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There is something about having a drink or two in one of New York’s hotel bars that can make either an in-house guest or an off-the-street city resident, feel fabulous. Off the clean and modern lines of Le Parker Meridien’s lobby is the setting of what resembles an aged gothic cathedral. Through the wrought iron gates, past the glowing table of prayer candles, below the giant wrought iron chandeliers, and… Read More
There is definitely something about fall in New York City that heightens all five senses. The sounds, the smells, and the feel of the energy flowing through the crisp air can only make this bustling town ever more energetic. It is this time of year that New Yorkers are salivating more than ever, and here is why: Green Market Vegetables In New York, the most popular or well-known green market… Read More
With a reported 18,696 restaurants in Manhattan alone, deciding where to enjoy a meal in New York City is no easy task. But if Italian food is what you’re craving, the obvious answer is to head to Little Italy.
Little Italy is a neighborhood in lower Manhattan known for its large population of Italians as well as the San Gennaro Festival-a large street fair held during the last two weeks of September and great Italian food. Mulberry Street between Broome and Canal Street is especially well known for its delicious Italian restaurants.
On the contrary to the opening theme music from the classic television show, The Jefferson’s, this foodie tour is movin’ on down to the Lower East Side. We begin at the top of the East Side and will work our way to a deluxe restaurant, not in the sky, but conveniently located on street level.
Once named the "Cast Iron District," for its many buildings made of the material, the neighborhood commonly known as Soho, (South of Houston) has become one of the main tourist and local attractions in New York City. Read More
It was raining when I left for the town of Seneca Falls in the Finger Lakes region of Western New York. Since my regular driving routes around Brooklyn don’t permit me to accelerate over ten miles per hour, what a great release to be the only car on skinny two-lane roads.
New York City is known as the city that never sleeps, for good cause. Its denizens are a busy bunch, and there just isn’t enough time in the day to get it all done. Some might say that even a lifetime isn’t enough, and there are those who would agree-some of whom are no longer with the living.
Greenwich Village is one of the last remaining, "neighborhoods," in New York City where you can find the butcher, the baker, and even the mozzarella cheese maker all within walking distance of each other. You can find most of what your heart and mouth desire on the neighborhood’s life line of sorts, Bleecker Street.
New Yorkers who are carless or leery of rising gas prices can escape the city heat and head to the Northern Jersey Shore via NY/NJ Transit. Until September 1, 2008, purchase round trip ride and beach passes for travel from Penn Station, New York to select Shore sights. Sit back and relax, but make sure to transfer at the Long Branch train station. In less than two hours, you will be exploring a Victorian town, soaking up the sun, shopping along the famed Asbury Park boardwalk and of course, reveling in the New Jersey music scene.