Posts Tagged ‘nyc’
Written by Carol Cain on 06 July 2009
After having spent a day having fun with the boys at the zoo and park, NYCity Mama and her husband went home and started making plans for a date night. Date nights don’t come around too often for Mama and her hubby. With as many kids as they have it can become an expensive venture, [Continue]
Written by Carol Cain on 01 July 2009
In the next 30 days, New York City will be inundated with Nelson Mandela’s legacy. From a multi-media exhibit in Grand Central station with performance arts programs to a week-long volunteer initiative planned around the entire city to a massive concert on Mandela Day, New Yorkers will have an amazing opportunity to learn about Mandela’s [Continue]
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 [Continue]
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 [Continue]
Written by Carol Cain on 14 June 2009
One of the great things about living in New York City is that New Yorkers love a good celebration, of any kind. There need not be a logical reason for it. Spread the word of a fun event, and New Yorkers are there. Such is the case of the 3rd Annual Bubble Battle in Times [Continue]
Written by Carol Cain on 12 June 2009
Late last month NYCity Mama participated in a behind-the-scenes look of the popular and much loved children’s show, Super WHY. Since then, her boys have grown more and more in love with the show’s characters. Her 3.5 year old, who calls himself Super Why (while her 2.5 year old believes he is Alpha Pig), has been [Continue]
Written by Carol Cain on 10 June 2009
NYCity Mama’s boys love music. They love to sing, dance and find anything and everything to make music with, no matter how noisy. And one of the bands that is guaranteed to get them on their feet is that of the The Imagination Movers. Mama’s boys rarely miss a show, which airs at 9:30AM ET [Continue]
Written by Carol Cain on 08 June 2009
They had been out for a few hours already, it was muggy and hot, the kind of weather that makes one want to either be at the beach, near a pool, or in an air conditioned room. Instead, NYCity Mama and her husband were excited about joining those taking part in the Loving Day Celebration [Continue]
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 [Continue]
Written by Carol Cain on 03 June 2009
Continued from: Governor’s Island The ferry ride to and from Governor’s Island is a short one. On their way back to Manhattan, NYCity Mama and family didn’t bother to get to the front of the ferry and check out the views. They were content with just siting back, enjoying the breeze that came in through [Continue]