New York
FAMILY LIVING, 911
Just months after Matthew died, we moved our family from London back to NYC. The company put us in corporate housing near Grand Central while we looked for an apartment for our family. After spending a day by myself on the Upper East Side, I came home with a dozen pictures of available apartments to …
NEW YORK, New York BUCKET LIST
For “Family Home Evening”, we made a NYC bucket-list. And, with two weeks left in the city, and Aunt Amelia with us for the duration, we set to work! ROCKAWAY BEACH is a long bus ride from home, but body-boarding on the waves made it worth the trek. Though visiting this beach was not a …
FAMILY LIVING, Trailing Clouds of Glory
The children came to the hospital yesterday for a visit. They’re so big compared to her. They are growing up. And seeing this, made me feel melancholy, even on such a blessed day. E couldn’t keep her hands off the baby. And, when L took a turn, she climbed into the hospital bed with me. …
NYC PIZZA TOP TEN, Queens, New York City
We made Queens our final borough. See Manhattan and Brooklyn for the previous two days’ worth of NYC pizzas sampled. QUEENS (in order of pizzerias visited) FAMOUS PIZZA at 75-12 37th Ave, in Jackson Heights, Queens. There are many “Famous Pizza”s in Queens. Most of which are not related. For better or worse, we chose the most convenient. …
NYC PIZZA TOP TEN, Brooklyn, New York City
Thanks to msn.com we were apprised as to the top 101 pizzerias in America. I was, of course, not surprised that 35 of the 101 pizzerias listed came from New York. Yes, we are living in the right place for a pizza-pursuit!! Day two. With Manhattan under our belts (quite literally, in this case), we shifted …
NYC PIZZA TOP TEN, Manhattan, New York City
E: “That pizza is making itself at home in my stomach.” Thanks to msn.com we were apprised as to the top 101 pizzerias in America. I was, of course, not surprised that 35 of the 101 pizzerias listed came from New York. Yes, we are living in the right place for this!! I proposed to Bryant, and to the …
PRINCETON, New Jersey
Early Saturday morning, travel-journals in hand, the whole family hopped on a New Jersey Transit train from Penn Station, bound for Princeton Junction. (Children travel free on weekends!) An hour later, we were on the Dinky train from Princeton Junction to Princeton University – our final destination. And the University campus was breathtaking. These Ivy League schools really know how to woo with …
MADISON SQUARE PARK, New York City
Several years ago, our three-year-old E attended her first punk rock band concert on the Madison Square Park lawn. The band was the Deedle Deedle Dees – apparently “America’s ultimate teaching band”. I must say, it remains one of the highlights of my New York City experience! We all danced to songs about ant-ranchers, a vegetarian tyrannosaurus rex, …
ROOSEVELT ISLAND, New York City
cherry blossoms high and low always make my mother glow as their perfume fills the air the sparkling petals fair a squirrel’s claws scrape up wood playing wind and waves with the dancing blooms following behind nature is very peaceful E penned her poetry, from her top bunk at home, the evening after our visit to see the ROOSEVELT ISLAND …