Founder & CEO of Mommy Poppins
Anna was born in Park Slope, spent her early years in the West Village. By the time she graduated high school, she had lived in 4 of the 5 boroughs. Growing up in NYC in the '70s meant the streets were her playgrounds. Museums and avant garde music venues were the kid-friendly activities. And living downtown taught her the importance of creating community for families in NYC.
Now, raising her own two children in the city, she tries to create the same sense of magic and community she felt growing up, despite today's more commercialized version of kid-friendly New York.
She started Mommy Poppins in 2007 to share a more artsy, educational, uncommercial, community-oriented vision of raising kids in New York City. Today Mommy Poppins is relied on by millions of families as the authority on the best things to do with kids beyond New York City: from Boston to Philly, Los Angeles, Houston and travel guides for dozens more cities and destinations.
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Start the year off on the artsy side. Here are three off the beaten track ideas for activities to do with kids on New Year's Day in New York.
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The fifth installment of our Top Posts of 2007 has menu planners, awesome lunch boxes and lunch box ideas, tips on getting kids to eat veggies, and snacks to help kids stay more focused in school.
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Our fourth installment in the Top Posts of 2007 series. Do you have a favorite post from 2007? Tell us in the comments or if you're reading this in email, just hit reply to send us a note.
Top Outdoor Activities Posts of 2007:
Where to ski with kids in New York
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The third installment of our best posts of the year series includes fun indoor activities to do with your kids. Looking back, it's funny to see how many of them were green activities.
Top Indoor Activities Posts of 2007
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Our second installment of Top Posts for 2007 is perfect reading for these traveling holidays, whether you're en route or just dreaming of escaping from family.
How to Bring Your Own Water on a Plane
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As we've been turning everything over onto the new server, we've had the chance to look through the archives at all the old posts. It's amazing. I can't believe how much we covered in one year. This week we'll be posting our best posts from the whole year by category. Look forward to Best Food Posts, Best Activities Posts, Best Outings Posts, Best Travel Posts and today, Best of Services Posts.
Best NYC Services Posts of 2007
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We have an archive of hundreds of posts. To help you find the information you’re looking for faster, we’ve taken the top categories and sorted them here. Click on any link to see all the posts in that category. You can find links to ALL of our categories in the left sidebar.
Can't find what you’re looking for? Try the search form at the top right of the site or contact us. Maybe we can help you find it. Maybe it’s a brilliant post, yet to be written.
What to Do...
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We've moved our site to a new, bigger, better and faster server and launched a whole new look. We're still working the kinks out in a couple of places. Sorry for the inconvenience as we update links. Once we get it all sorted we'll post about some of the new features.
We'd love to hear what you think of our new look. Rants or raves, please leave a comment below or email us.
