As my regular readers know, I have been taking some time to take care of my father after he had a 9+ hour maxillectomy surgery at Memorial Sloan-Kettering to remove a stage 4 tumor. During that time, I spent over a week fairly close to the hospital, spending 12-14 hours a day in the area.…
My daughter is a dancer. She dances at the dining table, she dances in the streets, she dances in restaurants, she dances with relish at her weekend ballet and tap class. She loves being on stage and the feeling that comes with it. We’ve been encouraging her with dance classes, support during recitals, and books…
The lights, the windows, the skaters, the tree at Rockefeller Center – there is nothing better than Christmas in New York. Growing up in New Jersey, Christmas in New York was a yearly tradition. My dad took two weeks off around Christmas, and we always did fun holiday adventures. One of those adventures every year…
When my son gets an idea in his head he will hound you until his wish is fulfilled. In the summer it was the Empire State Building: he wanted to go to the top. When we were in New York in June, he said he wanted to go to the Empire State Building. But we…
Most girls who grew up in the 1980s and 1990s in the US knew about American Girl Dolls by Pleasant Company. I was around 8 when I first heard about American Girl. Kristen, Samantha and Molly were all 9 year old girls growing up in different time periods in the US, going through the same…
Today is September 11th, and like most Americans, I remember exactly where I was and what I was doing on that terrible day back in 2001. I remember the days after and I remember the first time I saw Ground Zero. In 2005 I moved away from New Jersey and the constant visual reminders but…
As the sun came up on our third and final day in New York, my husband and I sadly packed up the room and dragged ourselves downstairs to check out, store luggage, and spend one last day in New York. 9/11 Memorial As I mentioned, the 9/11 Memorial was right by our hotel. Since we…
After a brilliant dinner at Otto in the East Village, we were ready to explore my favorite city… Breakfast The lovely thing about not having our early bird son with us was the ability to sleep in. We did just that, leisurely getting ready for our day and not getting out of the hotel until…
New York, New York; my favorite city in the world. Of course being a New Jerseyite I’m biased. But I have always loved the city. When I was a child my father would take us all the time (he worked for NJ Transit so for us it was easy and cheap). My father would always…