Last summer, Brooklyn got a great new addition to the lineup of summer concert series: the Albee Square Summer Concert Series. These free concerts every other Thursday are geared to kids and their caregivers. There… Read More »Albee Square Summer Concerts Begin This Week
We all love to get hand-me-downs in the baby equipment department. What you may not know is that your used car seat may be expired. Yes, expired! Last year, I was gloating to Megan Davidson,… Read More »Has Your Car Seat Expired?
Is it possible to get a satisfying meal on the table with a baby attached to you, a child clamoring for your attention and your own self begging for sleep? According to Brooklyn mom and… Read More »Cooking For a Family: Workshop and Recipe
Each day from now until May 21st you can help save some of Brooklyn’s historical landmarks with one simple click. 40 nominees throughout NYC are vying for big grants with the Partners in Preservation program. The program… Read More »Vote Weeksville Heritage Center To Help Preserve It
Happy Mother’s Day weekend everyone! Are you excited and all geared up for another great weekend? We are! This weekend we’ve rounded up loads of family fun for your enjoyment, but first I’d like to… Read More »Weekend Events: Brooklyn Food Conference, Families First Spring Carnival, Teen Night, and Much More!
If you think the notion of a one-room school house seems quaint, consider some of their most noted graduates: Herbert Hoover, US President, Joyce Carol Oates, the Pulitzer-prize-winning writer and Jimmy Wales, Wikipedia co-founder. The… Read More »Urban One-Room School House is Opening
by Hannah Macdonald Mothers Day is always filled with many mixed emotions for me. Until 2006 it was a day I felt sadly disconnected to because having lost my mother when I was ten the… Read More »Motherhood After Losing My Own Mum
A friend of mine told me recently that they felt guilty about letting her daughter use her ipad. Why? She didn’t feel like it was being used in an “educational” way. So, it’s pretty cool… Read More »Feel Guilty About Giving Kids Your iPad? Consider This New Reader
Mother’s Day is just around the corner and going out to celebrate it with brunch is a time-honored tradition. It usually includes a mimosa with everything from lamb to eggs benedict. Brooklyn restaurants are celebrating… Read More »Best places for Mother’s Day Brunch/Dinner in Brooklyn
You may be familiar with the wonderful children’s novel Peter & The Starcatcher by Dave Barry & Ridley Pearson, which is the Peter Pan prequel that tells the story of how a lost boy… Read More »Giveaway! 4 Tix to Tony Nominee Peter & the Starcatchers