After a long grueling winter in a small apartment with a two year old (vodka anyone?), my husband and I couldn’t stop fantasizing about a warm weather vacation at a sprawling resort with a massive… Read More »Going to Disney Without Disney World
We wrote about Realbirth closing almost 2 weeks ago. It was sad news for the devotees of the respected childbirth education center, but as we reported, there is some good news behind it. It seems… Read More »Realbirth makes the news official
Saving for your children’s education by Dana Skallman With the cost of education rising faster than inflation and government support dwindling, savings for your children’s education is crucial in order to prevent high debt. In… Read More »Saving for School- how the heck do you do it?
Eek! I was so late picking the winners today, I’m sorry. Long but good day. I selected the winners by using random.org, which is a random number generator. So, drum roll….. Jennifer- you lucky gal!… Read More »Winners of Gazillion and Wide-Awake Jake announced!
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission and Health Canada, in cooperation with Step2®, today announced a voluntary recall of 2.5 million buggies: The Step2® Push Around Buggy™ and Whisper Ride Buggy™. You should stop using… Read More »Recall: Step2 buggies
April marks the beginning of California avocado season. That’s as local as avocados get for us Brooklynites, so that means it’s time to dig in! And who can complain about that? Delicious, versatile and super… Read More »Avocado: recipes and all its wonderful possibilities
This is our newest weekly photo feature called “Veeps” (as in “Vice Presidents” or “VIPS”), that features a Brooklyn parent. Photographer Sarah Sloboda captures our Veeps every week for us. How did we come up… Read More »Veeps: in Williamsburg
Stunning semi-attached two-family house. Limestone brick built in 1901, with amazing renovations at every turn and over 3300 square feet. Owner’s unit is a duplex, with first floor and finished English basement. 3+ bedrooms, two… Read More »Family Flat: 2 Family, 5 BR, finished basement, bkyrd in Victorian Flatbush
Tribeca Pediatrics sent out this notice today: About a year ago, Tribeca Pediatrics was invited to affiliate with the prestigious New York-Presbyterian/ Weill Cornell Medical Center. Now that all our physicians have been credentialed, we… Read More »Tribeca Pediatrics announces new affiliation
In today’s NYTimes Frugal Traveler blog, Matt Gross talks about camping at Brooklyn’s Floyd Bennett Field. What fun – a city camping trip accessible by public transportation! If nothing else, it seems you and your… Read More »Floyd Bennett Field: astronomy, camping, gardening, cycling, birding and more!