Our Le$$er Parenting blogger Hillary Chura divulges some of the city’s best deals for affordable museum visits.
One of the best things about living in New York City is the abundance of museums. Or at least that’s what I hear…
What with trying to pull kids away from tidying their rooms (ha!) and attempting… [more]
A free and entertaining way to spend a day with the kids is at an Apple Store—even if you don’t own an iThing.
I took my 9-year-old son Andy and a 4th grade classmate to Applestan on the Upper West Side over spring break. It was a great idea and one sparked of necessity rather than actual ingenuity on my part.
I’m completely inept when it comes to computers (and entertaining short people, sometimes referred to as “children,” for that matter), so I scheduled… [more]
Our resident bargain shopper recommends auction site BiddingForGood as one summer camp enrollment option.
It’s possible that our boys are the only children in the tri-state area who don’t spend their summers in camp.
This is partly because my husband and are from the South where “camp” is a verb, not a destination, and partly because the grandparents still live down South and enjoy having the kids visit. It’s also because camp up here can… [more]
A local bargain shopper has a change of heart when it comes to one of NYC’s most frenzied department stores.
There is only so much choice my mommy brain can handle—especially when it comes to shopping—which is why I’d always avoided Century 21, that mecca of merchandise mess.
It’s partly because we don’t live near the department store, but also because my first exposure was during the torture that is Christmas shopping. Whatever the reason, I was never ever ever going… [more]
Our bargain blogger, Hillary Chura, has some advice for how to give your child a summer to remember, without breaking the bank.
Editor's Note: We're hosting two Camp Fairs this weekend! Check out our Saturday camp fair on the Upper East Side and our Sunday camp fair on the Upper West Side.
Summer camp is right around the corner. For those new to local camp culture, the idea of spending upwards of $500 a week per child is a tough pill to swallow.… [more]
A bargain hunter on how to negotiate prices with the best of them.
It’s amazing what you can get if you just ask.
Living in New York City, we’re unaccustomed to asking for discounts. Prices are as marked. Except when they aren’t. Sales are final. Except when they’re not. And only rubes ask a shop clerk for a better deal. Except when that’s not the case.
My family was in North Carolina this summer when… [more]