After we went to Dylan’s Candy Bar, the Girls and I zipped across the road to Bloomingdale’s for a quick squiz at Les Objets de la psychiatrie…because really you don’t go to Bloomingdale’s merely for something you need…one walks into the magnificent foyer of Bloomingdale’s and it is want want want! Bloomingdales is so Oh la la, […]
As promised, today I took the Girls to a candy store. This promise was a soothing method for Maya when I told her she was too sick for trick-or-treating. New York City has some great candy stores, but one in particular I had heard about was Dylan’s Candy Bar, created by the daughter of American […]
Last night Maya and I went to the opening night of the Radio City Christmas Spectacular…and my how spectacular it was! The lights, the orchestra, the singing, the costumes, and the dancing! This was our third time seeing the show and even though the two previous times Maya has been only two and three years […]
As part of our healthy September I took the family to the Union Square Farmers Market today. Where you can get the freshest produce available in the city (except picking it from your own garden). A wonderful outing for the whole family as the markets are held at Union Square which is a lovely park […]
Hecksher Playground in Central Park, at Midtown, is a fantastic playscape for energetic children. An enormous fenced area with a great variety of terrain for children to explore. We have been there a few times in the past, but this was our first visit in the Summer time. We made our way there recently with […]
Manhattan begs me to shop, and really I do try and resist. Living in Brooklyn definitely helps, but I can only hold out for so long before I am crossing the bridge to delve into the new seasons fashions, the fabrics and styles. Once every few months, or maybe twice a year, I make a […]
This is the Lower East Side apartment we lived in before moving to Park Slope. Our cool Manhattan dwelling, prior to falling pregnant with Elle and moving to Brooklyn. It was located on Clinton and Rivington, and little did we know how hip the neighbourhood was. I organised the fully furnished apartment sublet through Craigslist […]
PART 3 – Macy’s Flower Show Our third stop in the city was the 47th annual Macy’s Flower Show at Hearld Square. This is an impressive floral installation made up of millions of fresh flowers, that thousands of people flock to see each year. In 1947, the first Macy’s Flower Show was presented at the […]
PART 2 – Bryant Park Carousel Second stop, on our big day in the city was the Bryant Park Carousel. Shopping at the Chelsea Markets had given us an appetite and so we caught the train to 42nd St and met Cam for lunch at the Carousel. This is my favorite Carousel in NYC for […]
Yesterday the girls and I achieved a NYC Easter triptych. Three things that are great to do in Spring: Chelsea Markets, Bryant Park Carousel, and the Macy’s Flower Show. It was a big (long) day in the city for us, which involved me carrying Elle in her stroller up and down hundreds or subway stairs, […]
The Museum of Natural History in NYC is an awesome place and I do not say this lightly. It is the kind of museum that enthrals you from exhibit to exhibit in order to study the well curated animals and the impressions of their habitat and what they might be seen doing in ‘nature’. It is […]