Posts Tagged ‘free activities’
Written by Carol Cain on 18 June 2010
I just received this awesome news from the City Parks Foundation and just had to share! City Parks Foundation has just announced its 2010 schedule of FREE performing arts and sports instruction for youth citywide.
This is something the city parks has offered many NYC kids city wide, many of whom wouldn’t have access to a lot of
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Written by Carol Cain on 08 March 2010
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
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Written by Carol Cain on 16 February 2010
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
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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 09 October 2009
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
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Written by Carol Cain on 03 August 2009
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
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Written by Carol Cain on 29 June 2009
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
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Written by Carol Cain on 27 June 2009
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
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Written by Carol Cain on 25 June 2009
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
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Written by Carol Cain on 22 June 2009
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
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