The sun perfectly aligned with the east-west grid of Manhattan and created a seriously cool effect. My husband and I saw it first hand as we walked up Broadway during sunset on the Upper West Side. This photo came to my attention by way of the West Side Rag. It’s by Michael Huitt of Michael [...]
Posts Tagged ‘new york city’
ManhattanHenge – It’s all about the grid
Posted in life in nyc, wordless wednesday, tagged manhattan, Manhattanhenge, new york city, photography on June 1, 2011 | 3 Comments »
Heading to the Mom Congress on Education & Learning
Posted in education, tagged Cathie Black, education reform, Georgetown University, Gifted Education, Jamie Oliver, mom congress, new york city, White House on April 10, 2011 | 6 Comments »
Sitting on the Amtrak train heading down to DC I’m thinking about what lies ahead at the Mom Congress on Education and Learning. Sponsored by Parenting Magazine and Georgetown University, the Mom Congress consists of one chosen representative from each state and DC. I was fortunate enough to be picked to be the New York [...]
Why Aren’t Parents Rioting in the Streets?
Posted in education, politics, rant, society, tagged charter schools, Education, egypt, for-profit school, joel klein, new york city, nyc public schools, parenting, Private school, PTA, riots on February 2, 2011 | 46 Comments »
This is the question an educator asked me yesterday. A private school educator in New York City. We were among over 200 people invited to Barry Diller’s IAC headquarters in Chelsea to have lunch and listen to the presentation for a brand new private school in Manhattan called Avenues The World Schools. I wasn’t invited [...]
How to Stretch a NYC Dollar (Hint: It Takes a lot of Financial Muscle)
Posted in clever girl collective, family, life in nyc, tagged Bergdorf Goodman, budgets, Clever Girls Collective, family finances, manhattan, new york city, raising kids in the city, taxes, TurboTax on January 20, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Thank you to Turbo Tax for sponsoring my writing about household finances. Learn more about how TurboTax can help you find every tax deduction you deserve. I was selected for this sponsorship by the Clever Girls Collective, which endorses Blog With Integrity, as I do. Last week my husband and I had brunch with some [...]
The No Schlepping, No Shipping Gift Guide (With a Giveaway of Course)
Posted in Christmas, family, giveaway, Hanukkah, holidays, iphone apps, kids, life in nyc, parenting, technology, theater, tagged American Museum of Natural History, children's theater, Christmas, contest, gift giving, giveaway, hanukkah, Holidays, iphone apps, Meryl Streep, new york city, Velveteen Rabbit, Wildlife Conservation Society on November 30, 2010 | 1 Comment »
We’ll be lighting the menorah on Wednesday night while leftover cranberry sauce still jiggles in the back of the fridge. Even the procrastinators have an excuse this year (not like Christmas which is always the 25th, I mean come on it’s not like you didn’t see it coming!) So for all of you who have [...]
Going Behind the Gold Curtain at the Metropolitan Opera House (and a chance to win tickets to Hansel and Gretel!)
Posted in life in nyc, tagged children's theater, family travel, giveaway, metropolitan opera, new york city, theater, tickets on December 10, 2009 | 4 Comments »
This past Tuesday my two daughters and I went to the Metropolitan Opera House Tree Lighting and then on a special backstage tour of the theater. Growing up in New York City some of my most vivid and cherished memories of New York theater are linked to that incredibly beautiful theater. I still remember the [...]
Day 21- Tuscania, Taking Time to Smell the Sunflowers
Posted in Italy, Travel, tagged family travel, Italy, lake bolsena, new york city, parenting, Tuscania on July 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Today we did our usual day of rest following the insanely packed day at the Vatican. We walked through Tuscania, still with map in hand, to find some new stores and routes that we hadn’t yet explored. We then hit Lake Bolsena again for some serious downtime and relaxation. The nice thing about being here [...]
No, Mayor Bloomberg You Cannot Count on My Vote
Posted in education, life in nyc, politics, tagged hillary clinton, mayor bloomberg, mike bloomberg, new york city, New York City Public Schools on May 1, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Yesterday I received a call from a little old lady who called herself Charlotte. She told me that she was working for Mayor Bloomberg and then rattled off a list of his achievements as Mayor. She prattled on so quickly that I could barely keep track of the bullet pointed campaign platitudes that gushed forth [...]
Small Town, NYC
Posted in nyc moms post, tagged 9-11, 9/11, new york city, september 11th, twin towers, world trade center on April 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Every New Yorker can tell you where they were when the planes hit the Twin Towers. My husband and I lived downtown about two miles directly north of the World Trade Center and had one of those spectacular views of the two towers right out our living room window. On the morning of September 11th [...]
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