Adventures in NYC

Bunny Hoppin’ in Ralph Lauren

Easter has been a tricky holiday around here for the last three years. We used to get dressed up and head to a service at church before going to the grandparent's houses and hunting for eggs in their yards that we colored with the kids. We...

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Date Night with Kids: Annie the Musical

The first time we took Jack and Zoe together to a theater show, it was an off-Broadway performance of Angelina Ballerina. They were so great during the show, they were genuinely interested and so entertained by the cute dancing ballerina mice on stage. They we...

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Brand New Year

It always sort of strikes me when a new year begins, that before me stands a clean slate full of unwritten days; Moments to be had, memories to me made, even mistakes to be learned from. It's no different than any other day with tomorrow...

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Joy Abounds

Christmas wasn't my favorite holiday until I had children, and even then it took until last year for me to completely dive in and fully appreciate what Christmas means to me and my family. Holidays are fun with children, but this time of year is...

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7 A.M. Enfant Video Launch & Giveaway

I get really excited when companies I love do neat things, especially when the company has a product that I can't live without. 7 A.M. Enfant is run by exceptional, driven women who have a penchant for art and design, even (and especially) when it...

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Whole Hearts

I really wanted to post about our Thanksgiving, and while I know it's a little late for that, the relevance and significance of that day will last for a long, long time in my heart. Life had all but returned to normal after Hurricane Sandy...

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Traveling with the Orbit and a G2 Giveaway!

The thing about being a parent is we tend to share our secrets. In our tight circles with friends, it's easy to discuss what has and hasn't worked for us in terms of products, activities and other parenting trials. Out in public with strangers though,...

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Our City Escape in the Cadillac Hybrid Escalade

A wise lifelong New Yorker once told me that the secret to living in Manhattan successfully is to leave often. So very true, and yet, not quite as easy as you'd imagine without owning a car. One of our hardest transitions into city life was getting rid...

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Resident Tourist: Governors Island

Living in New York City on a very set and scheduled four year stint has been 99% wonderful. Though living in the middle of the city is truly magical and fabulous, there are a lot of things about life with three children in a little...

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Resident Tourists

After spending three weeks in California, the four of us came back with a penchant for all things urban and quintessential New York City. Ok, the other three probably didn't miss this place as much as I did even for the teeny blip of time...

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Serendipitous

The really magical part about living in New York City is the incredible people that live here. You never know who is getting coffee next to you, or living in a building away from you, or riding the subway in the same car that you're...

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