Your Guide to Family-Friendly Day Trips in New Jersey, New York…and Beyond
With the many, many Broadway shows I see, how did I not know about the cult following and hilarity of Titanique? I had heard the show (off-Broadway when I first knew of it) was a funny musical. But that’s all I knew. We got tickets during Broadway previews, scoring a pair with my TDF membership (and score – they were orchestra seats, and good ones).
The Kimpton Era hotel just opened a month ago. It has an ideal location for those exploring Manhattan and those wanting to take advantage of what midtown has to offer. It is steps away from Rockefeller Center – with the lobby looking out onto the Nintendo store.
Does this bumper car experience look fun to you? It did to me, so we went so we could share the Bryant Park bumper cars with kids experience with you.
We do some weekends in NYC and try a different hotel each time. Here are reviews of two hotels, the Evelyn and the Lex.
There are two types of people: the dreamers and the skeptics. At least at a magic show. Jamie Allan shared this early in Amaze, and I have to admit I’m a skeptic, trying to figure out how the illusions were done. TL:DR I didn’t figure any of them out, and I’m still thinking about them days later.
In September 2024, I went to the AriZonaLand grand opening and media tour of its new factory in Keasby, NJ. And then I waited for them to open for public tours. I waited. And waited. And finally in November 2025, they opened. So now I can publish my post on touring the AriZona Iced Tea factory with kids.
Since my tour was more than a year ago, it’s possible some things have changed. I plan to go back. But in the meantime, here’s what you’ll see at the AriZona Iced Tea factory with kids.
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If you are lucky or unlucky enough to be in NYC on December 13 this year, you can catch Santa Con. We’ve mistakenly been on NJ Transit the last few years on Santa Con day, not realizing what day it actually was. Women in micromini skirts in freezing weather dressed as an elf or Mrs. Claus (you go girl!) and men wearing onesies, you see it all.
Experience Divine Egypt at the Met with kids this holiday season. The exhibit is only here through January 19.
The renovated new Tiffany’s store (aka The Landmark) reopened after extensive renovations in 2023. If you’re visiting during the holidays, do go in and look around. It is not a kid-friendly place, though, and can be tough to navigate in the crowds.
When we last took Jersey Kids readers to the Morgan Library & Museum, it was for a general overview on how to visit the Morgan Library with kids, along with reviewing an exhibit on Bella da Costa Greene, the library’s former librarian and director. The library and museum now has a new exhibit, the Morgan Library Renoir drawings.
