Linda Grant is the Founder/Editor of nycsinglemom.com where writes about her adventures raising her adopted daughter in downtown New York City. And don’t miss Therapy Thursday where Linda discusses challenges all parents face. You can find her on Twitter@NYCSingleMom as well as a contributing writer for travelingmom.com
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Tyler Perry’s Madea’s Big Happy Family opens this weekend and will most likely beat Twilight hearthrob Robert Pattinson and America’s Sweetheart Reese Weatherspoon latest movie, Water For Elephant at the box office. Like For Colored Girls, I am pretty sure I will not see Madea’s Big Happy Family but will wait until [...]
Let’s pretend for a moment that I am being interviewed by Oprah (hey, a girl can dream that I will be called before she ends her run on national television. As moms, we are so focused on our kids that we forget about us, so for a moment, I am going be very narcissistic, me, [...]
My daughter loves her Hedwig the Owl and takes it everywhere even to swim class. She like so many kids is fascinated with all thing Hogwarts, Harry Potter and the stars of the movies, Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson and Rupert Grint (she just loves to say his name in an English accent.) I could not [...]
We are having Christmas Staycation this year. Rather than go silent for the next two weeks, I am going to try to put up a daily photo travelogue.Operative Word here, TRY. Happy Holidays and Happy Christmas!!
Black Friday just ended and today is Cyber Monday, some of you may be done with your toy shopping but for those of you aren’t, here are my top 10 toys for 2010, 1. Paper Jamz I wrote about Paper Jamz when I first saw the product at the Time to Playmag.com event in the spring. [...]
Christmas, Hanukkah and Holiday Parties are coming and we know what that means – Stress. I bet you thought I was going to say joy, happiness… Hah! That said, the holidays don’t have to be stressful. Given the state of the economy, I have learned to focus on the important things but still maintain a [...]
Recently, I reviewed A Ruckus Media Group mobile reading app, The Velveteen Rabbit. Just in time for the holidays, you will be able to download The Velveteen Rabbit mobile reading– FREE – through the Apple’s iTunes App Store. The promo will run Thanksgiving Day, November 25th, just before midnight, through Monday, November 29th at midnight. [...]
Here’s the a great Thanksgiving to you and your family. This story originally ran November 25, 2009
Mimi & Gustav In Love and PIRATES! is a new production by the Horse Trade Theater Group. Based on Denis Woychuk’s beloved picture books about a hippopotamus, Mimi, and a mouse, Gustav, who get what they wish for: adventure, excitement & each other. Big & little, everyone has a special gift. Denis has adapted his stories [...]
Beginning November 20th through January 9th, the New York Botanical Garden will be celebrating the holiday season with their annual Holiday Train Show. The New York Botanical Garden’s annual Holiday Train Show has become a cherished seasonal tradition for families not just in New York, but across the country. Last year, we went to visit [...]
