Looking For Something To Do With The Kids?

Here’s a quick tip to get off the beaten path with the kids and try something new, and refreshing:

Go to the museum! There are quite a few smaller museums in the area that are nice, not crowded and have some neat exhibits and special events. If you have toddlers that just zone out in front of the TV on the weekends, try taking them to the Newark Museum on May 4th for their Dinosaur Day

DINOSAUR DAY will be a day of hands-on, inquiry-based workshops, demonstrations and activities in the geosciences. The kids can explore and learn various aspects of dinosaur life, including the wide range of sizes and shapes of these “terrible lizards” who roamed the Earth 65 million years ago.

Some of the planned activities include: • Life-size dinosaur fossils • Touch table with dinosaur specimens• Fossil and mineral dig(dig for fossils and keep one!)• Geo-science demonstrations• World famous paleontologist Dr. Paul Olsen

On Sundays, there’s also some other ongoing programs that the kids will also enjoy while you are there in May.

Art Activity: Draw from Nature
[Saturdays & Sundays]
Gallery Activities, 11 am–4 pm
Art Activities, 1–4 pm

Celebrate spring in bloom! Discover how a tree grows and how the grass flourishes. Then examine a flowering bud as you learn to draw from nature in the Museum’s Alice Ransom Dreyfuss Memorial Garden.

Science Discoveries: Insects Around the World
[Saturdays & Sundays]
1–4 pm (ongoing)

There isn’t a corner of the world that doesn’t have insects, from the tropics to the arctic. Explore how these creatures adapt to just about every environment, from the deepest jungle to the harshest desert.

And did you know that the Newark Museum has a planetarium? It’s a sure hit with the kids.

Starbucks Addicts That Love Chocolate Are In Heaven

If you are a Starbucks addict that loves your high-priced coffees, lattes, esspressos and other high-end made-to-order-in-a-language-that-the-rest-of-the-world-doesn’t-understand…AND you are a chocoholic, then you are going to love this news.

The Short Hills mall will open up a new store on the upper level near Macy’s called Moonstruck Chocolate Cafe.

In a eerie way, it will feel much like you’re walking into the Starbucks on the lower level by the Macy’s entrance! But with a hint of chocolate smells in the air.

Offering a full line of unique espresso and chocolate beverages, decadent desserts, and delicious fresh pastries and classic and seasonal handcrafted artisan chocolates… Moonstruck Chocolate Cafe is aiming to be a destination on your trip to The Mall at Short Hills.

Largely in the states LEFT of New Jersey, Moonstruck makes high end chocolates that the Short Hills Mall crowd will surely devour — another premium way to give gifts and make sure the recipient knows you paid a bundle for whatever you get from the store.