It was not so long ago that Earth Day was just a day some tie-dyed college students sat around all day with a banner. With Laurie Berkner headlining the NYC Earth Day celebrations in Central Park there’s no question that Earth Day is now a mainstream affair with loads of great family activities.

In addition to […]

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Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything by Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner is a book that’s been around for a while, but I figure if I’ve just gotten around to reading it there are plenty of others who haven’t read it either. I had heard the buzz about this book, but […]

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I had to create a list of NYC food blogs for a project I am working on and, even though food blogs have nothing to do with parenting, I thought it might be interesting to Mommy Poppins readers. Hey, we all eat, drink, shop and cook. It’s good reading. Enjoy.

eater
nyc blogs/eats
the food section
plate of the […]

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Get all your questions about NYC private school admissions answered in helpful forums hosted by the Parents League of NY.

Early Childhood Programs:
Admissions Forums
Wednesday, April 18th 2007
6:15 - 7:30 PM
Friends Seminary
222 East 16th Street
Panel:
Jill Axthelm, The Acorn School
Wendy Donoghue, All Souls School
Ronnie Moskowitz, The Washington Market School
Thursday, April 19th 2007
9:30 - 11:00 AM
Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church […]

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I actually just saw this cool toy storage advertised on Daddy Types and thought it was so great I had to write about it.
I don’t know about you, but I hate putting things away. I like my apartment to be neat, but I also like to everything to be out enough so that I don’t […]

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I hate throwing things away that could be useful (even if I have no current use for them). And there are two things that I hate having to throw out maybe more than any other. One is styrofoam packing peanuts—first of all, it gets all over the place when you try to get it into […]

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Amazon.com is having a big 4 for 3 Sale on books, dvds and magazines. Great time to stock up on summer beach reading, children’s books, magazine subscriptions or some movies to get you through those long car rides. There are so many choices I can’t even deal with recommending anything, but I just finished Freakonomics […]

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This is one of those family activities that you can do with the kids, but the truth is, I’d want to do it anyway, even if I didn’t have kids. I had never heard about fairy gardens before, but when I saw these adorable little things I knew I had to make one.
I’ve always wanted […]

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We talked about education for all of March. Particularly covering Under-the-Radar Preschools and Top Tier Elementary Schools in NYC. We couldn’t cover the whole topic in one month and we didn’t get to nearly as many schools as we would have liked, but schools will be an ongoing topic here.
We hope that we did give […]

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Light posting this week for Spring Break. FOr April we’re going to be focusing on kid crafts. So stay tuned for some fun stuff.

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