Deborah Quinn has lived in New York for more than 20 years–long enough to consider herself a New Yorker and not just a transplanted Midwesterner. She writes about life with three boys (2 sons, 7ish and 11ish, and 1 husband, 49ish), public school education (she ran the PTA at her son’s public elementary school for two years), books & TV (she’s an English professor by day & avid consumer of junky TV at night), food & nutrition (due to some karmic joke, her sons are pretty much on a white-food-only diet), politics (she’s a lefty to her core and, yes, a feminist), and pretty much anything else that catches her eye.
Starting in August 2011, she will have an whole new world to blog about: she and her family (and all their legos, computers, dvds, books, and soccer balls) are moving to Abu Dhabi, in the UAE. What will happen when an ironic, ambivalent New Yorker who started life as a Midwestern feminist hits the Middle East?
You can: follow her on twitter: @mannahattamamma or on facebook or email her: deborahlquinn@hotmail.com
Or you could just read the blog.
Dear Deborah,
As a well heard voice to Moms, Dads and families in NY (and a fan of LEGO – which is featured on your homepage tonight!), we would like to invite you to be our guest as LEGO artist Nathan Sawaya unveils his latest art exhibit in NYC.
The grand opening reception is Thursday, March 25 from 6p-8p at the Agora Gallery in Chelsea.
Maybe Mannahattamamma will want to mention it, maybe you’ll want to post pics, or maybe you’ll just want to hang out with us and have a cocktail.
The show is free and fun for the whole family. It runs March 25 to April 13.
Nathan, a former Manhattan M&A attorney, uses an unconventional medium to create his large-scale sculptures. LEGO bricks. Parents love the art for its subject matter and themes and kids love it because it is made out of a toy they play with at home.
More information can be found at this link. I look forward to hearing
from you and hopefully seeing you on the 25th of this month.
Best wishes, Courtney
info@brickartist.com
http://www.agora-gallery.com/artistinvite/nathan_sawaya.aspx
Hi Deborah, I am popping by because I want to nominate you for The Versatile Blogger Award. The Lucky Mom gave it to me and you are one of my 15! So the details will be in post that goes live on my page tonight in a post called “Goose in a Bottle.” Here is a link http://mynewfavoriteday.com …all you have to do is follow the rules of the road in the post which includes passing it on to 15 other blogs that you enjoy! I hope you are interested in participating! Sincerely, Shannon