New York

Wordful Wednesday — Stone Barnes Without Michelle Obama

November 10, 2010

Michelle Obama just visited Stone Barnes in Pocantico Hills, N.Y., a few weeks ago — and we finally also went to check it out. Visiting Stone Barns Center for Food and Agriculture has been on my Bucket List. Don and I are very interested in healthy and sustainable food production, and Stone Barnes is only [...]

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Not Me! Monday — Muscoot Farm and Beautiful Clouds

September 6, 2010

We did not have the most marvelous time at Muscoot Farm in Katonah yesterday. The weather was not perfect — breezy and warm. We did not go on a little hike, we did not see two fish being caught, we did not see the biggest pig I have ever seen, we did not have French [...]

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Not Me! Monday — Our Wedding at Lyndhurst Castle

July 6, 2010

I did not forget to post a Not Me! Monday post yesterday. I am not so busy working and packing for our trip to Germany — and the list of things to do does not seem to get longer before it gets shorter. But I was working on a post late last night, so this [...]

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Happy Fourth of July 2010!

July 4, 2010

Last year, we went to Kensico Dam in Westchester, NY, for the Independence Day show with music and to see the fireworks for 4th of July. We had a great time — until the fireworks actually started. The noise of the fireworks ricocheting off the dam was so deafening that we actually had to leave [...]

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Not Me! Monday — Bad Mommy

June 7, 2010

I did not yell: “Get back in that room. I don’t want to see your face right now!” the other day to Landon. He wasn’t listening to me, the house was hot, and he didn’t stay in his room for time-out. I was busy cleaning up the latest mess he had made in the bathroom [...]

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Wordless Wednesday — The Boy and Muscoot Farm

May 13, 2010

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New Heights of Fame: I’m Part of a Salad

April 17, 2010

I love Bellizzi in Mount Kisco and have told many moms about it. It’s heaven. Their $10 kids meal includes a slice of pizza or pasta, a drink, ice cream, and $8 worth of tokens for the arcade games they have for children. Landon can get his favorite food (pizza, of course), play in the [...]

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Silicon Valley Moms Group — Enjoy the Best Posts of 2009

January 30, 2010

As you might know, I am a contributing writer to the New York City Moms Blog. I write for them about twice a month. Here are the best posts of 2009 of all the blogs in the Silicon Valley Moms Group (Chicago, Los Angeles, NYC, New Jersey, Deep South, DC Metro, 50-something, etc.). All of [...]

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Tips for Moving with a Toddler

August 2, 2009

We are moving, and I am super exited. The new place will have a big yard for Landon and much more living space. The kitchen is a lot bigger, so my goal is to spend more time in there. Maybe I’ll actually cook once in a while? As luck will have it, our new neighbor [...]

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How to Save a Lot of Money at the Supermarket

July 18, 2009

I haven’t written about my frugal ways in a while, so here we go — I wanted to share how I saved 30 percent off my supermarket grocery bill! Don’s sister Lisa invited us to attend Much Ado About Nothing at the Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival at Boscobel, and I went to A&P to pick [...]

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Breastfeeding and Entertaining a Toddler on a Plane

June 14, 2009

Greetings from Germany! Landon and I flew from Newark, NY, to Hamburg, Germany, a few days ago to visit Nani and Opa. My mother picked us up and we arrived in my former hometown Bremen about 1 1/2 hours later. Landon had been a doll on the plane. It was the first time that we [...]

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Sunday in Review — Hudson Park 5K Race

June 1, 2009

My brother-in-law, Burke St. John, owns this huge piece of land near Hudson, New York, on which he is going to build a kids’ baseball training camp. For now, only the restaurant is open, and since my other brother-in-law Steve is such an accomplished runner (he runs 2.43 marathons at age 54!), Burke decided to host [...]