Kathy Zucker's toddlers have gradually been getting used to the water in several Hoboken pools over the last few years. Their first swim lessons this summer have had unexpected results.
Over the last three years, my husband and I have been gradually introducing our children to the water. We enrolled our daughter in a swim class at Stevens when she was eighteen months old, which was an abject failure; she spent the entire time clinging in terror to her dad and crying about the water being too cold. Discouraged, we put swim lessons on the back burner until the kids were older. When we moved to our current apartment in South West Hoboken, the first thing that jumped out at me about the location was its proximity to the Sky Club Fitness pool. At ages three and one, maybe it was time to reintroduce our kids to the water. After my experience with baby no. 1, I didn't bother with swim lessons. Instead, I took the kids to weekly …
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-74.04246
2nd St & Marshall St, Hoboken, NJ
Sky Club Fitness pool
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As her toddlers get older and more manageable, Kathy Zucker and her family have been taking more frequent day trips around NYC—easy from Hoboken
As a child growing up in New York City in the 1970s and '80s, my parents frequently took me on educational excursions all over the city and on short weekend trips up and down the East Coast. Some of my fondest childhood memories are of beach trips taken with relatives and family friends. We would drive down to the beach in Far Rockaway, Queens, spend the day playing in the sand and waves, and then pick up lobsters and fried clams at our favorite clam bar off of the Belt Parkway to have dinner al fresco in my parents' backyard. I have been to four beaches along Far Rockaway: Jones Beach, Coney Island, Jacob Riis Park and Breezy Point. All four beaches have their pros and cons, but the main advantage is that they are located 45 minutes by …
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406 Bayside, Rockaway Point, NY
Kennedy's Restaurant, Breezy Point
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Kathy Zucker
12:11 pm on Friday, August 5, 2011
The Hoboken High School pool is open for free to the public from 8/8-8/26. Details at http://bit.ly/hobokenpool more ›