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The weather is going to suck this weekend so start strategizing now. Stay in? Or try one of these fun events? You may also want to check our Indoor Activity Guide for additional indoor ideas. Here's the best of this weekend, including a very cool and fun art exhibit tonight only in Williamsburg.
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If you've been reading this blog for a long time, you know about my love of ZipCar, the car sharing service that lets you rent a car in New York City by the hour. While ZipCar has been adding more cars and locations, there's a new competitor on the road, Mint.
Just like ZipCar, Mint offers car rental on demand and by the hour. Gas and EZ Pass are included. Even the rates are identical, except for an introductory promotional offer that allows you to rent a Mint car for just $2 an hour Monday through Thursday, 8 am to 5pm.
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While searching far, wide and near for today’s roundup of links I’ve been reminded of the terrible stress of putting your kid in daycare for the first time. There is a universal maternal (and paternal!) tension around this topic. After the jump is a personal recommendation for my peeps in Brooklyn. Also: exploring the fear of getting separated from your kids on the subway, a new tool for measuring the alcohol content in your breast milk, and listen sister – let’s make sure you’re not smearing one of the eleven worst facial moisturizers on your mug, OK?
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If you are excited about the historic inauguration of our 44th President, Barack Obama, and you are a parent, you may also feel a little bit of pressure over how exactly to get your kids involved in this event in an age-appropriate way. Yesterday I posted where you can watch the Inauguration live, but there are also several events tailored just for kids to celebrate Obama's inauguration in New York City. I've also included some inauguration activity ideas and must read books.
[Baby got Barack T-Shirt from shoptoughcookies.com]
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Taking the kids to DC doesn't seem like such a great idea, what with the crowds, the temperatures, not to mention the stroller ban. But that doesn't mean you have to miss the opportunity to be part of Barack Obama's historic Presidential Inauguration live event. There are places all over the city to watch the Inauguration in a group setting so you get that live experience, but with heat and subway access.
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Word spread fast to downtown families about the ice skating rink at the South Street Seaport finally opening up. When we went on Sunday afternoon, it was already comfortably crowded. The rink is fairly small, and the pavilion is not as nice as the one at Bryant Park, but with a predominantly downtown family crowd and no speeding teenagers, it was a great place for kids to ice skate.
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Because I care, really, here are some interesting things to check out after the caffeine has begun its Monday morning magic. So get a cup of coffee, sit down, relax and take ten minutes to consider the important issues, like last night's Golden Globes, waxing pros and cons, the end of free wi-fi in NYC parks, NYC's $384,371 square meter of real estate, and whether kids should really be using that crazy penis slide. Yup!
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Dunkin' Donuts is trying be buyin' your business with free MetroCards. For the next 4 Mondays, they will be handing New Yorkers their morning commute at a different station each week.
Between 6:30 and 9:30 am look for your free Dunkin' Donuts metrocard at these subway stations:
