Category: Holidays
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Christmas in NYC’s Financial District
The Financial District is my favorite neighborhood in Manhattan. The age and history here has a feel unmatched anywhere else. It’s got that old Boston-like history you can feel in your bones. When you live in the suburbs, it’s not often that you can see structures that take you back over 100 years…in the Financial…
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Holiday Shopping at Hudson Yards, NYC 2023
The Shops at Hudson Yards never disappoints for beauty and class. Take a walk with me and see Vessel and the gorgeous holiday lights! The Shops at Hudson Yards has been open since 2019; from the start it’s been filled with high-end swag. It’s airy, clean and a super place to people watch if shopping…
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A Christmas Carriage Ride in Central Park
What’s more romantic and festive than a horse and carriage ride through Central Park at Christmas? Come ride with me! I’d taken a carriage ride before in the spring, to see the cherry blossoms. Today being December 23rd, I wanted to feel what it’s like to ride around Central Park so close to Christmas. It…
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Christmas on Stone Street, NYC
Anyone who has been to Stone Street in the Financial District knows it’s party central. It’s also an incredibly historical, well-preserved canyon of 19th century buildings. The History of Stone Street (just a little) Stone Street is one of New York’s oldest streets. It was originally known by its Dutch name, Hoogh Straet (High Street)…
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Visit Bryant Park’s Winter Village
Bryant Park is always a busy place, but this time of year it’s especially so. With the Winter Village in full swing, and the ice skating rink up, there’s so much to see and do. Take a walk with me on a November evening and see all there is to see! I started at Nikola…
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Skeleton Dance in Grand Central
Enjoy this video of a dancing skeleton and her partner in Grand Central Terminal. Such fun to watch!
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Feast of San Gennaro, Little Italy
I was excited to get down to the Feast of All Feasts – the 97th annual Feast of San Gennaro in Little Italy this weekend. The weather was perfect and the streets were mobbed with happy folks and yummy food everywhere you turned. I started off on Grand Street, at Centre Street. It’s where the…
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NYC 2023 Labor Day Parade
More than 200 unions and groups marched up Fifth Avenue for the 2023 Labor Day Parade. It was a steamy day, but luckily the storm held off until the very end! Scroll on to see photos and videos of NYC families marching in solidarity for fair wages. I can take a decent photo, but my…
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Salute to the Workers – Labor Day in NYC
Walking around NYC as much as I do, I have the opportunity to see many of the thousands of men and women who work hard to keep the city running. The work never stops in NYC, it’s always something. There are 5,500 DOT workers, 12 million pieces of mail to be delivered, and 28,000 acres…
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It’s Fleet Week 2023 in NYC!
It’s Fleet Week 2023 in NYC, and I was lucky enough to catch a couple of glimpses of the Sailors in their dress whites. We have three U.S. Navy ships, two U.S. Coast guard vessels and, four U.S. Naval Academy (USNA) Yard Patrol boats (YPs) docked in NYC. Almost 2,400 unformed personnel are participating. I…