All Entries in the "Art & Lifestyle" Category
Fall Family Fun at Terhune Orchards
If you’re looking for some family-friendly fall fun, look no further than Terhune Orchards in Princeton, NJ. Snaking through the tree-lined back roads near the esteemed university, you’ll feel fall envelope you as you drive past the colorful falling leaves. Then as you choose your parking lot on Cold Soil Road (deciding between the apple-picking [...]
Broke-olgy, The Giveaway
There’s been a lot of buzz about Broke-ology, the new production at Lincoln Center Theater, and after seeing the show, I’ve joined the buzz bandwagon. Broke-ology is the dramatic story of the King family who have gone through many hardships in life, struggle to stay afloat, yet survive it all with the love they give [...]
Angelika Film Center…Independent Film Heaven
A night out on the town is so special to me, such a relief from my often busy, often kid-filled life, that when it comes around I want to make sure it is great. And if watching a movie is in the plans, I want to make that a special experience as well. Though a [...]
Sex and the City Tour
On Location Tours offers several different kinds of New York City tours, but the Sex and the City tour called to me the loudest. My friends and I are total Sex and the City junkies; we own the fuzzy pink-covered Sex and the City complete series DVDs, the movie, and will be purchasing our tickets [...]
Apple Picking at Demarest Farms in Hillsdale, NJ
Labor Day ceremoniously marks the end of summer and beginning of the fall season for us, although the calendar doesn’t note the official start of autumn until September 22nd. When the screechy hum of the cicadas fills the air, the winds rustle the changing leaves on the trees, and the skies turn cloudy all day, [...]
Governors Island: Repurposed Urban Retreat
The sidewalks are clean enough you could eat off of them, there are no flashy neon billboards to speak of and come to think of it, not a single cabbie can be hailed there. This couldn’t be close to NYC. Or could it? Oh, but it is—-only a seven minute ferry ride and 800 ft. [...]
New York Children’s Museum of Arts (CMA)
In the Little Italy neighborhood of Manhattan, the New York Children’s Museum of the Arts (CMA) is an undiscovered treasure (at least undiscovered by me!). My friend and I decided to try their “Wee Arts” class. This drop-in class has a wide age range – 10 months to 3.5 years – so my two kids (almost 2 [...]
Top NYC Children’s Theaters
One of the things that New York City is known for is its theaters. People come from all over the country – and the world – to see Broadway and off-Broadway plays. Another great thing about New York City is that kids are never left out of the fun, as there are quite a few [...]
