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Guest Post: I’m the Boss of Me: Mompreneurs and the New Perfect

April 21, 2011 By 2 Comments
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  By Becky Beaupre Gillespie and Hollee Schwartz Temple Authors, Good Enough Is the New Perfect: Finding Happiness and Success in Modern Motherhood   Creating and running a business has a way of inciting perfectionist tendencies. But it also offers a unique path to what we call the New Perfect. We know this from our own ventures — and we saw it in the dozens of mompreneurs we interviewed for Good Enough Is the New Perfect: Finding Happiness and Success in Modern Motherhood (Harlequin Nonfiction, April 2011). There are … [Read more...]

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Wordless Wednesday: Royal Memories

April 21, 2011 By 1 Comment
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1977 Queen's Silver Jubilee, Manchester From left to right: Cecil Fink (my father-in-law who was Mayor of Trafford), Queen Elizabeth, Phillip the Duke of Edinburgh, Shirley Fink (my mother-in-law) … [Read more...]

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What Child-Friendly Restaurants Shouldn’t Do

April 20, 2011 By 6 Comments
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Since I moved to NYC, I've had some of the best dining experiences of my life.  Not only is the food in NYC some of the best in the world, but the service is usually stunning.  Waiters typically have a lot of patience and treat patrons really well, at least in my experience.  Often they are actors or writers, or have another profession, who have zest for life and love serving food.  I've also had plenty of great family-friendly dining experiences - fantastic ones.  That's why when I have a bad one, I'm shocked and disappointed. This past weekend, … [Read more...]

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Giveaway: 4 Tickets to Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis

April 20, 2011 By 7 Comments
Jazz at Lincoln Center

Love jazz?  Jazz at Lincoln Center is the quintessential jazz experience in New York City! Jazz at Lincoln Center’s 16th Annual Essentially Ellington High School Jazz Band Competition & Festival culminates when the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis joins the top three high school jazz bands across North America for the finale concert of the festival.  The first half of the concert will feature the three high school bands performing with guest soloist Wynton Marsalis.  After intermission, the Jazz at Lincoln Center … [Read more...]

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The Ultimate Play Date at Affinia 50

April 20, 2011 By 2 Comments
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Last week my daughter and I were invited to the ultimate play date at the Affinia 50 Hotel.  I wouldn't be lying if I told you that it was one of my daughter's favorite play dates ever.  She had a big smile on her face when she saw what this hotel has to offer. We were there to check out their American Girl Family Package.  It makes sense since they're located so close to the American Girl Doll store just a few blocks away.  They've incorporated a trip to NYC into the American Girl Doll line in a very creative way. We took a complimentary tour … [Read more...]

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Get Your Kids Involved in Lunch-Making with Sweet Tweets

April 18, 2011 By 4 Comments
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When I first started making my daughter lunch for camp when she was 4, I started putting notes in her lunch.  I did it partly because she was starting to spend more time away from me and I wanted her to have a part of me with her.  I also wrote notes in her lunchbox because that's just the way I am - I'm sentimental and a letter writer.  I would slip in notes like: "You are my sunshine.  Love, Mommy" or "You are the love of my life.  Yours, Mommy."  They always included drawings to illustrate the words. After all, she couldn't read.  I used cute … [Read more...]

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Ch…Ch…Ch…Changes

April 16, 2011 By 25 Comments
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Tonight my husband was sifting through old photos on his iPhone.  He came to one image in particular and stopped.  He pointed to a picture of me from 10 years ago.  The year we got married.  The year both of our lives changed forever.  Two years before we would have a baby in our lives.  One year before we left the city for the suburbs.  And dare I forget, the year the Twin Towers fell on our beloved city.  Do I remember 2001?  You bet I do.  I was 31. His comment about the photo was how different I looked back then.  Curious, I asked to … [Read more...]

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Family Day at the Jewish Museum on May 15th

April 16, 2011 By 1 Comment
Maira Kalman Jewish Museum

The Jewish Museum will present a fun-filled, multi-generational family day celebrating the vibrant worlds of illustrator, author and designer Maira Kalman and artist Henri Matisse on Sunday, May 15th from 12 noon to 4 pm.  Highlights of day the include two performances by Bash the Trash, a huge art workshop, and family gallery hunts.  The Maira + Matisse Family Day is inspired by the current exhibitions, Maira Kalman: Various Illuminations (of a Crazy World) and Collecting Matisse and Modern Masters: The Cone Sisters of Baltimore. This … [Read more...]

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YMCA’s Touch-a-Truck Street Fair on May 22nd

April 16, 2011 By 1 Comment
Touch a Truck

One of my old stomping grounds in the city, the West Side YMCA, will hold its annual Touch-A-Truck Street Fair: A Hands-On Street Fair & Fundraiser for Kids on Saturday, May 22nd.  Billed as an event to benefit the Strong Kids Campaign, it features NYFD fire engines, NYPD police vehicles, UPS trucks, bouncy castles, arts & crafts, food vendors and live music performances by AudraRox (who I adore). The West Side YMCA’s annual Touch-A-Truck Street Fair & Fundraiser will be held from 10am – 4pm (rain or shine) on West 64th St. between … [Read more...]

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Advocacy: Teaching Kids to Make a Difference

April 14, 2011 By 1 Comment
Room to Grow

I've been thinking a lot about how I'm raising my kids.  I have my own personal check list that I use to judge my own parenting on a daily basis.  Are they happy?  Check.  Are they eating well?  Check. Do they have friends and are they playing nicely? Check.  Are they having a good experience at school?  Check.  Are they safe? Check.  But there is always missing link.  When I ask myself, are they generous?  Not sure.  Do they think about giving to or helping other people? Not sure.  Then I ask myself, what can I do about it?  How can I make … [Read more...]

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