My daughter at 3 months (all earlier photos are on film) Adoption Tale – Adopting as a Single Woman It’s been awhile since I have done a adoption post and wanted to revisit it on a ongoing basis. Today’s post recounts the day I found I was going to be a mom. It’s a long […]
Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick at Karate Promotion
This morning’s big event was that Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick were at the dojo where my daughter’s karate promotion was taking place. It’s always fun to watch and see jaded new yorkers try as they may to resist being in the glow of celebrity but can’t help themselves and I include myself in […]
Looking for A Children’s Photographer – 10% off Loreto Caceres Photography
New York based photographer, Loreto Caceres is offering 10% off her photographic services to NYC Single Mom readers. Ms. Caceres focuses on bringing a more natural and stress free process to photographing children and pets. What I like about Ms. Caceres’ work is that the photos are not shot in the studio but on location. […]
NYC Single Mom is Kids Club Thirteen Newest Ambassador – Woo Hoo!!
Exciting news – I am partnering up with New York City’s Public TV station, Channel 13 as a Kids Club 13 Ambassador. To say that I was thrilled to be asked to be an ambassador is an understatement. Along with being a fan of the station since I moved to New York, my daughter has […]
Action Packed Weekend
When it rains, it pours, when it comes to our weekends. Either every minute is filled with a multitude of activities or it’s my daughter asking “what are we doing? can we have a playdate with insert child’s name?” This past weekend, along with our Saturday morning ritual of swimming then ballet classes, we had […]
Cirque Du Soleil OVO Review
OVO (Egg in Portuguese) is described as a wild, colorful world, where insects work, eat, crawl, flutter, play, fight and look for love in anon-stop riot of energy and movement. A mysterious egg appears in their midst brought by a “foreigner,” the insects which include scarabs, fleas, ants, butterflies, spiders and crickets become awestruck and […]
Bad Mother of the Year – Mom Returns Adopted Son Back to Russia
Considering the adoption process is long and onerous one, I was completely disturbed and distressed about this latest story that is number one topic in the blogosphere and will be a continuing story over the weekend since it involves are nemesis Russia. In a nutshell, a single mom from Tennessee put her 7 year old […]
Spring Break – The Good, the Bad and the Funny
On the way to Cold Spring This year, Spring Break for New York Public Schools totaled a whopping 11 days including weekends. That is two more days than last year. No one knows why, I can only guess it has to do with the evil Randi Weingarten (the former head of the NY teachers union […]
Google Search of Linda Grant
Have you searched your name on google? I have because I thought why not? You never know what will pop up. Let’s face it, I have a very common name, it’s so common that I went to junior high with another linda grant. She was white by the way. We were know by our middle […]
Job Search: Networking Contacts – Looking for an Introduction
Here I am over a year later since I was laid off, I am still in search of a full time job. I have had some interviews in recent months and thankful to the people who introduced me to the hiring manager but nothing full time obviously has come from them, although I did land […]
