Sometimes I look around at my kids’ toys and wish we only had the really great ones, you know. Why do we have so many toys that are just junk? How do we get them? Why do we keep them?!
That’s what I think whenever I go to sites like eBeanstalk.com, a toy site that only […]

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I culled through the blogosphere looking for the best back to school guides and bring you the best of 2007 blogging back to school guides. Here’s where you’ll find the best of what kids going to school need in NYC and beyond.
Best Style: Cool Mom Picks wins hands down for having the coolest, well, […]

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Eating locally is all the rage now, and the Greenmarket in Union Square is the place to go to stock your fridge with great local produce. But you can get local when it comes to shopping for kids too and you don’t have to go any further than the southern edge of Union Square Park. […]

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Just walking around New York City can be a great experience for kids to learn about history, not just of New York, but American history as well; and there’s no part of NYC more full of history and color for kids than the Lower East Side. Perhaps that’s why it’s been the inspiration for so […]

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A kids pool party is certainly not a new birthday party idea, but they are a sure-fire hit with kids, and you can rent out the pool at your nearest Y pretty reasonably (as NYC kid parties go). I always like to do home parties, however. It’s not that I’m cheap (well, yeah, maybe a […]

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If you haven’t dashed over to the trendy Japanese UNIQLO flagship store that opened last Fall in SoHo to deck yourself out in their cool Japanese threads (and, if you’re anything like me, shopping for yourself seems as exotic as the idea of going out dancing, something you vaguely remember doing when you were younger), […]

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One of my absolute favorite things to do with the kids on a nice day is to walk over the Brooklyn Bridge into Dumbo. This excursion has all the makings of a perfect day out with the kids; a little relaxing exercise, great ice cream and pizza, a great park and a boat ride. I […]

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If you’re a parent you can’t help but be concerned with the environment lately. Especially when you think about it in terms of what kind of environmental problems we are leaving behind for our children. Often, I think, we feel helpless, like there’s just not that much that we can do to make a difference. […]

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The Dangerous Book for Boys by Conn and Hal Iggulden is like a brain scan of a twelve year old boy 30 years ago. It’s filled with fun and educational information like The Greatest Paper Airplane in the World, The Five Knots Every Boy Should Know, Slingshots, Making a Bow and Arrow, Timers and […]

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An amazing and talented little 7 year old girl that I know is sewing the most adorable little dolls and selling them online. Each doll is unique and hand sewn by this child with an embroidered face and yarn hair. They have a very unique style, are just adorable and would make wonderfully appealing handmade […]

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