This Week: Spring Break Travel Deals, Ethnic Food Experiences for NYC Kids, Little League, First Weekend of Spring Fun
The rain washed away the last of that ugly black snow and we took our Winter Guide down from our homepage. So I guess that makes it official: Spring is truly here! This weekend is full of great ways to celebrate the new season like the debut of Macy's Flower Show, the opening day of Queens' mini-amusement park Fantasy Forest and spring's first big movie release, Muppets Most Wanted (my daughter and I saw a preview last Saturday and thought it was a riot—it's all silly puns, goofy gags and celebrity cameos, plus a great Chorus Line parody).
If the upcoming school recess is on your mind, our Travel site has a great list of spring break getaway deals both near (Hudson Valley) and far (the Caribbean). Or check our regional sites for vacation ideas: Our New Jersey bloggers just wrote about farms with adorable baby animals and put all of their great small towns posts into a handy guide. Meanwhile our Connecticut site has a list of family road trip tips.
However you decide to spend the first weekend of spring, we hope you have a blast. Here's what else we covered on the NYC site this week:
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Another sign that spring is here? Little League recruitment is in full swing. We've got the scoop on how to register and all the upcoming opening day festivities.
Our Queens blogger, Kelly, and her two preschoolers had a great time checking out Elite Kids Space in Glendale, the newest drop-in indoor play space in the borough.
We added an important new post to our NYC Kids Visitors Guide: a list of the top ten hotels for families in New York City, so the next time your out-of-town friends ask for recommendations, you know where to send 'em.
Our latest news post includes info about Coney Island's new roller coaster, a Brooklyn Children's Museum annex in Dumbo and a kid lit book swap in Tribeca.
We finished up our series of posts about Cobble Hill, Carroll Gardens and Boerum Hill with a roundup of the best places to play in the neighborhood, both inside and outdoors.
Our NYC bucket list of things to do with kids seems to get bigger every day. Our latest addition: 10 ethnic food experiences for families that give you a literal taste of another culture.
Kids into robots? Feed their obsession at one of these robotics classes and camps for kids.
This week's fun and easy WeeWork projects include how to make a cute bunny puppet out of a glove (we bet you have a lot of matchless ones lying around), and a dirt dessert recipes that looks gross but tastes great!
Best bets for the weekend include four circus shows, such as Cirque du Soleil's latest extravaganza, Macy's Flower Show and VH1's Annual Save the Music Day.
