Another City Mom’s View of Sesame Place

In September of 2006, Reggie, Michael and I went on a trip to Sesame Place. (I was pregnant with Sean at the time.) It was a lot of fun for the most part. Michael’s favorite attractions were Elmo’s World: Peek-A-Bug, Cookie Mountain, Grover’s World Twirl, Monster Maze and The Slide. His least favorites were Elmo’s … Read More

LA Trip: Final Thoughts – East Coast vs. West Coast

We really enjoyed our time in Los Angeles. I would like to visit again with the entire family when Sean is a little older. (I think that a 5 – 6 hour flight is still a bit too much for my 3 year old.) There were a few young kids crying on the flight for … Read More

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Two Years, Three Months

It’s amazing how the next life steps make themselves clear. I have been having the most amazing, random conversations this past week that clarified the rest of the year for me. Last week, I wrote about the evolution of Mom in the City over the last five years on the Go “Mom in the City”, … Read More

Yee-ha! Riding A Mechanical Bull At The Hebrew National Better-Than-A-Picnic

Photo courtesy of Hebrew National Recently I co-hostessed a Hebrew National Better-Than-A-Picnic. It was great that several Mom in the City readers (Lisa, Junnie, Jennifer) came out. I also want to say a special thanks to my blogging friends (besides my co-hostesses!) for coming out to support the day: -Adiaha (Adiaha.com) -Eddy & Divina (Dancing … Read More

Ming Wang and Dress For Success: An Example of Corporate Generosity

I attended a Ming Wang and Dress For Success event tonight. I was invited to mingle with Dress for Success clients and to help them pick a three piece outfit courtesy of Ming Wang. I reverted back to my high school fashion merchandising class interests…I think that I had more fun than the women who … Read More

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I’ll Always Love My Mama…

  My Mom  Earlier today, I was listening to the lyrics for the song “I`ll Always Love My Mama” by The Intruders. I`ll always love my mama She`s my favorite girl I`ll always love my mama She brought me in this world I was talking to my friend Nicole earlier this week and we both … Read More

How Much Screen Time Do You REALLY Let Your Kids Have?

This past weekend, my husband and I attended a parenting seminar. The first section was focused more on overseeing youth and family groups. (My husband and I work with the Children’s Ministry in our church.) That was pretty fun and informative. No sweat. THEN, we attended the second section which specifically talked about parenting newborns … Read More

Top 30 NY Mom Blogs That I Love – 7 to 12

On Top 30 NY Mom Blogs (That I Love), I named the “who”. This is the second of five posts explaining the “why”. (You can find the first post here.) 7. Isabel Kallman (Alpha Mom): If her ears rang every time that someone was saying nice things about her, there would be a constant ringing … Read More

Annual Read-Aloud Day

Today is annual “Read-Aloud Day” at Michael’s school. Since he has a stomach virus, he won’t be there. I’m torn… Part of me wanted to go so that I could see him wear the poster he created and read a book in his class. I love that Michael enjoys reading. On the other hand, I … Read More

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