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Babes in Brooklyn

Retired Columns

From “Life in the Sandwich” to “Special Needs Mama” to “Zen and the Art of Child Maintenance”—they’re all here for you to explore.

To My Friend Kim on the Eve of the Birth of Her Second Child

We were babies together, working at a theater company. You were the wild-child with the beautiful singing voice. You played the ingénue, the sweetheart, the betrayed but strong. I was…

Babes in Brooklyn | January 2005 | By Carla Weiss


Breaking Up is Hard to Do

I almost broke up with my daughter today. At about 12:45 p.m. on Prospect Park West just north of the playground. I knelt down in front of her stroller, took…

Babes in Brooklyn | January 2005 | By Carla Weiss


My Little Yogi

I am sitting on a tiny child?s chair watching Kate mush hunks of Play-Doh onto a piece of construction paper. It is a frigid morning in Brooklyn, so rather than…

Babes in Brooklyn | January 2005 | By Carla Weiss


Bitchy Brooklyn Mama

At age 37, I knew exactly what I wanted. I had been working as a theatre producer in New York City for 15 years. Creative, aggressive, ambitious, strong, loud, I…

Babes in Brooklyn | January 2005 | By Carla Weiss


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