December 2013

50 Things To Do in the Bronx in 2014

Walk along one of the Bronx GreenWays Attend an Event at Bartow Pell Mansion  Museum Bring a sketch pad or camera to Wave Hill Hike in the Thain Family Forest at the New York Botanical Garden Go on a fishing trip in City Island Have brunch at Babalu Meet a friend for drinks at the Bruckner Bar and Grill Kareoke at the Bronx Beer Hall Enjoy Peruvian food at Pio Pio

Ringing in the New Year

If it isn’t exciting enough that our very own Bronx native U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor will be triggering the ball drop on NYE, there other fun New Years events to be excited over. New Years Eve Chinese Ribbon Dance Workshop at the Wakefield Library Learn the Chinese ribbon dance! Margaret Yuen, Director of the Red Silk Dancers will demonstrate the dance and show you how to wave a

The East 233rd Street & White Plains Road Merchants Association Announces its 1st Annual Meet Santa Holiday Event

December 10th, 2013 (Bronx, NY) – The East 233rd Street & White Plains Road Merchants Association invites you to their 1st Annual Meet Santa Holiday event on Thursday, December 19th from 5 to 7pm at Bronx Community Board 12 Town Hall located at 4101 White Plains Road, Bronx, NY. The purpose of this FREE community event is to promote the East 233rd Street and White Plains Road commercial corridor and to help make this Holiday

Giveaway: DISNEY ON ICE CELEBRATES 100 YEARS OF MAGIC

You know we love a good Disney on Ice giveaway! And we are excited to share yet another one to end the year on a good note! Disney on Ice will be at the Barclays Center from January 22nd to the 26th, and we are giving away a family four pack of tickets for opening night! Be part of the festivities when Disney On Ice celebrates 100 Years of Magic

Briana's Reviews: Imagine I Can gift idea

Another hit on Briana’s Holiday Gift list is this adorable Imagine I Can Sew Sweet kit from Manhattan Toy. She had a chance to review some great products from them and she picked the Sew Sweet kit as a great gift idea. About the Sew Sweet Kit: A perfect first sewing kit that comes with all the beginning sewing essentials including, simple patterns, pre-cut felt shapes and a variety of

Bronx Stocking Stuffers

For the Little Ones Baby Membership or prepaid classes to Kidaroo Open play, cooking, art, music- there’s something for all babies at Kidaroo. Membership $75/month Kidaroo kidaroonyc.com     Kids Nature Kaleidoscope Kit Make your own kaleidoscope using elements from nature! $14.00 The New York Botanical Garden nybg.org       For Her Teenager Gold Adjustable Headband For the girl who loves hair and accessories, you can’t go wrong with

Outside the Bronx: SubCulture's 1st Annual Concert Series

SubCulture, a new New York City music venue, will be hosting their 1st Annual Holiday Concert Series on December 17th – 22nd.  The series will feature a specially assembled house band made up of six New York artists. The 11 show event is the first of its kind at SubCulture and is catered to all-ages. Each performance in this multi-genre series will feature a special guest vocalist, and you can keep up with all of

BronxMama Holiday Guide

Mommy and Me: Holiday Edition Every year we like to gather up some of our favorite Holiday gift and entertaining ideas and share with our readers. This year we had a chance to get a group of moms together for a Mommy and Me: Holiday Edition and see what they thought of our picks. Five moms and their little ones spent a Sunday afternoon with us, enjoying some holiday bubbly

Briana Reviews: Our Generation Dolls and Accessories

The Countdown to Christmas has begun! And if you’re like us at BronxMama, we aren’t exactly done with our holiday shopping yet! So, Briana is here with another review of a toy that she thinks would make a great gift idea for your child or another special child in your life. Check it out! Briana’s Review: Mama’s Review: We absolutely love the Our Generation line of dolls and accessories. When

Happy Holidays from Fruit of the Loom

We’ve done a lot of giveaways for both mom and kids this week, so we wanted to make sure to do a giveaway for the dads and men in our life too! So to help us celebrate, Fruit of the Loom will be sending one lucky BronxMama reader a seriously comfortable sweatshirt- perfect for lounging on Christmas day. Check out some information about the different styles that Fruit of Loom

Happy Holidays from CitiBlocs

We love blocks! And are so happy about this giveaway!   CitiBlocs are precision cut wooden building blocks that require no glue, snaps, connectors or magnets: just gravity, balance and imagination. Made from eco-friendly New Zealand Pine, these simple blocks are a fun way to play and learn for the whole family. Building with Citiblocs naturally develops skills such as motor skills, spatial awareness and problem solving. Create castles, towers, towns, trains