MAMAPALOOZA 2014 in New York City, USA and Sydney, Australia

MAMAPALOOZA 2014 - Manhattan's premier event for women, mothers and families.

          

11th Annual Mamapalooza Outdoor Extravaganza

Moms Rock! Celebrate families and the people who love them at our annual music and art-filled festival featuring kids activities, Gymboree Play Tent, crafts, eco-environmental information, food, vendors, interactive fun, and more! Fitness demos begin at 11AM. Music starts at noon. Everyone welcome.

Sunday, May 18, 11-5 pm – Pier I @ 70th St.

MORE ABOUT NYC AND SYDNEY HERE

Performances by:

Nancy Lombarod, Momedy Comedy

Special All Star Guest: Miles To Dayton with their hit song "Pass It On"

Wool & Grant

Meg's Melodies

Alice Leon - The Alice Project

Erin Lee & The Up Past Bedtime Band

Skye The Soul Poet

Vered Ronen

This year's sponsors:

GYMBOREE

Museum of Motherhood

Cabot Cheese

New York Parks Dept

VIP Exhibitors:

The Great Green Playdate

Sitters Studio

Suburban Jungle Realty

Mamapalooza, Inc., MOM-Branded, Entertainment, Education & Business:

Dedicated to serving, promoting, celebrating, encouraging, inspiring, and awakening Women & Girls through Media, Commerce, Connection, and Performing Fine Arts.

We look forward to working with you!!

We ROCK because we have a VOICE.

We ROCK because we have a VOTE.

We ROCK because we CAN.

MamaBlogger365 - Happy F%$ing Mother's Day by Shira Adler, Diva Mama

In my regular Mama role I sometimes have the opportunity to enjoy all the trappings motherhood can bestow. Today, Mother’s Day, was especially bittersweet as you’ll soon see, but I did somehow manage to still spend the day with one of my children and my adoring partner, eating a beautiful brunch, hobnobbing with freshly shorn sheep at the local working farm (which kicked off its seasonal Sunday farmer’s market in style), and journeying to a newly constructed Home Depot for some much-needed bungee cords.

As I sit in my office tonight, I’m reminded that the little things in our daily existence -- those moments we covet because they are often beautiful in their simplicity -- sometimes can’t fully dull the senses of the big things that often reach out from our life experience and horse collar us to the ground. Full body emotional take downs are often devastating, almost always unpleasant, and are not the kind of thing you can prepare for until they happen to you. The life-lessons that almost always accompany such acts of God are often good, but it’s the getting there that’s the hard part. Read more...

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Photo credit: Pale Pink Flower by Yana Ray