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Plan The Ultimate Active Birthday Party At Aviator Sports

Photo Courtesy of Aviator SportsBirthdays are funny things. First of all, shouldn’t some of the celebrating be devoted to the person who gave birth (yay, moms!)? And speaking of celebrating, there are so many traditions around the world! And it seems that some birthdays are more common [http://thedailyviz.

Industry City Maker Spotlight: David Stark Design

NYC Wedding; Photo Courtesy of David Stark DesignMost of the products being created by the tenants of Sunset Park’s Industry City are made to last (with the obvious exception of food). But one company there trades in the ephemeral. What they build are experiences. Founded (at least in its

It’s The Dead Of Winter – The Best Time To Tour Aviator Sports’ Summer Camp!

Photo Courtesy of Aviator Sports and Events CenterOne of the shocks parents experience — certainly in Brooklyn but most likely all over – is how soon you need to start thinking about summer camp. The holidays are barely over and it’s in the single digits outside. Time to start scrambling for

Industry City Maker Spotlight: Ombligo

Photo courtesy of OmbligoAcross the landscape of makers at Industry City, most businesses are creating products from scratch. They are fashion [/industry-city-maker-spotlight-malia-mills/] and industrial [/industry-city-maker-spotlight-roll-hill/] designers, instrument fabricators [/industry-city-maker-spotlight-fodera-guitars/], bakers [/industry-city-maker-spotlight-colson-patisserie/], and much more. Ombligo [https://ombligo.com/], however, does things differently – it is a REmaker. CEO and

Aviator Sports Is There When The Great Outdoors Becomes Not So Great

SPONSORED – It’s pretty well known that kids don’t mind the cold [https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5184405] as much their parents do. Visit any city playground on a weekday after school dismissal and you’ll probably see a bunch of kindergarteners being chased by

Industry City Maker Spotlight: Colson Patisserie

Hubert the Bear, Colson’s financier bear, at his Industry City home; Photo by Avi GlicksteinThere’s a word that comes up a lot in speaking with the people who run businesses operating out of Industry City: community. It’s no different with Colson Patisserie [http://www.colsonpastries.com/]. “There

Industry City Maker Spotlight: Fodera Guitars

Photo courtesy of Fodera GuitarsThe current incarnation of Industry City [https://industrycity.com/], Sunset Park’s manufacturing and technology hub, may have taken root in 2013 [https://www.6sqft.com/the-success-and-future-of-industry-city-as-told-by-its-innovative-manufacturing-tenants/] , but some tenants of the complex have been there longer than that. In the case of Fodera Guitars, a

Aviator Sports Has Your Winter Covered With An Unlimited Monthly Skating Pass

Photo Courtesy of Aviator Sports and Events CenterIce skating has been a winter pastime in New York City since 1858 [https://hyperallergic.com/422185/160-years-of-ice-skating-in-new-york-city/] when the first dedicated rink opened on a lake near 72nd Street in Manhattan. Its popularity has only grown since then. Well, that chill in

Life simplified: Click & Shop With Peapod

Photo Credit: Avi GlicksteinSPONSORED – For a variety of reasons, getting to the grocery store on a weekly or even bi-weekly basis can be hard. In my case, with two kids under 5, a freelance work-life to maintain, a spouse who works full-time, and grocery stores nearby that don’t always

The Inner Elmo: Meet Sesame Street Live! Let’s Party! Cast Member KJ Williams

Photo Courtesy of Feld EntertainmentIn the imaginations of adults and children alike, the characters who live on Sesame Street loom large. If they’re a part of our childhood, then they kind of dominate our childhood. And at a certain point, we discover — or are told — that those characters have