Family-friendly skiing, snowboarding and tubing is not as far or as difficult to get to from NYC as you may think. Several kid-friendly slopes and resorts are within a few hours by car, commuter train or the NYC Snow Bus, a low-cost way to get a ride, lift ticket and even rent gear. If you want to escape the urban jungle for a day or weekend, here are some of our favorite family-friendly ski resorts and spot in the New York City area. Thunder Ridge Ski Thunder Ridge Ski may be the easiest of all these to reach from NYC. Located in Patterson, N.Y. just off I-684, it's only 90 minutes by … [Read more...]
Angels Play on Sandy Ground Dedicated to School Shooting Victimes
We had gone to the wonderful Maritime Aquarium in Norwalk, Conn., with one of my wife's best friends and her son. The aquarium is small but nice: they have seals, sharks and even sea jellies you can pet. Honestly, if you get a chance to pet sea jellies in a controlled environment, I totally recommend it. The staff at the aquarium was very knowledgeable, explaining why they kept the jellies in a frigidly cold tank and about their life cycles. Though no one had an answer to the sea jelly versus jellyfish debate. Seriously, does that look like a fish? After a nice lunch at a local Greek … [Read more...]
Public Pools Open June 27 in NYC, Here’s What Parents Must Know
Before you pack up the kids to head to one of these 55 free public pools, make sure you know what you can and can't bring along with all the other rules. You can learn by visiting the NYC Parks public pools website, where you will also find all the locations. Note that not all the pools have wheelchair lifts or ramps so if you need one, please check there. The website also offers the hours operation and rules you need to follow, such as men's suits must have linings (and yes, they can stop and check you) and that only white shirts and white hats may be worn on the pool decks. Other tips … [Read more...]
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