You’re in Clinton Hill or Fort Greene. It’s a weekend morning, perhaps after a ballet, soccer, or gymnastics lesson. Maybe you’ve just gone to the playground, or are on a sanity/fresh air walk with a… Read More »Easy Cafes in Fort Greene and Clinton Hill
We are, frankly, obsessed with the one pot pasta recipe in our house. We make it a million different ways with a million different variations, so once you’re comfortable with the concept, feel free to… Read More »One Pot Pasta Recipe: Tomato, Basil, Fresh Mozzarella
Sending your child off to Kindergarten is a daunting process. In the five boroughs, this includes going through a lengthy application process, putting your child through a series of interviews and placement tests, and waiting… Read More »Dual Language Schooling and Your Child
Child and Family Coaching‘s Brandi Davis shares her thoughts on raising strong women. We all want our little ladies to be strong, confident, powerful and independent, but how do we pass this on? How do we give… Read More »Raising Strong Women
Infections and Germs in Babies We have all been there. Your little one was fine yesterday, and now all of a sudden they are sluggish and not acting right. And then when you check your… Read More »Antibiotics and Your Child
When I dropped my daughter at school a couple weeks ago, I saw that she had said that she wanted to be a doctor for adults when she grew up. It seemed pretty likely to… Read More »Girl Power: My Kids’ Role Models and My Choices
My parents and parents-in-law say, “Tienes que enseñarle español. Aprenderá inglés eventualmente.” (You have to teach her Spanish. She will learn English eventually.) Every time I hear this I think of Gustavo Pérez Firmat’s line,… Read More »OMG que voy hacer: Teaching My Daughter Our Culture in a Spanglish Spanish
With Spring just around the corner, you are getting prepared for spring cleaning- with organizing, throwing out the old, making room for the new, remembering that we, as humans, need to take stock in and… Read More »Internal Spring cleaning for Women
Navy Green Townhouses take up nearly an entire block at the cross section of Brooklyn’s Fort Greene and Clinton Hill. The thoughtfully-designed 3,000-square-foot plus townhouses at Navy Green start at $1.995 million and feature three… Read More »Real Estate Alert: Navy Green Townhouses are Selling Fast!
When I was pregnant and would walk my two dogs—Hudson, a greyhound, and Grover, a Cavalier King Charles spaniel—near my building in Brooklyn Heights, I got a lot of sympathetic looks and comments like, “You… Read More »Dogs and Babies: A Winning Combination