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Profile: Carol (nycitymama) is an adventurer at heart. She spent most of her corporate life as public relations professional and working in the publishing industry before she left it all to focus on her kids and her dream of becoming a travel writer and photographer. She has travelled ever since she was a little girl and loves discovering new places, tasting new treats, and meeting people from all over the world. Carol also writes for New York Mom's Blogs, the Center'd blog, and shares the stories and photos from her own adventures in her hometown of New York City and beyond in her blog, The Adventures of an NYCity Mama (www.nycitymama.com). Carol's Favorite Vacations: Though my husband and I both love Europe and talk about revisiting often, we realize that with three young, active boys, vacationing abroad is not as easy, nor as relaxing, as we would want it to be. Thus, when not taking advantage of all the wonderful kid-friendly activities our city has to offer, many of my favorite family vacations consist of road trips to quiet beaches in Massachusetts, admiring the Fall foliage in Maine, apple picking in upstate NY, or hiking in Pennsylvania.
Posts by: Carol Cain, NYCity Mama
On and Off-Broadway During The Holidays for Families, New York
Dec 31, 2009; No CommentLately, I have had the great pleasure of enjoying a few stage productions on and off Broadway with my kids. Though truly, the list seems never ending with the amount of shows to see in NYC, when it comes to taking your kids, well, sometimes the list gets... Read more »
Stop Shop: Areaware’s Holiday Pop-Up, New York
Dec 29, 2009; No CommentThere are many reasons to love NYC during the holidays. Some reasons we have heard much about. But others are those little surprises you get when turning the block on your way to catch a train or to meet a friend. These unexpected little surprises are... Read more »
Ice Skating in Prospect Park, Brooklyn, NY
Dec 03, 2009; No CommentYay! It’s time that time of the year again when New Yorkers dust off their ice skates and head to the park for some fun. And for Brooklynites, the fun began on Thanksgiving Day when Prospect Park’s Wollman Rink opened for the season! Prospect... Read more »
Celebrating The Holiday Season in New York City
Nov 23, 2009; 3 CommentsThere is no place in the world that I would rather be during the Thanksgiving and Christmas seasons than in New York City. I can say this wholeheartedly and without a doubt in my mind, because I have spent many holiday seasons in many places around... Read more »
Enjoy the Theater and Performing Arts in New York City
Oct 26, 2009; No CommentI am not sure what you think of when you first think of New York City, but for me, when I am away from my beloved city there are two things I miss: Central Park and the performing arts scene. I’ve talked a little bit about it here before; the lights... Read more »
The Badlands in South and North Dakota
Sep 24, 2009; No CommentAs we traveled out West, my husband kept mentioning wanting to see “the Badlands”. I honestly couldn’t understand why any place in the world would ever been named in such a way, unless it was truly a horrid place, and if so, why we... Read more »
A Day in Buffalo, NY
Sep 21, 2009; 2 CommentsRecently, the family and I ventured out to Buffalo, NY to take part in the annual Buffalo Wings Festival and to visit the Niagara Falls, about 20 miles out of Buffalo. But we also took some time to tour Buffalo a bit. I didn’t know what to make... Read more »
Farmer’s Market and Hiking in Missoula, Montana
Sep 21, 2009; 2 CommentsI have always envisioned Montana to be this incredibly beautiful, breathtaking scenery of mountains, valleys, and green country sides. And as we traveled there this summer, I found that wasn’t too far off. Of course, there’s nothing like... Read more »
The Geysers, Waterfalls, and Other Wonders in Yellowstone Park
Sep 17, 2009; 1 CommentMy husband has been wanting to take a road trip with the family fo’evah. Yup, that’s how we hard core New Yorkers say it. Another thing about us hard core New Yorkers: we don’t take road trips…to far away lands…like the Rocky... Read more »
The High Line, NYC
Sep 10, 2009; No CommentThis summer was a wonderful season for New York. It was the year when the highly anticipated opening of The High Line walkway came to be. The work and preservation of the High Line, a railway over the area of West Chelsea, has been in the works since... Read more »
