Category: East Coast
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Visit the New FAO Schwarz in New York City
A trip to New York City should feature at least one fantastic surprise. For me, it was finding out that the iconic children’s toy store FAO Schwarz, which closed its store on Fifth Avenue in 2009, reopened in Rockefeller Square in November 2018 — just a few months before my trip. Coincidence…or the universe rewarding…
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Our Favorite Things to Do With Kids in NYC
I won’t bore you with the details of our recent run-in with influenza, but I will blame the flu for the fact that this post is not titled “101 Things to Do with Kids in New York City.” (101 would have been an awesomely long list, right? A chance for me to outdo Kristin’s 100…
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Important U.S. History Lessons for Kids, Courtesy of Washington D.C.
Washington D.C. is chock-full of historical sites. You could spend days, weeks, maybe months exploring everything there is to see. We have a toddler in our crew, so that isn’t happening. But I still want my youngest kids to learn about women’s suffrage, the civil rights movement, World War II and September 11. What better…