I grew up in Brooklyn way before hipster boutiques and cute home furnishings stores dotted the avenues. Back in the 70′s and 80′s Brooklyn shopping was synonymous with one word – BARGAIN. And finding those deals was a sport for my mom, brought to new highs when my grandmother visited from Michigan and the two [...]
Posts Tagged ‘recession’
Living La Dolce Vita
Posted in Italy, nyc moms post, Travel, tagged dolce vita, family travel, Italy, lay offs, parenting, recession, summer in italy, traveling with kids, twins, unemployment on July 2, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Three months ago while I was in the middle of preparing dinner my husband called from work and told me that he had been laid off. You’d think in this economy I wouldn’t have been surprised, but the mass lay offs at his company had come in January and he had survived, so come April, [...]
Live Blogging My Call With Katie Couric
Posted in life in nyc, politics, tagged budget cuts, cbs news, katie couric, KatieCouricSVMomsGroup, New York City Private Schools, public school, raising kids, recession on May 19, 2009 | 4 Comments »
I am on a conference call with Katie Couric, discussing kids and the recession: Children of the Recession. So far introductions all around. CBS News is concentrating on how the recession is impacting children. 6:30pm Evening News, and the Early Show. Go to cbsnews.com to view all of these insightful and important stories launching this [...]












