August 8, 2014 The title is not my own. I swiped it off the poster you see here and I’m borrowing it as a ruse to get you to read something you may not have otherwise. Reading through my emails this morning, there was…
If my title seems puzzling, let me explain. Prospect Park, Brooklyn, is a 585-acre unnatural wonder, shaped by its builders to represent rural values and spaces in a growing 19th-century city. From farmland and hillside, Olmsted and Vaux…
empty deck chairs on the QM2 When we think about cruising the seas aboard a luxury liner, we conjure up images of stately cabins, five star dining, deck quoits, sitting by the pool, dancing till dawn and exotic ports of call. Well, I…
Being a music fan, a Beatles fan and a John Lennon fan, I had to visit the Strawberry Fields memorial when we were in New York. It is located in Central Park West between 71st and 74th streets, directly opposite the Dakota Buildings…
Think of a hike and you think of nature, right? And this hike in Brooklyn’s Prospect Park will look a lot like nature, but that’s actually a complete deception. Almost nothing in the entire park is “natural.” When the then-city of…
Following the “more than Manhattan” theme of the piece below, here are three current exhibits worth visiting at The Brooklyn Museum (America’s most over-shadowed major museum) this season—but for one, you’ll have to hurry, because it ends July…
New York Mayor Bill de Blasio told an NYU Hospitality Conference that the city’s tourism business is blooming, but the industry needs to help people find the out-of-Manhattan treasures that can build even more business. He pointed out not only new…
The Lower East Side ( see map ) has been the home to immigrants for over 100 years. In the late 1800’s its population was primarily Jewish, In the 1950’s the population shifted to mostly Puerto Rican and then Dominican. Then in the 80’s and…
Now’s the time to put in your bid, as city after city is backing away from hosting the 2022 events. Krakow had a 70% referendum vote against it; Munich, Davos, St. Moritz and Oslo have backed away… The games that used to be thought a prize…
August 8, 2014 The title is not my own. I swiped it off the poster you see here and I’m borrowing it as a ruse to get you to read something you may not have otherwise. Reading through my emails this morning, there was…
If my title seems puzzling, let me explain. Prospect Park, Brooklyn, is a 585-acre unnatural wonder, shaped by its builders to represent rural values and spaces in a growing 19th-century city. From farmland and hillside, Olmsted and Vaux…
empty deck chairs on the QM2 When we think about cruising the seas aboard a luxury liner, we conjure up images of stately cabins, five star dining, deck quoits, sitting by the pool, dancing till dawn and exotic ports of call. Well, I…
Being a music fan, a Beatles fan and a John Lennon fan, I had to visit the Strawberry Fields memorial when we were in New York. It is located in Central Park West between 71st and 74th streets, directly opposite the Dakota Buildings…
Think of a hike and you think of nature, right? And this hike in Brooklyn’s Prospect Park will look a lot like nature, but that’s actually a complete deception. Almost nothing in the entire park is “natural.” When the then-city of…
Following the “more than Manhattan” theme of the piece below, here are three current exhibits worth visiting at The Brooklyn Museum (America’s most over-shadowed major museum) this season—but for one, you’ll have to hurry, because it ends July…
New York Mayor Bill de Blasio told an NYU Hospitality Conference that the city’s tourism business is blooming, but the industry needs to help people find the out-of-Manhattan treasures that can build even more business. He pointed out not only new…
The Lower East Side ( see map ) has been the home to immigrants for over 100 years. In the late 1800’s its population was primarily Jewish, In the 1950’s the population shifted to mostly Puerto Rican and then Dominican. Then in the 80’s and…
Now’s the time to put in your bid, as city after city is backing away from hosting the 2022 events. Krakow had a 70% referendum vote against it; Munich, Davos, St. Moritz and Oslo have backed away… The games that used to be thought a prize…
