a hectic day.  As she cleaned her apartment, completed some writing projects in the short span of nap time (a rarity in itself), and did all her motherly duties, she became tired, and in dire need of a moment of Zen. Mama used to have a sitter.  Someone she called on occasions [Continue]

A few weeks ago, NYCity Mama had made plans for her and the family to visit their friends R. and P. and their beautiful baby A. near Boston, MA.  They had been there once before and were excited to see them again.  What she didn’t know at the time was that this weekend would be [Continue]

Last night NYCity Mama was doing something new, something different.  Last night Mama was heading out for an adventure alone.  But this adventure wasto find out more about a new and exciting family vacation destination in Colorado. To find out more, she would have the fortune to have dinner at the fabulously chic eatery, L’Artusi. [Continue]

Ah, Madison.  Honestly, before she met her husband, NYCity Mama didn’t know much about Madison, or Wisconsin, except that it was known for its cheese and farms, and if she thought about it that much it was never. But some years ago, she met the love of her life, her “cowboy” she used to call [Continue]

Easter morning.  NYCity Mama and family were staying with family and having a great time.  They had already seen tons of friends, had seen almost all the family members, and even done two egg hunts in one day! But today was a day where the family had planned to all get together and enjoy some [Continue]

Air traveling with kids.  We’ve all heard nightmare stories about the incessant crying, the constant kicking on the seat, the trying to keep the little ones from disrupting other passengers on the plane.  When NYCity Mama had just one child it seemed so much easier to travel, not only financially easier, but logistically as well. [Continue]