Date: June, 2010
Brooklyn Blog Talk
by Karen on 6/30/10 | 0 Comment(s)
Brooklyn Barbecue spots for the grill-less (Brokelyn) No ice cream for you at Pier 1 until August (Brooklyn Heights Blog) Summer Saturdays: Gowanus (Brookyn The Borough) The Domes are Gone! (New York Times- City Room) 8 Questions for a Kindergarten Teacher (Prepare yourself and your kid for September) (Shiny Brite)
Free yoga in Prospect Park this summer
by Karen on 6/30/10 | 1 Comment(s)
Bend and Bloom is teaming up with lululemon athletica Brooklyn to bring you yoga in the park this summer! Join Bend & Bloom teachers on the first Thursday and third Sunday of the month to enjoy some fresh air yoga. Free and open to the public! Bring your own mat or towel. Location: Long Meadow [...]
The fire domes at Pier 1 are gone, gone, gone
by Karen on 6/30/10 | 0 Comment(s)
Thank God somebody finally came to their senses and had the mettallic domes removed from the Pier 1 playground. This April, park-goers took the temperature of the orbs and discovered the temperature of them was an astounding 127.9 degrees…and they were burning children. Here we are, a full 4 months later, and they are JUST [...]
Wow! Another resale shop opening! AND they pick up your stuff
by Karen on 6/30/10 | 0 Comment(s)
On the heels of Lulu’s Cuts and Toys announcement this week that they are opening a new children’s resale (and some new) shop, another one announces it too is opening! That’s great news for families. There can never be enough resale shops- especially since Brooklyn is rumored to have had the most babies born in [...]
Free Summer Arts (& Science) at Pierrepont Playground
by Karen on 6/29/10 | 0 Comment(s)
Happily, The Brooklyn Heights Playground Committee was able to put together another free Summer Arts Program for the kids this year. The whole program is donation-based to keep it free. The fact that parents continue to support it means that it is probably a great program. (You can donate too here). This year’s program will [...]
Finally! The winner for the Tigers Exhibit
by Karen on 6/29/10 | 2 Comment(s)
I am so embarrassed. I don’t know how this slipped my mind totally. Well, actually I do. Between writing for the blog, raising kids, saving our place from mice and doing my art…I just plumb FORGOT, yes, completely forgot to pick a winner for the Tigers- Tracking a Legend show at South Street Seaport. I [...]
Haircuts for parents & kids that’s easy on the budget & schedule
by Paula on 6/29/10 | 1 Comment(s)
We were getting ready to fly to Wisconsin for a family wedding with my daughter as a flower girl so she needed to look extra cute. I had made an appointment for myself at the Lisa Lobue salon on Fifth Avenue and 13th street where I’ve been going for cuts and color since my daughter [...]
Recall: Kellogg’s Cereals (yes, the ones most appealing to kids)
by Jill on 6/28/10 | 0 Comment(s)
I don’t buy them (though I love Apple Jacks!), but Jake and Jenn have been known to shake the babysitter down in the grocery store from time to time and suddenly there’s a box of Fruit Loops in the cabinet. Now the Kellogg Co. has recalled a few of our favorites, so go check your stash [...]
Recall: Drop-side & Fixed-Side Cribs: 2 mil!
by Jill on 6/28/10 | 0 Comment(s)
My daughter’s big-girl bed is being delivered today, and I have to say I’ll feel safer with her in a bed, given all the crib recalls lately. The US Consumer Product Safety Comission (CPSC) announced a voluntary recall last week by seven manufacturers of more than 2 million cribs! Per the press release, the recalling [...]
Spotted! Centenniel Party Wear
by Karen on 6/28/10 | 0 Comment(s)
Welcome to “Spotted!”, a weekly photo digest that features kids’ and parents’ style in one neighborhood of Brooklyn. Justine Cooper is the amazing photographer who snapped these kids at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden’s Centennial Party. ****** Justine Cooper, our “Spotted!” photographer, loves capturing babies and families so much, she made a career out of it. [...]
Picnic Night at Botanic Gardens on Wed night
by Paula on 6/28/10 | 0 Comment(s)
When I so much as offer my daughter a single goldfish cracker at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden, a security guard swoops down from the sky and scolds me. They are serious about rules – as they should be: it’s a beautiful place, especially with the roses in full bloom and they don’t need my two [...]
EWG’s List of 9 tips to reduce environmentally-induced cancer
by Karen on 6/28/10 | 0 Comment(s)
The Environmental Working Group sent out an email this morning that I thought was really important to relay to you all: You may have heard that the President’s Cancer Panel issued a landmark report last month suggesting that public health officials have “grossly underestimated” the extent of environmentally-induced cancer among the 1.5 million Americans diagnosed [...]
The Double D Pool saved- will now open on Tuesday!
by Karen on 6/28/10 | 0 Comment(s)
This is some of the best news of the summer! The Double-D pool has been saved: and so have the hundreds of hot residents around the Gowanus, BoCoCa area that used it every summer. The Brooklyn Paper reported, “The budget deal inked last night by the mayor and the City Council spared the hottest of [...]
A new kind of carnival is coming (and it’s FREE!)
by Karen on 6/28/10 | 0 Comment(s)
There’s a carnival coming to Brooklyn this July: but it’s not what you think it is. This carnival is FREE and there aren’t the usual rides. Instead, it’s about interactive activities that yes, don’t include neon or WACK-A-MOLE (though I know most of us love that game). The camp, babysitting club, playspace and now new [...]
A new resale shop coming to Brooklyn: and it’s a LuLu!
by Karen on 6/27/10 | 2 Comment(s)
It seems that Lulu’s owner Brigitte is on a roll. Last October she opened her second store Lulu’s For Baby after the success of her original toy and hair salon Lulu’s Cuts and Toys. And, now she is opening a third store: Lulu’s Then & Now. Lulu’s Cuts and Toys has been popular for its [...]
A storytime that’s worth the trip
by Karen on 6/27/10 | 0 Comment(s)
Last week I packed us up to go to the new Pier 6 playground. You know what that means: swimsuits, swim diapers, changes of clothes, lunch, etc. It’s a real effort. On the stroll there, Birch announced he needed to go potty. I looked around and eyed the restaurant and playspace Moxie Spot. It had [...]
Parenting Blog Talk
by Karen on 6/25/10 | 0 Comment(s)
Revisiting the Inappropriate Summer Reading of My Youth (Adhoc Mom) 3 Nursing Bras to make your breasts look as good as Helen Mirren’s when you’re 64 (Mom Finds) Newly Released Summer Reads for every age group (Lil Sugar) 5 Toys to take to the park (ages 5-10) How to make a barette holder (Rookie Moms) [...]
Clermont Pool Opens June 29! Check It Out!
by Betsy on 6/25/10 | 0 Comment(s)
Summer is in full swing, and although the sprinklers provide some much needed relief, everyone keeps asking when Clermont Pool (At Parham Playground / PS 20 located Between Clermont Ave. & Adelphi St.) will open. According to NYCGovParks.org the magic date is June 29! The hours of Clermont pool are 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., [...]
Getting Together with Gina- before she leaves
by Charles on 6/25/10 | 0 Comment(s)
I got to know Gina Samardge about four years ago when my daughter and I became regulars at a weekly sing-a-long she did at the Crossroads Cafe in Windsor Terrace. Gina did a great job choosing engaging and culturally diverse songs and playing them with energy and enthusiasm every week. But the thing that made [...]
Kids Music Listings this Weekend: June 25,26,27
by Charles on 6/25/10 | 1 Comment(s)
PHOTO: Suzi Shelton will play before a production of Midsummer Night’s Dream in Prospect Park for a free show. Friday June 25th 11:00 am: Weekly Sing-along with Lloyd Miller Lloyd Miller from the Deedle Deedle Dees leads a sing along. Details: Knitting Factory 361 Metropolitan Ave (at Havemeyer St) Williamsburg, Brooklyn Prices: $3 7:00 pm: [...]
Brooklyn Blog Talk
by Karen on 6/24/10 | 0 Comment(s)
Water Slide Beach Coming to Coney (Brownstoner) RIP Pier 1 Domes (BococaLand) AD: 60′s Top 10 Food and Drinks in DUMBO (Dumbonyc) Rolling Orange: Bringing Dutch Bikes and Bicycle Culture to Brownstone Brooklyn (Pardon Me for Asking) Review: Victorian Gardens at Wollman Rink (Shiny Brite)
LEGO store opens at Rockefeller
by Karen on 6/24/10 | 0 Comment(s)
Today there will be a place for all LEGO fanatics to go to: and that doesn’t just mean kids. LEGO is opening a store at Rockefeller Center today with impressive displays and of course- LEGOs you can buy. NewYorkology has some great photos to give us a sneak peek. They reported that there are wonderful [...]
Veep #5: “In my dreams yoga”
by Karen on 6/24/10 | 0 Comment(s)
Photographer Sarah Sloboda captures our Veeps every week for us. If you would like to be featured as a Veep- email us! From Sarah about the shoot: Photographing Riva and her son at the Brooklyn Botanic Gardens was a blast! The little one even got to show us how to water the plants. Name: Riva [...]
Festivals this weekend (and good ones at that)
by Karen on 6/24/10 | 0 Comment(s)
Williamsburg Walks Take a walk on a car-free Bedford Ave during Williamsburg Walks and check out Bedford’s great boutiques, cafes and fashion-savvy dwellers. On Saturday June 26 and Sunday June 27, the street will be filled with local artists, craftsmen, kids activities, walking tours, sidewalk cafés, music, and a giant picnic from 1 to 7 [...]
Wallace & Gromit fans: there’s a film festival for you!
by Karen on 6/23/10 | 0 Comment(s)
Our family are wildly fanatical fans of the claymation figures Wallace and Gromit. We’re like those fans of Fast Times at Ridgemont High: we quote the movie, make the sounds and laugh at ourselves imitating the characters. If you like Charlie and Lola (another one of our faves), you are probably a “wee bit” like [...]
