What child doesn’t encounter problems going to sleep? In TADA!’s Youth Theater original musical, “Wide Awake Jake”, a young boy named Jake has just that problem. He simply can’t fall asleep. His well-meaning sisters offer… Read More »TADA’s Theater is an “American Idol” for kids
Cinco de Mayo is one of my favorite holidays. Maybe it has something to do with the food. And (ahem), drink. (C’mon! Who doesn’t love a good margarita?!) But, alas, I cannot drink the way… Read More »Happy Cinco de Mayo! Celebrate with Healthy Fish Tacos
You have never seen elephants like the ones playing at the New Victory Theater in Times Square. These life-size puppets of mother and baby elephant are as ephemeral as the fabrics they are made of,… Read More »Run to see the Elephant
I’m a big tea drinker and introduced tea to my older son when he was just barely over 12-months-old. I plan on doing the same with my little one, but fully expect the same funny… Read More »Tea for Tots? (+ a recipe for Chai-Spiced Blood Orange Granita)
One Tray at a Time by Donna Fish Change is a’ coming. Slowly, but I see some movement in a positive direction. I always think of the two things that are responsible for the rising… Read More »Changing Kids Eating Habits
Thirty minute meals are great—necessary, even!—but sometimes you have to whip up dinner even faster. Sometimes, you’ve only got 10 minutes to get food on the table. Maybe you need to make something that the… Read More »10-Minute meals for when you gotta cook & run (or run & cook)
Although it seems like our mini-heat-wave will be over soon, it’s left a lot of parents asking when the water will be turned on at the local parks. I am happy to report that the… Read More »Where's the Water?
The Brooklyn Borough Hall Greenmarket returned on Thursday, April 1st. This year, they will be accepting EBT/Food Stamps from May – December. Three days a week you can buy from the fresh picked fruits and… Read More »Two Greenmarkets are back!
As a kid, we ate the fruity, chalky Flinstone’s chewable vitamins. My mother kept them in the cabinet above the toaster (which I now recognize as probably not the best vitamin storage place, given the… Read More »Vitamins: Gummy, chewable…or even at all?