We’re not Park Slope Parents or anything, but give us a family show that costs $5 to see and we’ll pretend. That’s the very recession-friendly ticket price for the latest in Brooklyn Lyceum‘s ongoing children’s theatre series. “Robin Hood: Prince of…MONSTERS!” is a spooky twist on a classic tale, written by local playwright Daniel John Kelley. Second in a series dubbed Monster Literature, the show is performed by muppet-esque characters, runs about 35 minutes and is good for kids ages 5 and up. Performances Saturday & Sunday Feb. 13 & 14, and Sat. & Sunday Feb. 20 & 21. (We know we’re a little early, but with prices like these…) Tickets are available online at www.brooklynlyceum.com or at the door.
Brooklyn Lyceum 227 4th Ave., Park Slope, 718-857-4816. R train at Union Street.
The finger guillotine. Click pic for recall info.
So after reading about the ginormously massive recall (Every umbrella stroller sold at Toy R Us and Target since 1999? Are you serious?) of Maclaren strollers the other day on FIPS, we thought it only appropriate to do a round up of inexpensive strollers that won’t cut your kid’s finger off, or at least weren’t known to as of this writing. We don’t claim to be experts, so we trolled parenting web sites for cheap (-er than your average Maclaren) strollers that got positive reviews. Let’s roll out our contestants! Read the rest of this entry »
Dying over here! So we read in today’s Post that legal scalpers are charging $850 for tee times at the Bethpage Black golf course—host to this week’s U.S. Open—and we got to wondering whether there weren’t cheaper courses in Brooklyn. There are, of course… but Tiger doesn’t really play at them, they’re still kind of expensive, and who are we to say if they’re any good, and plus we found something even more exciting to tell you about: free summer golf lessons for kids at a beautiful new Brooklyn course!
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This is not one of those precious thingy blogs that goes around digging up all these sweet little trinkets for you to covet. OK, sometimes it is that kind of blog, like right now, because we noticed that an artist named Ryan Berkeley was going to be selling his portraits of animals in formal dress at the Renegade Craft Fair, and we had to have a merchy moment. We have a dozen of Berkley’s prints, because 1) they have that edgy-cute aesthetic that is to Brooklyn parents what Martha Stewart is to Connecticut brides and 2) they’re seriously underpriced: only $8 for a 5 x 7 or $ 15 for an 8 x 10. (Please don’t show him this post.) See more in his Etsy shop or stop by the Renegade Craft Fair tomorrow and Sunday at McCarren Park.
Photo by Stefan Tonio
Nothing honors a birthday quite like a layer cake, decorated with flair and glowing with the requisite number of candles. But at a real Park Slope bakery, a custom-ordered 7” frosted layer cake, which serves 10-12, starts at about $48. While baking one from scratch is probably the best substitute, what about the kind from ye olde supermarket aisle? Read the rest of this entry »
If you work your way into the right hand-me-down loop, you won’t have to buy your kid clothes until at least age 5, when the castoffs start to get a little ratty. But Tuesday night at to the Old Navy outlet in Flatbush (a fave), the Halloween costumes were so cute they bear mention here. Dragons, hamburgers, strawberries, ice cream sundaes, some monkey-looking creature, all for $14.94, which is four bucks cheaper than you can buy them online. (All originally labeled $24.94). So much nicer than the garbage-y vinyl costumes they sell at drugstores. By the way, if you haven’t been to Old Navy (1009 Flatbush at Tilden), it’s worth a visit. They don’t seem to officially call it an outlet, possibly because some of the merch is full-price, but there are loads of wicked deals, especially among the clearance racks.
We’re not Park Slope Parents or anything, but give us a family show that costs $5 to see and we’ll pretend. That’s the very recession-friendly ticket price for the latest in Brooklyn Lyceum‘s ongoing children’s theatre series. “Robin Hood: Prince of…MONSTERS!” is a spooky twist on a classic tale, written by local playwright Daniel John Kelley. Second in a series dubbed Monster Literature, the show is performed by muppet-esque characters, runs about 35 minutes and is good for kids ages 5 and up. Performances Saturday & Sunday Feb. 13 & 14, and Sat. & Sunday Feb. 20 & 21. (We know we’re a little early, but with prices like these…) Tickets are available online at www.brooklynlyceum.com or at the door.
Brooklyn Lyceum 227 4th Ave., Park Slope, 718-857-4816. R train at Union Street.
The finger guillotine. Click pic for recall info.
So after reading about the ginormously massive recall (Every umbrella stroller sold at Toy R Us and Target since 1999? Are you serious?) of Maclaren strollers the other day on FIPS, we thought it only appropriate to do a round up of inexpensive strollers that won’t cut your kid’s finger off, or at least weren’t known to as of this writing. We don’t claim to be experts, so we trolled parenting web sites for cheap (-er than your average Maclaren) strollers that got positive reviews. Let’s roll out our contestants! Read the rest of this entry »
Dying over here! So we read in today’s Post that legal scalpers are charging $850 for tee times at the Bethpage Black golf course—host to this week’s U.S. Open—and we got to wondering whether there weren’t cheaper courses in Brooklyn. There are, of course… but Tiger doesn’t really play at them, they’re still kind of expensive, and who are we to say if they’re any good, and plus we found something even more exciting to tell you about: free summer golf lessons for kids at a beautiful new Brooklyn course!
Read the rest of this entry »
This is not one of those precious thingy blogs that goes around digging up all these sweet little trinkets for you to covet. OK, sometimes it is that kind of blog, like right now, because we noticed that an artist named Ryan Berkeley was going to be selling his portraits of animals in formal dress at the Renegade Craft Fair, and we had to have a merchy moment. We have a dozen of Berkley’s prints, because 1) they have that edgy-cute aesthetic that is to Brooklyn parents what Martha Stewart is to Connecticut brides and 2) they’re seriously underpriced: only $8 for a 5 x 7 or $ 15 for an 8 x 10. (Please don’t show him this post.) See more in his Etsy shop or stop by the Renegade Craft Fair tomorrow and Sunday at McCarren Park.
Photo by Stefan Tonio
Nothing honors a birthday quite like a layer cake, decorated with flair and glowing with the requisite number of candles. But at a real Park Slope bakery, a custom-ordered 7” frosted layer cake, which serves 10-12, starts at about $48. While baking one from scratch is probably the best substitute, what about the kind from ye olde supermarket aisle? Read the rest of this entry »
