What it was like to be a Bad Ass B*tch at the Metropolitan Museum with Museum Hack. Back in the 1970's, my mother got me a spiral bound, probably mimeographed workbook of Metropolitan Museum Treasure Hunts. I still vividly remember the bright turquoise cover with its hand drawn Met hippo, the Continue Reading
With high-tourist season about to begin, a New Yorker tells visitors how to navigate New York like a native. Or close enough. NYC has a love/hate thing with tourists. We need you. You stay in our hotels, you buy stuff, you fill the seats at Broadway Shows starring b-list celebrities. You go to Continue Reading
Here are some depressing facts: 25% of women will suffer physical abuse during their lifetime For Every Dollar a Man earns, a woman earns only 77 cents. While 7 in 10 Americans are pro-choice, only: 4 in 10 members of the U.S. Congress are pro-choice 3 in 10 governors are Continue Reading
Being a blogger has introduced me to so much. I’ve made good friends, used my social media influence to help raise money for charities like K.I.D.S, R Baby, The Lamp, Mothers2Mothers, and Women in Need. Sometimes, I’m amazed at how bloggers give back, like Jennifer James and her initiatives for Continue Reading
Yesterday, I was at a press conferece with Idina Menzel. Yep. That's me and her - right there with Rebecca Levey. We were together to announce some special events at this year's Kids Night on Broadway. And to ask this question: Is your kid Broadway's biggest fan? Because KidzVuz (my website for Continue Reading
Yesterday, walking in Riverside Park in NYC, I saw a Red-Tailed Hawk swoop down, grab a squirrel, slam it on the ground a few times until it was dead, and eat it. An apt metaphor for life in the city. I've lived in this city for my entire adult life. At times, I've felt like the squirrel, at Continue Reading
Hello, my name is Ashley, and I'll be your server this evening. This summer, our chef has a season long special: WeinerSpitzle. WeinerSpitzle is an only in NY combination of hubris, stupidity, perversion, and blatant disregard for the law. We take a little bit of working class Continue Reading
A few weeks back, my fridge died. It was old. It was battered. It was time. My oven, too, had been acting up. So after much deliberation and research, I bought a new fridge and range. Both, as it turns out, from Samsung. One day later -- really - the very next day - I was invited to Samsung Continue Reading
I have a problem with breast cancer campaigns about Loving Boobies. I think they trivialize a serious disease. I don't love all the pink-i-fication of breast cancer -- as if it's not a real killer, just a fun, frilly, glamorous one. That's why I'm thrilled to tell you about Moon Walk NY. On Continue Reading
The Sunday before Thanksgiving, KidzVuz hosted our fifth event -- but by far our biggest one! It was FashionTweenStas: Get your Girl On. 100 tween girls (yes, I am insane!) and their moms (less insane) in NYC for a fashionable, fabulous, and fun day filled with all kind of great stuff for the Continue Reading