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Travel Guidebooks for Kids

June 6, 2017 by crayonsandcroissants

We enjoy using kid-friendly travel guides when we are on the road. The kids love to help us read maps, sketch out itineraries and plan our meals. Here are some of our favorite travel guides. City Scratch Off Travel Maps are portable, colorful, interactive and extremely easy for children to use. Simply scratch off the sights as you go! Available for New York, Paris, London, San Francisco, Chicago and Washington, D.C. Zig Zag Travel Guides are ideal for young children! The layout is simple […]

Categories: Book Lists, Jet Set, Read • Tags: Children, Family Travel, London, New York City, paris, rome, Travel, travel guides

Family Table: Favorite Staff Meals from Our Restaurants to Your Home

November 1, 2013 by crayonsandcroissants

Gathering for a meal around the family table doesn’t always happen at home. In Family Table, Michael Romano and Karen Stabiner share favorite staff meals from Union Square Cafe, Gramercy Tavern, The Modern, Eleven Madison Park, Maialino and other Danny Meyer restaurants. Family Table treats readers to a behind-the-scenes look at what the chefs and staff eat before the restaurants open for lunch and dinner. As we see in this new book, which is filled with creative, accessible and diverse recipes, family […]

Categories: Bites, Read • Tags: Children, Cookbook, Family Dinner, Food, New York City

Our Stay at The Peninsula New York

April 24, 2013 by crayonsandcroissants

We recently got back from a fabulous trip to New York City, where we stayed at the beautiful and ever so luxurious Peninsula Hotel! New York City holds special memories for us. It is where the hubby and I met, and we have family and close friends who live there. We have visited once before with Little M and this time we decided to make a vacation our of it and stay at the Peninsula Hotel. Our weariness from our flight […]

Categories: Jet Set • Tags: Children, Family, Family Travel, New York City, The Peninsula Hotel

Our Favorite Children’s Books about New York City

April 11, 2013 by crayonsandcroissants

Little M and I have been reading about New York City a lot recently. The hubby and I met in NYC (many) years ago and we have been fortunate enough to travel there with Little M and introduce him to some of our favorite places. Little M is fascinated by the taxi cabs, subway, parks and museums. Here, in no particular order, are some of our most loved picture books about New York City. This Is New York by Miroslav Sasek This […]

Categories: Jet Set, Read • Tags: books, Children, Family, New York City, Travel

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Travel Guidebooks for Kids

Family Table: Favorite Staff Meals from Our Restaurants to Your Home

Our Stay at The Peninsula New York

Our Favorite Children’s Books about New York City