Last week, three teens, a tween and I piled into the car and headed for Brooklyn to attend Sakura Matsuri, the annual Cherry Blossom Festival at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden. Driving from Connecticut to Brooklyn can take anywhere from 90 minutes to 17 hours, depending on traffic. Sometimes it’s worth the effort. The festival is […]
Life Learning at the NY Botanical Garden
She was whining as we pulled into the parking lot. “I don’t want to do something educational!” She didn’t believe me when I told her a trip to the New York Botanical Garden would be fun. Her sisters were only slightly more enthusiastic. I promised them that they wouldn’t have to learn a thing. I […]
A Walk Through the Garden – Wordless Wednesday
I think this is the closest I’ve ever been to standing inside of a Monet painting. This was taken at the New York Botanical Garden. If you look closely, you will see the Princess wandering around in there. She blends well, dressed in pink. This post is a part of the Wordless Wednesday Link-up with […]
Walking Manhattan in Christmas Chaos
Two teens, two senior citizens and I went walking in Manhattan. Who was ready to pass out first? Who was in the most pain the next day? The answer may surprise you. The Adventurer and I took the train into the city last Saturday with Grandma and Grandpa and my nephew -who I’ll refer to […]
Touching Natural History
“We’re going to see the dinosaurs! ” I tried to convince the Princess that our trip to the American Museum of Natural History was worth waking up early. “We’ll also get to go to the planetarium and see huge crystals in the gem room and…” I was more excited than my three girls together. “It’s […]
Seeing Green at NYC’s Bronx Zoo
I assumed that the zoo would be less than clean and not very green. I also assumed being the mom of three girls meant life would be all roses, tea parties and ballet. Well not really. I imagined that my girls would not have a fascination with all things toilet related. I was wrong on both counts. We […]
