Looking for a free activity in lower Manhattan? You finished walking around the financial district. You hit up Battery Park City, and you still have to wait for your ferry to the Statue of Liberty? You got stuck in the rain and need a few minutes to recuperate. You are so, so hot and just …
National Museum of the American Indian with Kids Read More »
Who has kids obsessed with building? (Raises hand.) For every building obsessed kid, there are a myriad of children’s museums with blocks of all sort. What you can’t find everywhere, is models of real, actual buildings. If you have an engineering, architecture or general skyscraper interested kid, the Skyscraper Museum in New York City is …
By this point in time, (that is a couple of weeks into living in the tristate area), we have compiled a great big “things to do” list, sorted into indoor and outdoor categories! We’re ready to attack the outdoor half while the weather is nice. (And by nice we mean hot and muggy.) This week: …
One of the very best ways to enjoy New York City in the summer is participating in the City of Water Day events. Here’s what you can expect if you’re going into Manhattan to join one of the many free boat rides. However, don’t fret if you’re not in town for this event! …
New York City: City of Water (Governer’s Island and Battery Park) Read More »
For our first New York City adventure, we decided to figure out how to get around using public transportation. We took the light rail to the ferry coming in and the PATH (like a subway train) coming back to New Jersey. This time around the transportation was the activity, although we did take a walk …
Every summer, New York city closes down some streets for pedestrian fun. This year, we got to walk down Park Avenue. There were various areas with booths, freebies, workshops and food stands of course. The highlight was being able to walk through the Park Avenue tunnel! There was a sound installation by Jana Winderen called …
After our midnight photo shoot and spending 3 days across the street we felt it was time for a visit to the Metropolitan Museum of Art. We had just the right amount of time for a few exhibits before we were off to lunch in Queens. We returned to Manhattan in time for rush hour …
We spent a weekend in New York City! You could call it a Babymoon to New York City, but really it was just a fun time to explore hang out and see friends! After lots of family time and shopping in Boston and before more family time and shopping in Houston, New York was a …
