issue #78: the coolest moms at space club

reawaken your inner child

As the mom of an energetic toddler, I am always looking for ways to expend her energy that requires the least amount of effort on my part. When the weather is nice, this is as simple as bringing her to the playground, or even just walking up and down the block in front of our apartment while I listen to podcasts and make sure she doesn’t run into the street. When the weather is unpleasant - perhaps cold, perhaps rainy - our small Brooklyn apartment can only contain us for so long before I start disassociating entirely while reading the same six page book about Elmo for the 18th time in a row.

Enter: Space Club.

I actually hadn’t heard about it until a month or so ago, when three random people in one day asked me if I had been yet. Stands to reason I would have, as it is only a four block walk from my house, but I wasn’t even sure what it was.

Joyously, I later found out it’s an indoor playground. A genius concept if I’ve ever heard of one, and I am still kicking myself that I didn’t c…