The Textile Arts Center is our latest addition to The Directory under Summer Camps, Classes-Arts and Crafts and Party Entertainment (you can have a birthday party at their beautiful new location). They have a mini-site… Read More »Sewing, felting, weaving…for you and your kids
This is our newest weekly photo feature called “Veeps” (as in “Vice Presidents” or “VIPS”), that features a Brooklyn parent. How did we come up with such a title? You, as a parent, are a”VIP”- … Read More »Veeps: Becca in Carroll Gardens
You have never seen elephants like the ones playing at the New Victory Theater in Times Square. These life-size puppets of mother and baby elephant are as ephemeral as the fabrics they are made of,… Read More »Run to see the Elephant
I’m a big tea drinker and introduced tea to my older son when he was just barely over 12-months-old. I plan on doing the same with my little one, but fully expect the same funny… Read More »Tea for Tots? (+ a recipe for Chai-Spiced Blood Orange Granita)
Now that the spring flowers are out and cherry blossoms have borne beautiful blooms, my son Jake and I decided to try planting something of our own. It has been a great way for us… Read More »Simple Planting projects for Earth Day
A couple of weeks ago we reported on the terrible news that playground equipment at the newly opened Brooklyn Bridge Park’s Pier 1 was burning children. The solution the developers came up with was to… Read More »Brooklyn Bridge’s Pier 6- sneak peek
The Dirty Sock Funtime Band is a pretty well known band at this point: they have a tv show on PBS, have their songs on Noggin’ and are now they are putting out a DVD.… Read More »A Rocking Good Time with the Dirty Sock Funtime Band
Welcome to “Spotted!”, a weekly photo digest that features kids’ and parents’ style in one neighborhood of Brooklyn. Editorial comments are mainly the photographer’s, Justine Cooper, though I stick my 2 cents every once in awhile.Read More »Spotted: in Prospect Heights
One Tray at a Time by Donna Fish Change is a’ coming. Slowly, but I see some movement in a positive direction. I always think of the two things that are responsible for the rising… Read More »Changing Kids Eating Habits
Thirty minute meals are great—necessary, even!—but sometimes you have to whip up dinner even faster. Sometimes, you’ve only got 10 minutes to get food on the table. Maybe you need to make something that the… Read More »10-Minute meals for when you gotta cook & run (or run & cook)