Posts Tagged ‘nyc’

My husband is fascinating with the art of making sushi. He tried it once at home. They were big balls of rice that tasted delicious, but were oddly shaped and not very pretty. He was determined to figure out what he was doing wrong and learn tips to really perfect the technique. Lucky for me, [Continue]

This morning’s New York Times article “So You’re Priced Out. Now What?” did nothing but stir close to full blown rage in me. As someone who just recently moved to New Jersey for this very reason, I am still a tad bitter about this topic and find it nothing to brag about as a New [Continue]

Oh! It’s an exciting time in NYC for theatre lovers! Broadway’s Season of Savings booklet is out and is offering theatre goers up to $50 off ticket prices! I’m talking about REAL Broadway shows, right on the Great White Way people, with some really great off-Broadway performances too, such as Freckleface: The Musical (we loved [Continue]

All week long, all I have wanted to do was wake up Friday morning and surprise my two youngest with a visit to see Santaland in Macy’s Herald Square, an annual holiday tradition for us. I envisioned my boys jumping up and down for joy, except I didn’t realize that Friday’s Pizza Day in school [Continue]

If you’ve read my site long enough then you know that while most New Yorkers run at the sound of holiday bells in all the main sights throughout the city, I gravitate to them like a moth to the light. It remains my absolute favorite time of the year in the city and I am [Continue]

It’s that time of the year when my favorite NYC parks start showing the holiday spirit and magic! This Saturday, November 12, families, pets included, are invited to Citi Pond at Bryant Park’s Second Annual Family Day Event to celebrate and kick-off the holiday season by enjoying a day full of fun, family-friendly activities! Activities [Continue]

Stuyvesant Square Community Alliance (SSCA) will be hosting their 2nd Annual Open Air Gallery event on Saturday, October 22nd (Raindate: Oct.23rd) from 12 Noon to 4pm at Stuyvesant Square Park (located on 2nd Avenue between and 15th & 17th Street – West Side Square). The day’s events include their local artists’ gallery exhibit with [Continue]

When I was around 14 years old, and in my middle school music class in the Dominican Republic, my teacher – a very devoted, very serious musician of some kind, asked the class about their passion for music and what they wanted to be. I very courageously lifted my hand and said, “I want to [Continue]

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                          New York Family Magazine presents the New Parent Expo, a grand family-friendly mega-show for new and expectant parents from the New York/Tri-State (area and beyond!). The event introduces people to a big mix of top products and services for maternity, baby [Continue]