After a very long and frustrating delay, it looks like Asphalt Green's Battery Park City location is just about ready. The brand-new 52,000-square-foot athletic facility is set to open on June 15 and is currently offering special charter membership rates and summer camp registration.

Did you miss free ice cream cone day at Ben & Jerry’s last week? Then make sure you mark these upcoming freebies in your calendar. Saturday, May 4 is free comic book day and National Doughnut Day is Friday, June 7.

Although this isn't specifically family related, we were so impressed by one Bronx woman's goal to bring fresh veggies to her neighborhood we just had to share. Help environmental activist and mompreneur Tanya Fields make her dream of a Veggie Mobile Market in the South Bronx a reality by donating to her Indiegogo campaign. If she raises enough, she'll be selling fresh vegetables and fruits out of an old school bus that runs on vegetable oil!

West Village families with kids in elementary school should try to attend Community Board 2/CEC District 2's 75 Morton Street Task Force Open Public Forum next Monday, April 22. On the agenda: What kind of middle school the community needs in that space. Now's your chance to weigh in.

Is an end to morning sickness near? Bendectin, an anti-nausea drug that was taken off the market decades ago, has been approved by the Food and Drug Administration to return to pharmacy shelves in June. When it does, it will be the only morning sickness drug on the market. Would you consider taking it?

And finally, if you've ever read the STFU, Parents blog or book, you may wish you could defend yourself against the hilariously bad parenting chronicled therein. Well, one dad's done it for us. Dustin Rowles' post about the 10 most annoying complaints from non-breeders about parents is uproarious and totally spot-on, the ultimate "oh snap!" comeback. Makes you proud to be a parent.