Photographer Sarah Sloboda captures our Veeps – (as in “Vice Presidents” or “VIPS”), featuring a Brooklyn parent – every week for us. If you would like to be featured as a Veep- email us! Here’s a bit from Sarah… Read More »Veep #11: a 40 x 40 list
My family and I recently spent a long weekend upstate in Katonah, which provided a perfect opportunity to pay a visit to Stone Barns Center for Food and Agriculture in Pocantico Hills, New York. I… Read More »Daytripping to a real farm with amazing restaurants
The location is near Fort Greene Park, on Saint Felix St. between DeKalb and Fulton in the garden apartment of Audrey’s home. The class size is 8 children, maximum, with Audrey and an assistant teacher,… Read More »A new preschool for Fort Greene
This Saturday and Sunday, stop by for some tasty treats at Taste of Brooklyn at the Brooklyn Children’s Museum. With dish names like “Couscous on the Loose” and ¡Viva la Salsa!, some of the pickiest… Read More »Brooklyn Tastes Mmmm Good This Weekend
Last year we started receiving Sprig toys for birthday presents. I had never heard of them before, but it seems everywhere I look now, someone has one on the playground. You might have seen them… Read More »Watch out! Dinos! (well, eco-friendly ones)
As Brooklynites we pride themselves on the fact that we aren’t as school-obsessed as our fellow Manhattanites- yet we still talk about schools…a lot. It reminds me of the way we used to talk about… Read More »A new school forum for Brooklyn
Do you know about the Junior League? I remember my mom being in one way back when. She would set out for the day going to volunteer for this or that. And when she got… Read More »Looking to volunteer?
I’m working on a series of back-to-school posts for One Hungry Mama about packed lunches and decided to give you Brooklyn folks a peek at the first. Because that’s how we roll here in the… Read More »Back-to-School Lunch Tips
Are you a new parent with a nagging feeling that you are behind the curve on the preschool search? Never fear, we have information for you here. Joyce Szuflita, our School Expert, has tips and… Read More »And the preschool search begins…and we have info on how to do it
When I lived in Manhattan, I practically lived at the movies. I ran to see “Belle De Jour” at the Film Forum. I loved seeing Fellini’s “8-1/2” on the big screen at the Paris. I… Read More »A Daytrip to the Jacob Burns Film Center