Rock Mama NYC is a New York City based lifestyle blog that aims to encourage, inspire, and lift people up through fashion, beauty, hair and lifestyle.
Time flies! The Union Square Holiday Market is here already. I love the market because I can find something interesting and unique. There are also yummy small food vendors in the market. If you are looking for a unique gift this holiday season,. check out The Union square Holiday Market...
Read More...Fortunately, my son is going to a great school with great teachers which include art, music and dance classes. Another great thing about my son's school is that the parents in the school are very involved and volunteer to raise money for the school a lot. I decided to do what I can for the school fundraising and I offered 2 days of kid's hair cutting in a vintage clothing store recently...
Read MoreI love fashion and I want a cool look and be comfortable, and must be easy to wash since I have a 4 year old son. I wear leggings with boots a lot. I like colorful fun leggings. Leggings for boy? Why not! My son likes red & gold leggings...
Read MoreHello! How are you doing? My last blog post was visiting the new hot spot, Brookfield place. If you haven't read my last blog, you can read it here. Brookfield place has a huge food court. But this food court is not the typical mall food court. You can find many restaurant names that are popular in NYC...
Read MoreI have been curious about Brookfield Place in downtown New York City. Brookfield place is also known as the World Financial Center, a complex of office buildings. New luxury stores from Hermes to J. crew to Tory Burch to Theory and more opened in March 2015...
Read MoreI work often on the weekends. We don't have family weekend time much, but when I have a weekend off, we try to spend time all together. When I last had a weekend off, we went out to enjoy a family lunch. We decided to go to the cafe at The standard hotel in the East village...
Read MoreI have been curious to see One World Observatory for a while. My parents in law are visiting from Japan. They were living in New York for 35 years and they retired in Japan. They wanted to visit the One World Observatory. We joined them to experience New York City like a tourist...
Read MoreDo you like coffee? I love coffee. I usually don't drink coffee in a paper cup. I usually enjoy a cup of coffee at home or I go to a cafe. Going to a nice cafe is very relaxing and a special time for me since I became a mother. One of my favorite cafes is in The East village called Hi-collar...
Read MoreHello! Do you remember my last blog post? It was about a special vintage store called Ladies & Gentlemen, located in The East village of NYC. They have a nice selection of Rock T- shirts. Today, I'm wearing a Rock T-shirt, skirt and hat off the racks of the vintage shopLadies & Gentlemen...
Read MoreIf you know about my fashion taste, you know I like vintage and rock styles. Today, I would like to introduce a vintage store in my community in the East village NYC that has rock taste. The vintage shop is called Ladies & Gentlemen. Located on 338 E11th street right by the famous cheesecake shop Veniero's...
Read MoreOne day I was walking on Avenue A in The east village. I saw a good looking new place called Harry & Ida's. I stepped into the store and was surprised to see eel in the store! In Japan, we eat eel often and I see eel at food shops often but I almost never have seen eel in a store here in USA...
Read MoreOn occasion. when we expect a guest to come over to our house. I like to serve nice sweets and coffee for our guest. Where do I go to get nice desserts? Chicalicious! They have really nice and special Dessert bar in the East village...
Read MoreOne of the many reasons I love NYC is that there are many nice parks in the city, and you can walk from one park to another. Since I have a child, I started to go to parks often. Bryant Park is one of my son's favorite park because they have a carousel, a book stand for children, board games, mini golf and more...
Read MoreIn Japan, we don't make nigiri sushi often at home. But when a group of people get together, we do hand roll sushi party. Hand roll sushi is the easiest type of sushi to make and you can fill it how ever and with whatever you like. One day, we had a sushi party at home in NYC. The challenge is where to get sashimi fish from? I go to the Lobster Place in the Chelsea Market for sashimi quality fish...
Read MoreOne day, I was walking on East 2nd street in The East Village with my son. He stopped in front of a little store called Bonnie Slotnick Cookbooks and he really wanted to go in. A lady in the store saw us and invited us to come into the store. When I stepped into the store, I was surprised at how nice and in good taste the store is. The store is full of well selected vintage kitchen items and books...
Read MoreI moved to the United States when I was in my mid twenties from Japan. I didn't grow up with an American education. My husband was born in Japan. He moved here to the United States when he was 3 years old and he had an American and International School education. My son was born in NYC and he started going to public pre-k in September last year...
Read MoreIf you know me, then you already know that I love love vintage clothing. When I wear vintage clothing, many people ask me on the street and at my work, where they can get clothing like I'm wearing. So, I decided to open a hand picked vintage clothing store on this web site...
Read MoreI love tea, especially green tea. Many of you may know that green tea is good for you. Green tea extract is approximately twice more antioxidant-active than vitamin c (I got this info from Wikipedia Green tea extract) If you like green tea, have you heard of matcha? ...
Read MoreHello! New York has so many famous restaurants. One popular place that is casual is The Shake Shack. Now, there are many Shake Shacks across America, but they started as a hot dog cart in Madison Square Park in 2001...
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