Date Night? Try “Dine In Brooklyn”
by Karen on 3/09/10 | 0 Comment(s)
I love “Dine In Brooklyn” week: though I have never been able to make the lunch special ($20.10) with kids in tow, I have taken advantage of the dinner special ($25). Both meals include 3 courses and you are promised, “Quality food, no attitude on the side!” There are over 175 restaurants on the list, [...]
Toddler open sports at Park Slope Armory
by Karen on 3/05/10 | 0 Comment(s)
Ben Aaron from LXTV volunteers to help coach for Toddler Open Sports at the YMCA at Park Slope Armory. It gives you a sense of what TOS is like and what the tots do!
YMCA at Park Slope Armory
361 15th Street
Brooklyn, NY 11215
(212) 912-2580
Where to bowl in Brooklyn
by Jimmy on 2/28/10 | 0 Comment(s)
Are you looking for a fun indoor activity this winter? Take a break from play spaces and head to a bowling alley. Your options range from a true hipster joint where you and your kids will enjoy the leather loungers and colorful lights or visit what is perhaps the largest bowling alley at the early [...]
Where to Sled in NYC and Brooklyn
by Karen on 2/26/10 | 0 Comment(s)
NYC Central Park now at 16.9″. This is approaching the top 10 snowstorms all-time there! 17.5″ total would get them there! Snow, snow, snow…..and that means SLEDDING!!!!! Whoo hoo!!!! I can’t wait to get out my new Costco sled and run it down the hills of Ft. Greene park.
Here are some of the best sledding [...]
Brooklyn vs. Manhattan- what debate?
by Karen on 2/25/10 | 0 Comment(s)
Leave it up to Time Out New York to start a battle: today they asked, “Which one is better: Brooklyn or Manhattan?” I don’t think many Brooklynites will see any debate. As one reader pointed out to them, ” “The best restaurants are in Brooklyn, the best drinks are in Brooklyn, the sun is in [...]
Winter Discounts for NYC museums and performances
by Karen on 2/23/10 | 1 Comment(s)
NYC Arts has a list of great winter discounts for cultural institutions throughout NYC and the other boroughs. The discounts last only through February 28th. The deals vary, so check each listing to see what is being offered.
Two of my favorite deals listed are for NYC Ballet: Buy one ticket, get one 50% off on [...]
Happy President’s Day- here are some suggestions for activities….
by Karen on 2/14/10 | 2 Comment(s)
I know a lot of you don’t have the day off of work but for those of you that do or are a stay-at-home parent- this is a fun day to do some cool activities with your kids. To find some, check our list of events and Presidents Week Camps. Often, you can do a [...]
Tickets you need to buy in advance
by Karen on 2/11/10 | 0 Comment(s)
There are so many cool events coming up in the next couple of weeks, I don’t want you to miss out! Make sure to buy soon….
Friday, February, 26th- March 1st: New York Int’l Children’s Film Festival
The critically acclaimed New York Int’l Children’s Film Festival (NYICFF) — gkids.tv/intheaters — kicks off its 13th season at six [...]
Lululemon opens in Brooklyn- with free yoga!
by Karen on 2/08/10 | 1 Comment(s)
It doesn’t matter if you don’t do yoga and you don’t need yoga gear: you still need to know about Lululemon. The first time I went in a Lululemon store, I thought everyone had taken a flower pill. By the time I had left with a new pair of pants, I had too. I thought [...]
Camp Fairs in Brooklyn and Downtown this weekend
by Karen on 1/28/10 | 0 Comment(s)
I don’t know about you, but when people ask me what my best educational experience was, I say “sleepaway camp.” My husband has never understood “camp.” As a farm kid, he couldn’t go away, but he can milk any cow and pick grapes off vines like the best of them. A few months ago, [...]
Dan Zanes Discounted tickets for BAM
by Karen on 1/26/10 | 0 Comment(s)
Next weekend, Grammy Award-winners Dan Zanes and Friends return with a fun-filled show created just for BAM. Performing old favorites and new songs in English and Spanish with many special guests including tap dancer Derick K Grant, an African drum and dance group from the Bedford-Stuyvesant Restoration’s Youth Arts Academy.
BAM is now offering a special [...]
How you can help earthquake victims in Haiti
by Karen on 1/13/10 | 6 Comment(s)
I got up this morning and turned on NPR while I was brushing my teeth- a mundane morning until I heard about the devastating earthquake in Haiti. As of this evening, it is predicted that as many as hundreds of thousands of people have died from the 7.0 earthquake. As many as three million may [...]
The New YMCA at Park Slope Armory debuts!
by Karen on 1/11/10 | 0 Comment(s)
Yesterday we were with a friend who has been working hard on the opening of the new YMCA at Park Slope Armory. He couldn’t stop talking about the place: it has an 1/8 mile indoor track, 4 basketball and volleyball courts, cardio machines, strength training equipment, 20,000 square feet of group exercise space for classes [...]
Outside Fun: Winter Art Exhibit
by Karen on 1/07/10 | 0 Comment(s)
So, okay, it’s cold outside, but that doesn’t mean you want your brain to freeze. You can take a short art trip outside to Brooklyn’s Metrotech- a skip and a hop from most Brooklyn neighborhoods and enjoy an escape to another world. This is an art show where no one has be to be shushed [...]
Do-It-Yourself Play Kitchens
by Karen on 1/05/10 | 0 Comment(s)
I have a very creative friend, Ulla, who has built a couple of play kitchens for her son. She uses those ubiquitous Fresh Direct boxes for the cupboards and oven and cuts up cardboard circles into knobs and hot plates. If she can find a refrigerator box or a clothes wardrobe, even better! She just [...]
Pratt’s New Year’s Eve Whistle Blow
by Karen on 12/31/09 | 0 Comment(s)
I wasn’t sure if the recently unfriendly Pratt would allow nonPratt people on campus for their annual New Year’s Eve Whistle Blow. It appears that they are as reported by The Local! Could this the breaking of the ice between Pratt and the Brooklyn community? I doubt it, but can only hope!
Since Pratt forbid me [...]
Brooklyn Flea back for the winter
by Karen on 12/22/09 | 0 Comment(s)
We miss going to the Brooklyn Flea in the winter time- so do a lot of people in Fort Greene and elsewhere. So, it was good news to me that The Brooklyn Flea is moving to a winter location in the spectacular former Williamsburg Savings Bank at One Hanson Place in Fort Greene. The Real [...]
Best sledding hills with snowstorm and how to make a sled
by Karen on 12/18/09 | 5 Comment(s)
We are supposed to get pounded with snow tomorrow. From the graphic above, we are due to have our storm hit in the morning, with as much as up to 12″. Whoo hoo!!!! I can’t wait to get out my new Costco sled and run it down the hills of Ft. Greene park. There will [...]
