Posted in Beautiful Things, Parenting, Queens Life, tagged first day of school on September 10, 2019| Leave a Comment »
First day of school for 8th grade and 4th grade..
How did they get here so quickly?
This summer went by so fast and now we are back to the grind. While I love seeing the leaves change color, I’m also in disbelief that we are already going to be hunkering down to another winter, soon.
But enough of that – here they are on the first day of school! Clearly Zoe is about to lose a front tooth soon in this photo. In fact, it fell onto her school desk yesterday.
Posted in Beautiful Things, Food Adventures, Found Things, Fun in NYC, Queens Life, tagged Brooklyn nyc, Greenpoint on August 31, 2019| 1 Comment »
My husband and I got a chance to step out without the kids! I haven’t seen Greenpoint in so long – I had no idea it became its own microcosm of great food and fun. So much good food like the French Bistro Chez Ma Tante. Yeah, the food was so good I kind of didn’t get to photograph it until it was half eaten…
Posted in Beautiful Things, Parenting, Queens Life, tagged caterpillar, foliage, late summer composting, Queens Botanical Garden on August 26, 2019| 1 Comment »
Ugh it’s been so hot lately, but if you get to the Queens Botanical Garden bright and early … you can learn about compost while it’s still not too heated up outside. I think we caught the last of the garden’s growth by going in August, but it’s a peaceful reprieve from all the Chinatown bustle right outside the gates.
Posted in Beautiful Things, Kid style, Parenting, Queens Life, tagged acting, children, drama, fun, kids, moth, NYC summer camps, Serious Fun Theater Camp on August 23, 2019| 1 Comment »
When Zoe started this theater camp, I’m not sure she was as thrilled with it as she was last year. But little by little she made more friends, got a key role as a mischievous moth, and stole the show with her onstage cartwheels. In the end she made a few new friends, and got over her stage fright !
what a fun and crazy crew!
Posted in Beautiful Things, Home Shuling, Jewish Life, Kid style, Parenting, Queens Life, tagged bar mitzvah gifts, charity, donation, giving, Lion's Share Food Pantry, mitzvah, soup kitchen, volunteering kids on August 12, 2019| 1 Comment »
This boy gave a big portion of his bar mitzvah $$$ gifts to the local food pantry where he volunteers, and they sure did stock up on necessities for fall! We can’t believe how much they could purchase with his donation .. I’m so proud of my boy for paying it forward.
Posted in Beautiful Things, Fun in NYC, Queens Life, Travel, tagged 1950s, 1960s, abandoned terminal at JFK, architecture, bar in a plane, classic cars, Eero Saarinen, flight attendant uniforms, furniture design, JKF Airport, midcentury modern, midcentury modern design, TWA Hotel, vintage clothes on August 7, 2019| 1 Comment »
I don’t really even have to say much here other than .. WOW. Did this TWA Terminal at JFK Airport really stand still in time like this? How much revamping do you have to do to an already gorgeous Saarinen design like this? While dropping Ezra off for a flight (AND upon returning to get him) we had to go into this place twice and enjoy the piped in rat pack music, vintage cars, and ohhhh so much gorgeous Saarinen lines in poppy colors (that red!) And yes, there is a bar in that plane outside..
Need I say more? I’ll shut up now and let you enjoy the photos of this hotel that is somewhat of a museum:
Posted in Alley life, Beautiful Things, Fun in NYC, Parenting, Queens Life, tagged children, Corona Ice King of Queens, friends and neighbors, garden party, kids, Lemon Ice King Corona, outdoor movies, outdoor parties, parenting, summer, summer fun on August 5, 2019| 2 Comments »
How is everyone’s summer going? Now that Ezra’s big event is over, the summer feels like one great big exhale. The kids have camps by day but otherwise we’ve had hot and steamy (or sometimes cool and breezy) party nights in crammed urban backyards with friends.
OR lemonade stands and trips to Corona Ice King by day ..
OR more evening fun in the way of outdoor movies in a neighbor’s yard (LOVE Ferris Bueller’s Day Off!)
What have YOU been up to ? As always – it’s all going by so quickly as summer does:
