who? Comics Review
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Freckleface: The Musical
This weekend, I got a chance to take Soccer Girl and a friend to see “FreckleFace: The Musical“. This family-friendly production is based on the books of the same name by actress Julianne Moore that tell the story of a young girl named Strawberry. She’s just like most kids you know – loves to go to …
Getting from Here to There
Last week, I had a business trip to Indianapolis with one of my Hoboken-based team members. Trying to be a responsible manager, I decided against booking the direct flight (Continental EWR-IND $1200) and booked a flight on another airling with a connecting stop (US Air LGA-IND $400). Really, when you look at it from just …
Super City, Super Bowl
Recently, I was hanging out with some friends and the subject of football (American) came up. We all started talking excitely about the NY Giants’ remarkable post season run and our dreams for more football in NY. I decided to test my friends by asking them where the 2012 Super Bowl was being held. The …
You Make Me Want to SHOUT and Let it All Out…
This weekend, I drove Soccer Girl to her camp reunion. It was held in a Dave and Buster’s near Roosevelt Field on Long Island. My college roommate Liz also sends her daughter to the camp, and we made arrangements to have lunch after the reunion and peruse the mall. On the way home, I heard …
Baby Steps on Pinterest
Are you on Pinterest? I signed up for an account about a year ago. Maybe more, who knows. I remember I got an invite from a friend when they were highly coveted jewels in the crown of social media. I set up my account and then…nothing. I didn’t really get what the point of the …
See a Show!
Living so close to NYC, we are awash in opportunities to avail ourselves of some culture. Yet, talking to friends and other parents, I am surprised by how infrequently we actually do. My first job in the city was in an office building on Broadway. Being a single girl in the city, I went to …
“And how was your day?”
That’s the question I get most nights at the dinner table. You see, despite the myth that the family dinner is, well, a myth, it lives in my house. I cook, maybe not at that moment, but I prepare meals from scratch and sit down to eat with my kids almost every night. Sometimes, we …
Reflections of The Cure
Early in 2011, The Cure announced they would be playing a series of concerts in Sydney Australia. Entitled “Reflections”, the concerts were going to be completely for the fans, as they would be playing their first 3 albums in their entirety, followed by selected encores. Robert Smith would be there (of course) with Simon Gallup, …
Read it Again and Again and Again…
IT Boy has never been a big reader. It’s something that has always bugged me, but at the same time, it’s wasn’t something I forced. I offered books at bedtime, but when he said no, I gave up and stopped asking. There were always enough issues trying to get him to bed. I certainly felt …
A Review of “The Secret of Happiness” by Susan Egan
Anyone who attended last year’s Disney Social Media Moms Celebration will tell you that one of the highlights of the conference was the performance by Susan Egan and Georgia Stitt. Susan’s a Broadway star who was the voice of Belle in “Beauty and the Beast” and Megra in “Hercules”. She has a beautiful voice and it’s …
I resolve…
I’m really not one for making new year’s resolutions. But sometimes, it just feels right. Like most parents, I spend a lot of time nagging Soccer Girl to clean up her room. And like any 12 year old, she loathes me for it. I get it, I really do. I’m not a neatnik in the …
All of this and back again…
So, new year, eh? It’s crazy to think about the year that just passed and not think about how it almost feels like I was sleep-walking through much of it. Certainly from September on feels like a long, cold nap that I just awakened from. IT Boy started Kindergarten, and as much as I would …
A Tale of Two Santas
Ask ANYONE who grew up in the Parkchester section of the Bronx about Christmas, and they will invariably tell you about how magic it was to see the Oval all decked out for the holiday. Such a simple thing, but oh how we kids looked forward to it. Metropolitan Oval is the geographic center of …
“The Flying Latke” Soars!
Growing up, our family usually spent the holidays at our relatives on Long Island. We were a blended family, but our cousins on Long Island were as traditionally Jewish as they came. That means they served huge amounts of food, accompanied by side dishes of loving bickering. Which is why when I took Soccer Girl …
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