Do you know who else wants to convince you to book a date night – besides your partner, your best friend, or your therapist? You got it: your babysitters! Give them a chance to play with your kiddos, put them to bed, tidy up their toys and chill out on your couch – it’s time for you to hit the town! We’ll provide the date night inspiration, and UrbanSitter is offering a $50 discount to try out their super easy app to find sitters recommended by your own community and social circles. Take a look; the discount info is below. Have fun!
Dinner and a movie is great and all, but it’s summer in the city and we’ve got amazing outdoor events! The BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn Festival runs through August 13th with amazing and FREE concerts at the Prospect Park Bandshell. Put on your dancing shoes and head to the park for some fantastic concerts.
Celebrate Brooklyn is one of the longest running free, outdoor, performing arts festivals in New York City, so if you’ve been going for years this is a great way to relive your pre-baby selves. If you’ve never been, what are you waiting for? It’s the perfect date night plan, with seriously high quality performers and great food (vendors The Farm on Adderley and The Good Batch serve up some awesome treats). If being away from your kids wracks you with guilt – first of all, talk that through with that therapist of yours – but in the meantime, you can visit the Etsy NY booth and pick up some cute gifts for them while you’re out!
This summer’s season looks to be one of the best so far, with upcoming free performances from PHILADANCO, Josh Ritter, Femi Kuti (and more!) as well as ticketed concerts featuring Ray LaMontagne (June 22), The Lumineers (August 3) and others.
But, seriously, why wait to hit this awesome venue? The Violent Femmes are playing tomorrow night (wee!), so unearth your picnic blanket, log on to UrbanSitter and book your last minute babysitter, head over to Prospect Park, and go strut your stuff!
Sign up for UrbanSitter and enjoy a $50 credit to book your first babysitter now through July 31, 2016 with code FORACHILDGROWS50. Visit our special A Child Grows UrbanSitter discount page to redeem this offer today!
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Mollie Michel, a Brooklynite for 17 years, is now a South Philly resident and a Philadelphia public school parent. A recovering non-profit professional, Mollie is also an experienced birth doula, Certified Lactation Counselor, and the mom of two awesome girls and a sweet pit bull named Princess Cleopatra. In her spare time, she is usually trying to figure out how Pinterest works, training for a(nother) half-marathon with her dog at her side, or simply trying to keep up with her increasingly wily daughters.