every birthday, my husband creates a birthday sign for each of the kids to put on the wall by our dinner table. they’re usually inspired by his or her current favorite thing. every birthday, we eat whatever the birthday celebrant picks for dinner (i can cook or we can eat out at their favorite place).…
another year. no new resolutions that we haven’t all heard. i plan on staying focused on right here and what’s in front of me. the world is big and i will create my space in it. i have intentions, but my husband once told me before we even started dating: the road to hell is paved with…
i’m turning 44 this year. i don’t feel like 44. i’ve got the asian thing going on too so i don’t quite look 44. i am getting older. i’ve been into mothering and being present for my kids for more than the last decade, that i forgot that i was my own person. i love…
my dad was in town for a few days so he joined us on our saturday adventure to jersey city, nj. i heard there were a lot of filipinos in jersey city which means there is filipino food to be had in jersey city. gr3’s friend’s mom, Eunju Kang, is an artist and we went…
Family / food / new york city
having a car in the city is enabling us to get out of our little corner of manhattan. one saturday we went across the williamsburg bridge to hangout in williamsburg. first stop: DuMont Burger yum, yum, yum. this cozy burger joint hit the spot. my husband and i split a spinach salad and burger (thanks…
gr2’s fourth grade class had a field trip to central park’s north woods. i didn’t realize there were woods to walk through in central park! i chaperoned the trip with a few other parents. from school we took the subway to 103rd street. their teacher couldn’t have picked a more beautiful, fall day–not windy, not…
gr1 had a birthday party at chelsea piers. i got the chance to explore chelsea while she was at her party. my husband was with gr2 and gr3 camping with some friends out of town. what will i do in chelsea? i checked out some art galleries along 22nd street: Arlene Shechet at Sikkema Jenkins…
jollibee (woodside, queens) we ordered: an aloha burger (slice of pineapple in the burger), lumpia shanghai (little egg rolls), two orders of spaghetti, chicken joy (fried chicken with rice and gravy), ube shake (purple yam with tapioca pearls), and one halo-halo (best filipino dessert ever). the chicken joy was yum! halo-halo had two scoops of…
we visited our friends in the catskill mountains in mid-september. it was a quick, overnight trip, but lovely to see the leaves just starting to change color. the electricity went out during the storm that came through, but it added to the fun with lit candles and snuggling in sleeping bags. the next day we…
as summer was winding down, we squeezed in trips to the central park zoo and new york transit museum with some friends before school started. central park zoo central park zoo is a snap. it’s not an all day trip like the bronx zoo. it’s compact, easy to get to and right in central park.…
we met up with our cousins in maryland and drove down to williamsburg, va. we had a scenic drive across bridges and water. we also hit holiday weekend traffic which unfortunately made the drive much longer, but we survived. we stayed at the woodlands hotel in colonial williamsburg. we arrived after dark which made it…
just when we recovered from our big road trip, the kids and i prepared for the drive to our friends in stowe, vt. this was a big deal for me since i never drive on the east coast. it was a seven hour drive with just me and the kids. we stopped at the yankee…
