New York City is starting to show signs of Spring. There are moments when it still gets cold and the wind can be chilly, but lately there are more days when the sun shines so brightly, so warm, and when the temperatures are high and the air smells like a new season[...]
President's Day in New York City. To some this was a day when most parents were off from work to care for their children who were beginning a week long mid-winter break from school. Aside from my husband being home from work, I saw this as another day, another o[...]
Living in New York City is a wonderful experience. Being able to raise kids here and making it all it has to offer accessible to one's children is also a wonderful experience. Though I appreciate this, I am well aware of how expensive it can be take part in all[...]
Another cold morning in The Big Apple. NYCity Mama reads the temperature from her iPhone. 18 degrees. "Ah. Ok, well, at least we're going to be inside today," she says to herself. She loves weekends and that's mostly because her husband is home, which means[...]
There used to be a time when cold, snowy weekdays would inspire NYCity Mama, before she was a mama, to call in sick to work, and curl up in her warm bed and sleep. Ah, yes. The day would be filled with bad t.v., some easily microwavable dishes, long showers, an[...]
"Scrap!" "Scrap!" "Srcaaaap!" This was the sound that woke up me up this morning. Not even 8AM and already building superintendents and business owners were busy clearing sidewalks and walkways, while others chipped through the thin sheet of ice they found on th[...]
Snowy days in New York City are those kinds of days that, when they first happen, are greeted with great joy by most New Yorkers, especially if they happen to be on lazy weekends. I woke up to such a day. I appreciates a snowy day more lately. No longer do snowy[...]
I had been to Boston only once before, in my single days, for a New Year's Eve house party late at night. But I never saw the city, and for whatever reason never cared to go despite friends insisting I should. But now, my husband had school friends who had rece[...]
I was more excited about Christmas, it seemed, than anyone else in my home this morning, more so even than the kids. It took my forever to fall asleep as I thought about the several boxes my husband had placed with my name on them underneath the tree. I tho[...]
"I wanna see wuaneemos, mama." said my 3 year old. I hear this from him at least once a day, every day. The animals he is so eager to see are the ones he has seen many times before at the Bronx Zoo. Before I had children and even when I just had one, living[...]
