ProjectAlicia.com, one of my favorite blogs has a blog hop meme, Crazy Days of Summer Photo Challenge. Today’s theme is flowers. One of my many goals is to become a better photographer and try to use more interesting techniques that enhance photos. This photo of a bed of tulips was taken at the Pulitzer Fountain […]
Learning to Hail a Cab
Taking taxis are a way of life in New York City. So kids learn early how to hail a cab. Here is my daughter hailing a cab because we needed to reach our destination quickly and we had no time to take the subway. It’s great she can do this now because sometimes there is […]
Bob Dylan on a Wall
Bob Dylan on a wall is art I happened up on Gansevoort Street as I was making my way to see Fall Trends for TJMaxx. That’s what I love about New York, art happens in the unlikeliest places. What is fascinating about the location of Mr. Bob Dylan is that it happens to be on […]
7 Reasons I will miss Oprah
Oprah Winfrey signs off network television, May 25, 2011 after 25 years. That’s tomorrow. It’s hard to believe that her show debuted in Chicago on September 8, 1996. I will admit that I have watched a lot of Oprah episodes over the years so I will be home watching the last episode with a box […]
The Chair is Now a Fort – Therapy Thursday
Once there was a chair (click here to read the history of the chair) that kept me up at night because it was filled with papers, magazines and god knows what and now it has been turned into a fort for an eight year old girl. I sucked it up, took a weekend and […]
Hiding in Trees – Wordless Wednesday w/LINKY
During a Hershey and Hasbro Family Game Night Event on how to create fun using Hershey’s kisses, my daughter could not resist playing in the trees. What a funny kid! Like this article? Subscribe to NYC Single Mom by Email or NYC Single Mom by RSS Feed !
Moms as Surgeons – Wordless Wednesday w/Linky
We moms have to perform many duties and one such duty includes performing surgery on lost body parts on dolls. My daughter hounded me until I fixed this little guy’s nose. After an intense search of fabric glue (remind me to label boxes), surgery was performed and now he is back to new and all […]
Mother’s Day Poem and Alexander McQueen – Best Mother’s Day Gifts
Alexander McQueen, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Homemade breakfast, Mother’s Day Poem and City Crab for dinner, all in one day, now that’s a great Mother’s day. I don’t think much about Mother’s Day even though for weeks prior to the big day, you are bombarded by jewelry and flower commercials. For me Mother’s Day […]
How Did A Chair Take Over My Life – Therapy Thursday
Stephen King has Christine and I have the Chair. No, my living room chair is not possessed but I feel it has possessed me and is slowly driving me nuts. Yes, a chair, this chair. This simple pull out chair from Target. Can you believe it’s from Target? Of course, you can’t believe it because […]
Pre-School Graduation Memories
My friend’s daughter will be graduating from pre-school soon. We, of course, will be attending since she is another single mom whose family lives out of state and I like to support all my single mom friends. Her daughter’s upcoming brought up fond memories of my daughter’s pre-school graduation. It was a day filled with […]
