Posts Tagged ‘free activities’
Spring, St. Patrick’s Day, Easter, & Other Reasons to Love NYC with Kids
Ah, Spring. At least that's what it's feeling like today in New York City. The boys and I set out to enjoy a few hours outside, after what seemed months of hibernation or enduring the cold. As my kids ran and laughed and played with the other kids, and I mingled and chatted with the smiling parents relieved to be out as well, I began to get [...]
Sony Wonder Technology Lab, NYC
On a NYC day, very similar to the chilly, cloudy one we are experiencing today, the kids and I set out for some fun. One of my things about fun in the city, is to pin point the places where that fun can be found inexpensively or free. One such place is the Sony Wonder Technology Lab in Sony Plaza on 56th St and Madison Ave. This 4-story museum [...]
Getting Ready for Halloween!
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 [...]
Pumpkin Picking in Dix Hills, NY
This past weekend my family and I decided to go pumpkin picking. I had a list of places I wanted to try but it was Sunday, and some places in NJ that are closer to the city are closed on Sundays, other places seemed too far. So we decided to look on the New York side and found a couple of places only 40 minutes away in Long Island. In the [...]
From the Zoo to Downtown, Madison, WI
We had a busy day today. It is our last day before we head out to our next stop. I wanted to share with you those fun things I love to do when I am with my family in Madison. It truly is a great town. And though I am a New Yorker to the bone, I can't help but feel nostalgic and miss my former home every time I visit. We missed a few places, [...]
Great Kills Park and Beach, Staten Island, NY
Sun. Finally. After weeks of rain and cloudiness the sun was out, bright and warm for everyone to enjoy, with no imminent threat of rain in the forecast. NYCity Mama had been itching to try a new beach, and she wanted to head to Staten Island for the occasion. So she consulted her friend, and a person who is in the know about anything and [...]
An Evening in Pictures: Big City Lights
It is not often that NYCity Mama finds herself walking around the streets of NYC at night with the kids in tow. But on this one beautiful evening she was happy to have been in the heart of Times Square. Her boys love it there. And believe it or not, when she feels a bit conflicted about her being here (for all the reasons a New Yorker with [...]
In The Rain in Madison Square Park
It's been raining a lot in NYC for the past couple of weeks. This has caused NYCity Mama to get somewhat creative in the things she and the boys do during the day. Luckily there is always something going on at the different public libraries throughout the city. Mama tends to venture to other neighborhoods just for a change in scenery, at [...]
The Little Red Lighthouse, Ft. Washington Park, NY
It was Father's Day and because of a tight deadline he was on, the only thing NYCity Mama's husband wanted to do was get some work done. It was rainy on and off (mostly on) and it seemed like the lazy Sunday would be spent inside. But with the boys getting louder and cabin fever starting to set in, she decided to take them for a nice long [...]
Discovering The High Line, NYC
One of the wonderful things about New York City is that just when you think you've seen it all, or know it all, something changes, reinvents itself, becomes anew, tempting you to come back and take another look, rediscover it, get to know it again. It is why even after living here most of her life, NYCity Mama, having been gone for almost 4 [...]
