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24Apr

Spend Mother’s Day at FIG & OLIVE Meatpacking (+ Review)

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In honor of Mother's Day, FIG & OLIVE Meatpacking in New York City is offering a Mother's Day special on Sunday, May 10th. My mom and I were recently invited to sample the menu in lieu of the special and I'm not lying when I say that our mouths were literally salivating at every bite. I had been to the FIG & OLIVE in Westchester near my home but it was my first time at the Meat Packing location. The restaurant exudes glimmers of the Mediterranean, from the spacious, modern, chic decor from the plants on the wall to wicker armchairs, to the Read More

04May

When Water is a Women’s Issue

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Worldwide, nearly 800 million people lack access to safe water, while 2.5 billion live without adequate sanitation. The lack of these essential services has a huge impact on the lives of millions of women and girls around the world. Women and girls spend hours walking for water, an exhausting task that consumes 26% of women’s time in rural Africa. The water they work so hard to collect is often dirty and contaminated with deadly diseases. Water-related diseases are the third biggest killer of children in Africa. It is usually women who Read More

18Nov

Didn’t I Tell You to Listen to Your Mother?

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It's hard to believe that just about a year ago, Listen to Your Mother entered my life. It was so life changing and magnetic that I wrote about it again and again and again and again and again. In one post, I wrote: I enjoyed every waking minute of it and nourished the experience. Words can not even express how grateful I was to be a part of it. I kept thinking that the chance of ever working on a NYC stage production again in my lifetime was slim, so I’d better make the most of it. And I did. I also wrote: So, would I do it Read More

13May

A Mother’s Day Poem

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Mom, You are as sweet as sugar and as nice as a flower. You're as pretty as a lily. You're like a star in the middle of the night. But I'm just glad you are my mom. Love, Olivia Read More

11May

Happy Anti-Mother’s Day from Time Magazine

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By now, you've all read the blazing controversy surrounding the latest Time Magazine cover. To be honest, I am not even interested in featuring the cover here on my site. I don't want to feed into the whole sensationalism aspect of what Time has done, driving thousands, if not millions, to the store to pick up a copy to see the image of a 4 year-old standing on a chair while breastfeeding. The story inside the publication that the picture is referring to is about pediatrician Dr. William Sears and attachment parenting. But the headline reads: "Are you Read More

24Jan

Attention NYC Writers and Performers: AUDITIONS

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As you know, I am involved with bringing a wonderful show to NYC called LISTEN TO YOUR MOTHER. The show is by women, for women, about women, and I have proudly blogged about it here. Seeking New York City-area writers and/or performers to read their original essays on any aspect of motherhood in the NYC premiere of LISTEN TO YOUR MOTHER, to be held at the Goldman-Sonnenfeldt Family Auditorium at the JCC in Manhattan on Sunday, May 6th, 2012. People of all ages, types, backgrounds, and experience levels are invited to audition. No previous stage Read More

16Nov

Listen to Your Mother Coming to a Town Near You

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About a year ago, I was surfing the internet and came across a show called Listen to Your Mother. I was immediately intrigued. As a social media marketer who lives and breathes NYC theater, I wanted to be a part of it. Here was a show that merged two worlds I care most about. Created by humorist Ann Imig of Ann’s Rants, the show was a “live reading by local writers on the beauty, the beast, and the barely-rested of motherhood.” It was amazing, and I was intrigued. I made sure that before BlogHer ended, where I finally came face to face with the Read More

09May

A Mother’s Day Post: They Had Me at “Hello”

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I’ll never forget the moment my daughter was born. We had been convinced she was a boy all throughout the pregnancy. All the old wives’ tales pointed in the direction of a boy: the way my belly was shaped, my sour food cravings and the key test. A stranger in Manhattan even stopped me in my tracks on the way home from work one day, yelling, “It’s a boy!” We were so convinced it was a girl that we only picked out boy’s names. It wasn’t until the day before I was induced, while sitting in the doctor’s waiting room, that I realized there was every Read More

07May

Spend Mother’s Day at the Theater with Wonderland

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WONDERLAND is the soaring new musical that takes a new kind of Alice into a world of kaleidoscopic fantasy and romantic adventure. As a mom whose life is spinning out of control, Alice’s yearning for happier times leads her on a quest far below the streets of New York City, to the other side of the looking glass. There, she meets a marvelous cast of familiar but phenomenally re-imagined characters who help her navigate this impossibly peculiar universe, and change her life forever. This Mother's Day WONDERLAND is offering a special buy-one-get-one-free Read More