This summer will present me and my wife with our first taste of empty nesting. From the end of July to the middle of August, my 9-year-old son will go to sleepaway camp for the first time—the same Berkshires oasis that his camp-crazy 13-year-old sister attends. My wife and I joke that we’ll be very tempted to use the time to do more work. But I suspect we’ll also use it to sleep later, exercise more, worry less, and put the finishing touches on our plans for a family trip to Montreal and Quebec City.
I’m going to want August to linger forever, though I know that September, with its call to routine and responsibility, will be here before we know it. Meanwhile, I have a great end-of-summer issue to share.
On the fun front, we have an adventurous bucket list of local must-dos for families, a well-researched list of favorite picnic spots around the city, and a guide to great lakes within a day’s drive. And then there are the issue’s showstoppers:
When I originally read about how Arianna Huffington and Mika Brzezinski are trying to galvanize a “third women’s revolution” to redefine success and put a higher premium on personal wellness, my first thought was: “I need this.” And my second was: “Pitch them a cover interview.” Thankfully, they agreed.
You’ve probably heard that New York City will be electing a new mayor come November. We asked the leading candidates to discuss their key plans for improving family life in the city—and to our surprise we received some really good answers.
Originally, I had assembled a roundtable of admissions experts to discuss the nuts and bolts of applying to nursery and private school. But what they really wanted to talk about was the value of education, because they know that tuition costs are propelling many parents to question whether it’s all worth it. Is it? Find out here.
Have A Happy August,
Eric Messinger
Editor
emessinger@manhattanmedia.com
