I am a huge fan of teachers…especially public school teachers. Overall, they do great work and should be celebrated. I see the sacrifices that they make because my husband Reggie is a teacher. He changed careers (from being a computer programmer) through the New York Teaching Fellows program a decade ago. He could do several … Read More
Sean’s eighth birthday was Sunday, February 22nd. (Where did the time go?!) That is why I want to share some gift ideas for 8-year-old boys. We primarily celebrated on Saturday because we knew that we had church and meetings on Sunday. Saturday was “Sean’s day”. He was able to choose what we had for breakfast, … Read More
Credit: SONY Last week, my family attended a “Smurftacular” SMURFS 2 event at Manhattan’s Sony screening room. The food (including blue cupcakes from Crumbs!) was plentiful and the activities for the kids were entertaining. My oldest son Michael ended up near the SMURFS 2 video game of course! An advanced screening of SMURFS 2 was … Read More
The thing that my family likes the most about this food/lifestyle blog is that it constantly has me trying out new recipes. Recently, I was inspired to look for a slow cooker corned beef recipe in honor of St. Patrick’s Day. When I mentioned the recipe to my husband Reggie, I was pleasantly surprised to … Read More
Last Thursday, Reggie and I went on a very special date night. We joined other media and celebrities at the christening of the Disney Fantasy, Disney’s newest cruise ship. It was one of our best date nights ever! Reggie is normally very blasé about the different things that I do for work. That is not … Read More
We came home earlier today. Disembarking was a bit tedious due to the long lines, but we are just happy for a safe return. One thing that was a little “trippy” was that they didn’t screen our bags when we came home off the ship. We didn’t have anything illegal, but who would have known … Read More
We slept well last night so it was hard to get up this morning. Once we did, we had a quick breakfast before starting the day. I did a video interview with Tom Kenny (the voice of SpongeBob Square Pants) and Bill Fagerbakke (the voice of Patrick Star). Here’s the thing…Michael has only been allowed … Read More
Last week, I had a fabulous time at an event sponsored by Wish-Bone: Salad Night Live with chef Tyler Florence. Let me tell you what happened. (Hang in there until the end and there could be a little something in it for one of you!) While we (I took Mom in the City reader Yvonne … Read More
I love the job that my son’s Kindergarten teacher is doing, so I want to make sure that I give her a great gift. That’s why I was excited to receive a list of the “perfect” holiday teacher gifts (along with some funny stories of gifts gone bad) from Phillip Done. A Disney nominated Teacher … Read More
Today, I planned to do some posts on books that I’ve been reading. However, I will do that next week. (I plan my posts for the month in advance and simply add anything that comes up “life-wise” in the mix.) The reason why I’m not writing much today is that my son Sean is having … Read More
