Hand made cards, flowers and grilling+chilling at the new picnic peninsula on Pier 5 in Brooklyn. It was a perfect day.
a great view of lower Manhattan from our table!
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Mother’s Day
Posted in Cooking, Fun in NYC, Holidays, Parenting, tagged Brooklyn, children, grilling, kids, mother's day, new york city, parenting, picnic, pier 5, pier 6, south street seaport, travel, view of downtown on May 15, 2013 | Leave a Comment »
Greek Easter
Posted in Beautiful Things, Cooking, Food Adventures, Holidays, Parenting, Queens Life, tagged Astoria, food in NYC, food in Queens, Greek culture, Greek Easter, Greek Easter cookies, Greek food, NY, Queens, red easter eggs, where to go with kids NYC on May 9, 2013 | 1 Comment »
This past Sunday we had a craving for grilled calamari and tzatziki – but found that our favorite Greek restaurants were closed! I guess Astoria practically shut down for Greek Easter but I’m glad we found one restaurant open – because Zoe loved the pink hard boiled eggs and Greek Easter cookies.
Spring and Momofuku Milk Bar
Posted in Cooking, Food Adventures, Fun in NYC, Parenting, tagged baking, birthday cake, bloom, blueberry and cream, buds, cakes, central park, children, chocolate, cookies, Jewish family, Jewish life, kids and food, kids and travel, Manhattan, Momofuku Milk Bar, Museum of Natural History NY, NYC, parenting, pastry, peanut butter, pies, spring, upper west side on April 23, 2013 | Leave a Comment »
It’s beginning to feel a bit like spring here, finally. We tooled around with our scooters and had one of those glorious days watching the trees grow fuzzy – like they do when buds on branches start to bloom. The kids love seeing flowers on the trees outside of the Museum of Natural History, and got to frolic in a sandbox in Central Park. We made a short trek to Momofuku Milk Bar for ‘blueberry and cream cookies’ – and check out their ‘candy bar pie’ topped off with a pretzel! At dusk, the sea of yellow taxis against a dusky sky made me reminisce about summers when I use to live in Manhattan (and my nights would start where they now end – around 9 pm!)
(birthday cake and candy bar pie photos from milkbarstore.com)
Russ and Daughters
Posted in Cooking, Food Adventures, Fun in NYC, Home Shuling, Jewish Life, Parenting, tagged active kids, bagels, city kids, food, hamentashen, history, immigrant, Jewish cuisine, Jewish History, Jewish kids, Jewish life, LES, lower east side, lox, Russ and Daughters on March 19, 2013 | Leave a Comment »
Of course while in the Lower East Side of Manhattan one cannot help but stop in to Russ and Daughters – another fixture in the neighborhood since the early 1900s. I have memories of walking a few blocks with friends to get to some lox and schmear on weekends when I lived nearby in the LES – but I had no idea that even Martha Stewart had by now become such a big fan. You gotta love their website page of Lower East Side history and Yiddishisms (see it here.)
Ezra looks longingly at the lox
More hamentaschen, yum!
Prepping for Passover
Posted in Cooking, Food Adventures, Fun in NYC, Home Shuling, Jewish Life, Parenting, tagged cooking, history, Jewish History, Jewish kids, Jewish life, kids, lower east side, matzo, NYC, passover, Pesach, Streit's on March 18, 2013 | Leave a Comment »
An advantage to living in NYC is being near its rich Jewish culture and neighborhoods full of Jewish history. A place like Streit’s Matzo Factory has been around for so long (since 1925) they seem happy to accommodate constant requests to see the inside of the same 4 adjoining buildings on Rivington Street that has been their factory for decades. Now they even throw a Passover Palooza for kids that ends with tours of the famous matzo making facilities. Mama Doni was performing live in the area that is normally filled with boxes of outgoing matzo shipments. We got a free CD, a dance party, warm matzo ‘hot off the presses’ and at the end we went to the Streit’s store to stock up on matzo (for next week) of course!
Beautiful Things Friday – more snow for us!
Posted in Beautiful Things, Cooking, Decorating, Food Adventures, Jewish Life, Parenting, Travel, tagged ant pin, blue onion china, chicago, children, chocolate ganache, colors, crafts for kids, dog model, fashion, food coloring, gluten free, gowns, ladd brothers, Mark Molloy, parenting, photography, playroom, red lipstick, spring fashion, staying indoors, steven and william ladd, Vacation on March 8, 2013 | 3 Comments »
Can you believe this delicious thing is made from avocados? Photo from Gluten Free Gus.
Well we woke to a blanket of snow this a.m. and it’s still going. I imagine this weekend will be filled with hours of sledding or some indoor activities. Stay warm and dry and enjoy!
– I plan on giving this recipe a test drive this weekend. If it’s a success it will be my go-to dessert for Passover.
– More fun things to do with food coloring! I love the ice marble idea.
– These incredible gowns remind me of blue onion china, with a twist.
– Two talented brothers make beautiful art together. I love their ant pin.
– What a foxy dog.
– Mark Molloy’s photos put me in the mood for a summer retreat (and eating.)
– Look at this amazing play space in Chicago! We will be spending a lot of time in ours this weekend.
– Summer fun colors. I’m ready for it.
– And don’t forget the red lipstick.
2 ingredient cookies for a snowy day
Posted in Beautiful Things, Cooking, Food Adventures, Parenting, Rainy days, tagged 2 ingredients, allergy free, baking, chocolate chip cookies, cooking, dairy free, gluten free, kid allergies, peanut free, simple, snowy day, with kids on March 7, 2013 | Leave a Comment »
It’s starting to snow here in NYC. We may get a storm, so my mind is already on indoor activities for the kids. Normally when I spot a batch of over-ripe bananas on our kitchen counter I plan on making banana bread with the kids … but I found this much easier, much more kid-involved recipe for cookies instead. This simple 2 ingredient cookie from The Burlap Bag – using just ripe bananas and quick oats – is fun for kids to mash with their hands and takes away the worry when they want to lick the batter (no raw eggs!) Throw in a bunch of raisins or chocolate chips and they taste like little breakfast scones. (A bonus – these are great for when you have kids with allergies over… no peanuts, gluten or dairy!)
Happy Birthday Leap Year baby
Posted in Beautiful Things, Cooking, Crafting, Decorating, Food Adventures, Parenting, tagged Alfred Eisenstadt, baking, birthday, blood orange, blueberry, cake, children, cooking, crafts, depression era, egg carton, England, husband, kids, kissing photos, margaritas, orzo, parenting, photography, re-use, shoes, sushi cupcakes, The Chapel, war photos, war time on March 1, 2013 | 4 Comments »
Today is E and Z’s dad’s birthday. Well really, his birth date is Feb 29 but today will do. Among many of our beautiful things this Friday is the arrival of March, this amazing blueberry cake, and the fact that my husband was born somewhere within the hours between yesterday and today.
We love you birthday boy!
And some other beautiful things:
– Some adorable sushi cupcakes.
– I’ve been dreaming about this ever since seeing the recipe. Yum.
– An array of foot fashion from all the Fashion Weeks.
– And now I want to get some metallic shoes!
– Some beautiful photos from a man who use to live in our apartment building.
– MMmmmm blood orange margaritas!
– For our moms on the ‘other side of the pond’ – a great location for lunch.
– A beautiful way to make menus or invites, and a fun kid project.
– Pretty mini-egg carton vase.
– Beautiful candid photos of kids.
A new Snoopy Sno Cone Machine!
Posted in Beautiful Things, Cooking, Food Adventures, Parenting, Queens Life, Rainy days, tagged cook, dessert, food, ice, icy, juice, kids, popsicle, snoopy sno cone machine, treat on February 27, 2013 | Leave a Comment »
I think I already mentioned that a dear friend of mine passed a vintage Snoopy Sno Cone Machine on to the kids a few weeks ago (thanks Amelia!) They love it but this toy comes with its frustrations. One is that the shaved ice melts so quickly when you pour flavoring/juice on it… and there’s a lot of sweat and labor that goes into shaving the ice (and it yields little for all that work.) We’ve discovered that freezing juice in ice cube trays first really helps. Not only are the ice cubes a bit softer and easier to grind away at, but the juice is already right there in the ice!
And once again, here are some ways to dress up and eat snow and shaved ice. Maybe we will try to freeze cream next!
Our Date
Posted in Cooking, Cornwall, Food Adventures, Parenting, Travel, tagged chai, chaiwalla, cheese, Connecticut, cooking, date, love, partner, salisbury, tea, tea room, tomato pie, warm on winter day on February 26, 2013 | 1 Comment »
Ahhh finally. My husband and I had a date – several hours free where we could sit at a table and talk about something other than schools, schedules, and kid stuff. We checked out The Chaiwalla Tea Room while in Connecticut. Not only is the tea amazing – but some folks at our table told us to try the famous tomato pie which was so good, I’m still fantasizing about getting all the way back there again. Maybe even with the kids in tow.
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