FLASH!

Free Bike Helmets!

You can get a free bicycle helmet at several places around the city, courtesy of the Department of Transportation.  Both adults & kids are eligible.  Check this site for days, times & locations, which oddly is listed in reverse order.  

Free bicycle helmets will be given away on Saturday, July 13th @ Carl Schurz Park on the Upper East Side of Manhattan.from 11a - 2:30p.

I won't bore you with my "riding a bicycle on NYC streets is a death wish" speech, but if you are crazy enough to do it, you must wear a helmet, so please get a free one. Thank you!

Free Reads!

Free Reads!

   Call me boring, but my idea of heaven may be a long day at the beach with an absorbing book, a chaise lounge and a tall, cool drink. O.K. a handsome man for suntan services is a definite plus!  I used to lug all kinds of reading matter to Jones Beach - magazines, newspapers, books (paperback and hardcover).  Let's face it - it is next to impossible to read a newspaper at the beach - the wind blows the paper everywhere -  the magazines and books come home with sand embedded on every page.

   So I am a reluctant convert to reading books, newspapers and some magazines on a tablet.  My boyfriend gave me a KindleFire for Christmas and I must admit it's pretty great!  We watch HBO Go on it and I can check my email and search the web.  Maybe one day I'll blog from it, but let's not get ahead of ourselves.  This is supposed to be about free reads...

FLASH!

Wanted to share the latest FREE STUFF in NYC!
There is lots to do here...have fun!

http://www.nycgo.com/free/

Thrifty Gifts

Thrifty Gifts

I hope all the Dads had a great Father's Day. Children are the world's most precious gift and it is a lucky man who both has a child and shows his love.  This got me thinking about the whole gift-giving conundrum, which can be fraught w/ peril..

Good Subs

Good Subs

In the wildly popular book 50 Shades of Grey (which I loved) the "sub club" was a group of  women with no self-esteem who got sexual gratification by being beaten up and abused.  Don't be alarmed...this column is not about submissives.  It's about seriously low priced substitutions for products you use every day!

Car Talk

Car Talk

I just spent 5 hours in the car w/ my parents going upstate to my son's college (Cornell) graduation and another 5 hours + on the way home.  Among other things, this got me thinking about how much I've learned from my Dad about cars and saving money.

Mom & Dad w/ their Grandkids & Grandog!

Free New York

Free New York!

This is a post I've been wanting to write for a long time.  Call me crazy, but I'm in love w/ New York City.  I think I always have been, but living here for more than 25 years and raising my two extraordinary children here, I've come to love this city even more.

I feel so very lucky to be able to live here, and I hope everyone has the chance to visit at least once.  It's one of those Bucket List things.  To that end, I'm going to do my best to help you enjoy the Big Apple without going broke.  There are a surprising number of free things to do in New York, but like everything, you need to do a little looking...