Archive for November, 2012

ROBIN’S SHOW REVIEW: The Good Mother


[caption id="attachment_8932" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Photo by Monique Carboni"][/caption]The New Group is presenting the first production of its 2012-2013 season, the world premiere of The Good Mother, a new play by Francine Volpe. Directed by Scott Elliott, the production features Mark Blum, Darren Goldstein, Gretchen Mol, Alfredo Narciso and Eric Nelsen. In ...

ROBIN’S SHOW REVIEW & GIVEAWAY: CHAPLIN


  Chaplin, the man who changed the way America went to the movies, is now a musical featuring a book by three-time Tony Award® winner Thomas Meehan (Hairspray, The Producers, Annie) and Christopher Curtis, and music and lyrics by Christopher Curtis. It features the Broadway debut of Rob McClure as the legendary ...

Adventures in Attachment Parenting: Practicing Safe Sleep by Allison Silver


One thing that I have learned over the course of this past year is that everyone parents their children differently. Even people who subscribe to the same parenting philosophy can interpret or apply it differently based on their own situation. I have also learned that if you do not follow ...

Forensic: Fortitude to Finale – by Cara Potapshyn Meyers


Here I am, three years later, still trying to fight for custody of my son in my divorce battle. This divorce is most certainly going to go down in the record books. It will probably be the divorce the the decade. Especially because at the rate it is going, my ...

Catrina Chatelain – Biography


Catrina Chatelain is a married mother of two daughters. She and her family have recently returned to the New York area after living in France. Her professional life includes several years in the restaurant business and more recently in the education sector. She is now engaged in an entrepreneurial endeavor ...

Feeling Thankful—by Jamie Levine


When I was growing up, Thanksgiving was my favorite holiday; the moment autumn rolled around, I couldn’t wait for it to arrive. It was a food and family-filled celebration, and I immersed myself in delicious carbs and company all day long. Over the years, however, my family has diminished in ...

Bloomin’ Mom: A Later Mom Shares – By Cat Reilly, Motherhood Later Blogger


As I write this, my perfect little son, now 20-months old, sleeps upstairs.  He’s got the first cold he’s had since being old enough to understand and communicate that something is wrong.  Yesterday he ran to me about 100 times, angry and scrunched and crying, pointing to his nose so ...

November eZine Giveaway: Reverse Charades Games


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My Son: The Upside of “Superstorm Sandy” – By Robin Gorman Newman


We live on Long island in New York, and like many in this state and others, we lost power. We lost power for quite some time in fact. I wrote this article on day #10 with no power, heat, cooking ability, hot water, cable or Internet: It’s been 10 days since ...

8 Tips to a Stress Free Holiday Season – By Diane Lang, Therapist and Author


It's the beginning of the holiday season and with the holidays often comes stress. Each year many of us feel a mix of joy and anxiety when we approach the days before Thanksgiving. The holidays can bring stress starting in November and go straight through until the year. The stress ...