A few weeks ago we were invited to take a backstage tour of the New Amsterdam Theater on 42nd Street, current home of the Disney Broadway musical, Mary Poppins. The New Amsterdam is a particularly rich historical theater – it housed the Ziegfeld Follies and the fabulous Fanny Brice and is haunted by the ghost [...]
Posts Tagged ‘nyc’
Behind the Scenes at Mary Poppins – Disney Magic In Times Square
Posted in kids, life in nyc, theater, tagged broadway, Disney, Mary Poppins, nyc, Times Square, Ziegfeld on December 7, 2011 | 3 Comments »
Film Set on my Doorstep
Posted in life in nyc, wordless wednesday, tagged checker cab, film sets, nyc, wordless wednesday on August 3, 2011 | 6 Comments »
Walked outside my door and saw this parked on the street. Plus an entire street of classic 60s cars. Don’t know what they were filming but it’s the perfect reminder that you never know what you’re going to bump into in NYC. Plus, I wish they’d bring back the checker cab.
Parents as Meaningful Partners in Education
Posted in education, parenting, tagged ed reform, Education, mom congress, nyc, Parent, PTA, public school, Teacher on July 11, 2011 | 3 Comments »
This post was originally written for the White House Champions of Change series and was published last week by Parenting on the Mom Congress blog. As I prepare for my speaking gig at the #140 Conference on Education I thought I’d share what I’m working on and what I plan on talking about… How many [...]
My Favorite NYC Supermoon Picture
Posted in life in nyc, tagged nyc, photography, skyline, Super moon on March 21, 2011 | 6 Comments »
This photo is via flickr and taken by “Steve O.” I want to blow this up and hang it in my living room. The super moon was so spectacular. For all of his photos click here.
If Women Ruled the World: BlogHer and The White House Project
Posted in blogging, food, life in nyc, politics, tagged blog conferences, blog her, brand marketing, food revolution, lisa belkin, momblogging, nyc, nytimes, politics, slow food, women in politics on August 12, 2010 | 8 Comments »
I spent a good part of last week with 2400 women from all walks of life, from coupon moms to political activists. Women bloggers descended on The Hilton in NYC for the BlogHer ‘10 Conference. This was my first BlogHer and I didn’t know what to expect. Would it be cliquey? Would it be [...]
My Top 5 NYC Movies for Blog Her ’10 and Beyond…
Posted in kids, life in nyc, movies, Travel, tagged audrey hepburn, big, blogher, breakfast at tiffany's, cher, entertainment, fame, film, ghostbusters, kids films, manhattan, moonstruck, movies, new york city movies, nyc, old movies, seinfeld, sex and the city, stuart little, the muppets, when harry met sally, working girl on August 3, 2010 | 7 Comments »
Even if you’ve never been to NYC chances are you feel like you have just from watching Sex and the City, or Law and Order or Seinfeld (with its fake NYC sets it still passes). But I thought I’d put together a list of my favorite New York movies that will put you in a [...]
NYC iPhone Apps Every BlogHer Attendee Should Have
Posted in blogging, iphone apps, life in nyc, technology, theater, Travel, tagged blog conferences, blogher, broadway tickets, central park, hopstop, ipad app, iphone app, manhattan, nyc, opentable, travel on July 28, 2010 | 10 Comments »
You’re coming to New York City For BlogHer‘10. You know that most of your time is already taken up by all of the crazy BlogHer events but still you’re going to have some free time right? These are the iphone apps I can’t live without as a native New Yorker. They will help you make [...]
We The People: America Rocks! TheatreWorks USA Free Summer Children’s Theater in NYC
Posted in kids, life in nyc, parenting, review, theater, tagged america rocks!, children's theater, civics, democracy, free theater, government, nyc, politics, schoolhouse rock, theatreworks usa on July 21, 2010 | 3 Comments »
On Sunday I took my girls to see We the People: America Rocks! TheatreWorks USA latest free summer production for kids. The story: The Four Founding Fathers, George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, John Adams and Ben Franklin use rock ‘n roll to explain the American Democracy and how the government works. In the vein of Schoolhouse [...]
Can’t Buy My Love- CEA Lineshows, Tech Gadgets, and the MomBloggers Who Love Them
Posted in blogging, life in nyc, politics, rant, technology, toys, tagged advertising, blogging, CEA, CES, marketing, momblogger, nyc, PR, reviews, sue lowdon, technology, women in media, women power, writing on June 29, 2010 | 7 Comments »
As if I didn’t have enough to do last week with it being the last week of school here in steamy NYC, I spent most of Tuesday and Wednesday at the Consumer Electronics Association’s (CEA) Lineshows in midtown. This show is a mini, micromini really, version of CES to keep everyone’s interest up and show [...]
Two Really Hot Ways to Stay Cool This Summer: Natural History Museum Event and Chelsea Piers Bowling!
Posted in kids, life in nyc, Travel, tagged amnh, bowling, chelsea piers, free things in nyc, museum, nyc, penguins, raising kids in the city, summer, summer in the city on June 25, 2010 | 1 Comment »
I don’t post a lot of “event” type stuff on my blog. There are fabulous sites out there like MommyPoppins and GoCityKids who have the serious lowdown all the time. But, these two summer special events were both too good not to share, since I know I’ll be doing both of them. First: “Kids Bowl [...]
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