Are you over all the candy and chocolates for Valentine's Day? Out of ideas on what to do with the kids over the long break? How about a cultural experience in your own neighborhood? Chinese, I mean Lunar New...
I have made the same basic New Year's resolution every year since college. It’s to make this year the best year of my life. I have never given much thought to resolutions because my new year is when school...
You're not alone if you feel like it’s a frenzied craziness of competition and consumption out there during this time of joy and abundance. You don’t have to if you’d rather not partake in the mania. It’s your internal...
So I am staring at two Christmas lists and an empty shopping cart. My daughters loaded their lists with what seemed to be every hot holiday toy they could find. Yet the problem was, even though it was just...
I didn’t grow up celebrating Thanksgiving. It’s a holiday I adopted, like peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, when I moved to the United States almost a decade ago.
For the first few years, I spent the holiday at college friends’...
Bring on the merrymaking, decorations, music, parties, and shopping! Fa, la, la, - wait, shopping?! Strolling, latte in hand, casually ogling wonderfully curated holiday displays enjoying the festive music in the background to select gifts I secretly want too....
It seems like every year kids start planning their holiday wish lists sooner and sooner. My own daughter wrote her list to Santa while munching on Halloween candy! What's on her list you ask? Many of the toys she...
National Volunteer Week 2017 is April 23-29, and I might be biased, but I would have to say that Westchester County and the Hudson Valley have some of the best volunteer spirit and community participation. As a parent, I...
Spring’s just on the horizon, and with even a few warm days under our belts, it’s hard for most people not to feel the Luck of the Irish.
If my quarter-Irish heritage didn’t inspire me to look forward to Paddy’s Day growing...
Dear kids,
As you know, your dad and I have known each other for quite a long time. I remember him from elementary school, but he doesn't recall meeting me until middle school. I'm going to chuck that one up...
In + Around Westchester
A Guide to Daycares, Preschools, Private Schools, & Tutoring Services in...
Education might be the most valuable thing we can provide for our children. With so many options out there, it’s hard to know what...
