Posts Tagged ‘central park’
Written by Carol Cain on 22 March 2010
Spring has sprung! And in addition to the awesome weather (aside from a few Spring showers here and there), another sign that Spring has finally arrived in NYC is the amazing list of events and activities.
This past weekend, On Location Tours launched their Central Park Movie Sites tour! This two-hour walking tour will offer movie lovers
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Written by Carol Cain on 27 October 2009
My apartment is abuzz this week! Halloween, right around the corner…actually, up the road at this point!
My little ones are just itching to get into their costumes and going Trick-or-Treating. Last year, we went around the neighborhood at the local businesses and they were all handing out candy. Then we participated in a neighborhood
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Written by Carol Cain on 03 June 2009
Not too long ago, NYCity Mama and the boys headed to one of her favorite playgrounds in Central Park, right off of 67th and 5th Avenue. They walked past all the energy and excitement often found along Fifth Avenue…even past some overly excited tourists taking pictures of a man being arrested (oh the excitement of
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Written by Carol Cain on 23 May 2009
4:00AM. NYCity Mama’s husband gently tugged at her to wake her up. She had promised her 11 year old son that she would treat him to something special.
She dragged herself out of her comfy bed and washed her face with cold water. Her eyes were red from lack of sleep, but she was excited about
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Written by Carol Cain on 14 May 2009
The past few days had gone by with NYCity Mama not feeling quite herself. Fighting a cold and feeling exhausted had kept her homebound for two days, which is huge for her and the boys as they are always doing something or another. Today however, she was feeling not 100%, but a lot better, and
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Written by Carol Cain on 11 May 2009
Mother’s Day morning. NYCity Mama didn’t sleep in. As a matter of fact, as strange as it may be, she actually ended up waking up earlier than ever, before anyone…even the kids. Because the kids have a habit of invading their bed in the wee hours of the morning, they (Dad, Mom, and two younger
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Written by Carol Cain on 29 April 2009
Another hot, sunny, pseudo-summer day in NYC. NYCity Mama looked outside her window and saw the street vibrant with people in shorts and summer dresses, entering and exciting shops, eating ice cream, and enjoying the sun’s heat. Mama’s boys, on the other hand, were busy undoing whatever organizing she had done, getting on each
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Written by Carol Cain on 17 April 2009
NYCity Mama was up early today. Her new venture got her up and working out before 8:00AM (which is early for her), and without the kids. When she done, she was full of energy and inspiration for the day. She had a list of things she and the kids could do, and imagined how well
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Written by Carol Cain on 05 April 2009
Brrrr! It was cloudy, windy, and cold. It seems that this is almost always the weather on the first weekend of April. The only reason NYCity Mama would even know that is because she thinks about what they were about to do on this chilly morning, and wondered why she had never done it before,
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Written by Carol Cain on 12 January 2009
“Scrap!” “Scrap!” “Srcaaaap!” This was the sound that woke up NYCity Mama this morning. Not even 8AM and already building superintendents and business owners were busy clearing sidewalks and walkways, while others chipped through the thin sheet of ice they found on their cars.
She slowly climbed out of bed,
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