January 2017

Registration Now Open for 2's and 3's at Escuelita de Sofia Bilingual Preschool

Sponsored: NEW REDUCED PRICES and SCHEDULE. Call for information.     Daycare/Preschool Program: Registration for your 2 and 3 year old is now open!  La Escuelita de Sofia is getting ready for Fall 2017 admission.  Here is how we are special:  We offer a unique combination of a warm, caring environment alongside a diverse program of enrichment.  We offer piano, dance, arts & crafts, free play, technology – ALL in

Host a Vision Board Party

My tradition of creating an annual vision board started around 3 years ago. My friend Alexis and I somehow got into the idea and each year she would come over for brunch and vision board creating. We’d sip mimosas while we cut out inspiring words, phrases, and pictures- and then glue everything down on our large poster boards. And no, vision boards aren’t just adult collages with champagne involved- they

Blink Fitness Opens in Gun Hill + One Year Gym Membership Giveaway

  It’s that time of year! Resolutions to get healthy, get organized, save money, and more. It’s also that time of year when you hear regular gym goers complain about the influx of newbies the first two weeks of the new year, only to never be seen again. Well, time to prove the naysayers wrong! Blink Fitness just opened its most recent location at 3580 White Plains Rd here in the

The Bronx River's New Years Resolutions

Photo: Bronx River Alliance Well, the Bronx River can’t talk. But that’s okay- it has the  Bronx River Alliance speaking out for it. And here are three ways you can help the Bronx River in 2017, courtesy of the Alliance’s latest newsletter: 3 ways to help the Bronx River in 2017  1. Reduce litter: In 2016, through Project WASTE, (for more info check 2016 highlights) we found that containers made

Across the Bridge: Disney On Ice Presents Dare to Dream

  Throw on the princess dresses and head to the Prudential Center in Jersey for the latest Disney On Ice show: Disney on Ice Presents Dare to Dream. Your little ones will join Mickey, Minnie, Donald, and Goofy as they go on an adventure with four of Disney’s most inspirational princesses. You’ll get to see stories of Tangled, The Princess and the Frog, Cindarella, and Snow White and the Seven

100 Things To Do in the Bronx in 2017

  Zipline over the Bronx Zoo Create Victorian Valentine’s Day cards at Bartow Pell Mansion Museum Cross off each of these cheap but delish eats (five bucks and under!) that Bronx food blogger Tameika Lawrence shared on Thrillist Get a group together for the Bronx River Flotilla Attend the Bronx Opera Take a plunge with the Bronx Polar Bears as they dip against homelessness in February Take a Manga/Comic class