Urban Street Art Children’s Portraits

Graphic artist Rodney Sterbenz or No. 2 Man Graphics creates whimsical portraits of children using sidewalk chalk and an iPhone. There are many concrete surfaces in New York City and “we were just drawing to …

50 Kid Friendly Restaurants in Queens – The Ultimate Guide to Eating Out with Kids in Queens

Forget chain restaurants and fast food, having kids shouldn’t limit your palette! Our amazing Facebook friends helped us compile the ultimate list of kid friendly restaurants in Queens.
For the purposes of this list we would like to define …

Host a Play Street This Summer in your Neighborhood

This year we are resolve in encouraging our fellow Queens Mamas to make a difference in their local communities. Whether it may be planting wild flowers in the dirt patches on your block or hosting …

The Jazzmobile Block Party comes to Corona once again this summer. This free block party finishes off the Louis Armstrong House’s Hot Jazz Cool Garden Summer concert series and shuts down 107th Street in front of …

Host a Play Street This Summer in your Neighborhood

This year we are resolve in encouraging our fellow Queens Mamas to make a difference in their local communities. Whether it may be planting wild flowers in the dirt patches on your block or hosting …

Queens School Goes Vegetarian with School Lunches

P.S. 224 in Flushing Queens is the first of the city’s schools to go veggie. This Flushing school is now serving an all vegetarian menu that consists of items such as braised black beans and …

Oliloli Studio – Cool Crafts Come to Forest Hills

Oliloli (pronounced Olly Lolly) Studio is a new gem in Forest Hills Queens. This new arts and crafts studio brings a much desired Brooklyn flare to the neighborhood in the form of open studio time, …

Greenmarkets in Queens

There’s nothing quite like the taste of fresh, local fruits and veggies. Beyond that, with the concern of pesticides and treatments, eating closer to the earth is much healthier. Now that the weather is getting …

2nd Annual Momo Crawl in Jackson Heights This Sunday May 19th

What is a Momo? a momo is a Himalayan dumpling typically filled with several mixtures such as meat, vegetables, cheese, and potato. There are different varieties of momos, such as fried and steamed momos and are …

Host a Play Street This Summer in your Neighborhood

This year we are resolve in encouraging our fellow Queens Mamas to make a difference in their local communities. Whether it may be planting wild flowers in the dirt patches on your block or hosting …

Oliloli Studio – Cool Crafts Come to Forest Hills

Oliloli (pronounced Olly Lolly) Studio is a new gem in Forest Hills Queens. This new arts and crafts studio brings a much desired Brooklyn flare to the neighborhood in the form of open studio time, …

Great Pop Up Art Books for Kids That You Can Buy Locally

Pop Up art books are such a wonderful addition to a child’s library. Last week was Children’s Book week and we spent some time looking for great books for children. One unexpected place to score …

2012 Juniper Valley Park Summer Concert Series

Once again the Juniper Park Civic Association is hosting its free annual Summer Concert Series at Juniper Valley Park in Middle Village. Check out the schedule!

Pack up blankets or lawn chairs and head over to …

Host a Play Street This Summer in your Neighborhood

This year we are resolve in encouraging our fellow Queens Mamas to make a difference in their local communities. Whether it may be planting wild flowers in the dirt patches on your block or hosting …

Rockaway Barrier Beautification Project Finalists Unveiled: May 25 & 26

Earlier this year, the NYC Parks invited local artists and designers to envision the barriers as blank canvases for art.  What transpired were concepts that transform the normally sterile white barriers into stunning works of …

Mocha Moms in Springfield Gardens

As a woman, mother and wife I struggle with finding a balance of “me time, kid/parenting time and husband time.” Everybody wants a piece of my time but what about me?
The importance and benefits of spending time with myself are known, however it is so easy to get caught up catering to everyone else that before you know it the day is gone and the only time you have to yourself are the ones you get when going to the bathroom if you are lucky enough to get that. Recently, I took a big step in the “focus more on me direction” and joined a support group of moms called Mocha Moms- Queens Chapter. The surprise is that the group allows me time to myself, time with my kids, time with my husband and time with all of us as a family.

Host a Play Street This Summer in your Neighborhood

This year we are resolve in encouraging our fellow Queens Mamas to make a difference in their local communities. Whether it may be planting wild flowers in the dirt patches on your block or hosting …

Doggie Portraits at Sunnyside Market This Saturday

The Sunnyside Market on Skillman Ave. in between 42nd and 43rd Street will be offering you a chance to take pictures of, and with, your dogs! You can dress them up for Halloween, or just …