Bethenny Frankel opens up about motherhood, being married and New York City pre-school madness. Last week, I was invited to participate in a conference call with Bethenny Frankel of Bethenny Gets Married and formerly of The Real Housewives of New York. When I first got the invitation I almost blew it off. Why? Last summer, […]
Olympian Dara Torres helping NYC Single Mom Stay Fit
Olympic swimmer and medalist, comeback at 41, six pack abs and mom, Dara Torres is a force of nature to reckon with and pretty nice to boot. Last week, I was invited to an event to “Stay Fit in 2011” with Dara Torres. Well, who is going to pass that up, right? I need some […]
A Rollicking Good Time at Avenue Q Review
Since Avenue Q opened way back in 2003, I have been dying to see this TONY “TRIPLE CROWN” winner for BEST MUSICAL, BEST SCORE and BEST BOOK and this week, I finally was able to go see the show as part of a blogger night. For the uninitiated, AVENUE Q is performed by actors holding various […]
Angelina Ballerina The Musical Review
Angelina Ballerina is one of my daughter’s favorite books so much so that she even has the iPhone app (yes, there’s an app for that.) This past weekend, we had the opportunity to see the Angelina Ballerina musical featuring all her friends Alice, Gracie, AZ and their teacher, Ms. Mimi at the Union Square Theatre. […]
4 Steps to Getting Your Family Interested in Volunteering
One year when I came home from college, my mom announced that we were going to the homeless shelter to distribute food on Thanksgiving morning. First I was surprised there was even a homeless shelter in our perfect little suburb (hey, I was naive) and two, I was just a tad annoyed that I had […]
Crocktoberfest- Great Pork Recipes
“Pork the other white meat,” so goes the tagline. Sounds like an option over chickend and fish, but honestly, all I know how to cook is porkshops and applesauce (yes, it’s a Brady Bunch reference) and I don’t really do that well. I just have no idea what to do with pork. So I was […]
Big Apple Circus Dance On
The spectacular Big Apple Circus http://www.bigapplecircus.org leaps into its 33rd Season with a thrilling All-New Show, Dance On! The World’s Greatest Circus artists swing into action in the spotlight under our intimate Big Top, where no seat is more than 50 feet from the ring! Invited to the dance: an awesome troupe of monocyclists and […]
Found it – Moms Get Real Back to School Jitters Segment with Ju Ju Chang
Woohoo! I mentioned in an earlier post that I could not find my Moms Get Real segment hosted by Good Morning America’s Ju Ju Chang on the ABC site. Thanks to my friend E, who googled it (there’s a thought for you), I have the links to the entire segment which is two parts. No […]
Yahoo! Shine NYC Single Mom Reinvention Interview @BlogHer10
Yahoo! Shine was conducting interviews with bloggers at BlogHer10 on how they were reinventing their lives. As you can imagine, I was hesitant since I literally had no makeup on but when I found out they had a make up artist there, I was in. Subscribe to NYC Single Mom by Email
Chatting with Kathie Lee Gifford
Last week, I mentioned that I went to an event hosted by Hayneedle.com, an online furnishings retailer in celebration of National Hammocks Day and to announce the nationwide campaign of Childhelp.org, a national organization dedicated to helping victims of child abuse and neglect. After learning about the organziation, I had the pleasure of interviewing Kathie […]
