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- Guide to Cape Town, South Africa April 3, 2020
- Guide to the Gardens Route, South Africa: Hermanus to Cape Town March 28, 2020
- Guide to the Gardens Route, South Africa: Mossel Bay to Cape Agulhas March 27, 2020
- Guide to the Gardens Route, South Africa: Knysna to Wilderness March 26, 2020
- Guide to the Gardens Route, South Africa: Nature’s Valley to Plettenberg Bay March 25, 2020
- Guide to the Gardens Route, South Africa: Storms River Mouth March 24, 2020
- Guide to the Gardens Route Road Trip, South Africa March 23, 2020
- Guide to Addo Elephant National Park Safari, South Africa March 19, 2020
- Guide to the Panorama Route, South Africa December 3, 2019
- Guide to Safari in Kruger National Park, South Africa November 20, 2019
- 4 Places to Play Pinball in San Diego July 25, 2019
- 6 Incredible Mountain Hikes Under 1 Hour From San Diego July 21, 2019
- Guide to Cabrillo National Monument, San Deigo July 17, 2019
- Find Four Pedestrian Bridges Hidden In San Diego June 30, 2019
- Barrio Logan, San Diego: Chicano Park & Las Cuatro Milpas June 26, 2019
- Binge on the Best Burritos in San Diego June 24, 2019
- Take a Taco Tour in San Diego June 19, 2019
- Tour the Kombucha Breweries of San Diego June 16, 2019
- Tour the San Diego Farmers Markets June 12, 2019
- San Diego’s 5 Peak Challenge Mission Trails Regional Park June 9, 2019
- Number One Attraction in San Diego, CA: Balboa Park June 5, 2019
- Your Guide to Exploring San Diego, California June 2, 2019
- Experience Meow Wolf in Santa Fe, New Mexico May 29, 2019
- Walk the Haiku Path at Santa Fe Community College May 26, 2019
- Drink the Elixir at Kakawa Chocolate House in Santa Fe, NM May 22, 2019
- Hike the Tree Spring Trail in Sandia Mountains, NM May 18, 2019
- Tinkertown Museum in Albuquerque, New Mexico May 15, 2019
- World’s Largest Rattlesnake in Albuquerque, New Mexico May 12, 2019
- Museums of University of New Mexico in Albuquerque May 5, 2019
- Exploring Petroglyph National Monument Albuquerque, NM May 1, 2019
Tag Archives: nyc
Pinball Room at Rock Fantasy, Middletown
Pinball seems to be a relic of the past, though there is a cult following of those who love the game. You can’t find many arcades that have pinball north of NYC these days, except a novelty machine or two … Continue reading
Posted in Hudson Valley
Tagged acdc, arcade, avengers, black light, Budapest, day trip, Fun, hudson valley, kiss, las vegas, middletown, new hampshire, new york, ny, nyc, pinball, pinball wizard, psychedelic, quarters, retro, rock and roll, rock fantasy, rock n roll, spiderman, upstate new york, x-men
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Storm King Mountain, Hudson Valley Hike
The Storm King: Darkening skies and raging seas. Perhaps you’re envisioning Zeus with a thunderbolt or Poseidon with a tsunami, or maybe some other deity who is having a bad day and fiercely brooding. This particular king takes shape in … Continue reading
Posted in Hudson Valley
Tagged 2016, albany, bannerman's castle, bannermans, blaze, butter hill, castle, cornwall, day trip, hike, hudson, hudson river, hudson valley, loop, loop trail, mile, mountain, mountain hike, mountain hiking, nature, new year, new york, nyc, orange trail, poseidon, ruins, storm king, storm king mountain, summit, trail, views, vista, white trail, yellow trail, zeus
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NYC Eats: Dominique Ansel Bakery
Searching for severely scrumptious sweets in Soho? Look no further than Dominique Ansel Bakery [189 Spring St, New York, NY 10012] where the pastries look as good as they taste. Hop on line and try to decide what you are … Continue reading
Posted in Manhattan, NYC
Tagged bakery, cat, chocolate chip cookie shot, cinnabon, cookie shot, cronut, dessert, Dominique Ansel, Dominique Ansel Bakery, eat me, feed, frozen smores, ice cream, kitty, manhattan, marshmallow, nutella milk bread, nyc, smores, soho, spring st, tahitian vanilla, yum
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NYC: High Line Park and Ganesvoort Market
To take something old and discarded and breathe new life into it is no easy task, but a labor of love. That is what happened at the High Line Park in NYC, opened since 2009, which quickly became a top … Continue reading
Posted in Manhattan, NYC
Tagged architecture, art, culture, flower bed, freedom tower, fruit pop, gansevoort, gansevoort market, hibiscus, high line, high line park, history, ice pop, manhattan, market, mural, new york city, nyc, park, penn station, physical graffiti, pina-jalepeno, rail trail, reuse, sculpture, statue of liberty, yarn bomb
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Ukranian Cuisine in NYC: Korchma Taras Bulba
Walk into this little Soho establishment and you will enter a world different from your own where men and women are walking about in traditional garb and cultural references are abound. If you are looking for unique drink and food … Continue reading
Posted in Manhattan, NYC
Tagged affordable, beef stroganoff, beer snack, complimentary, date night, dumplings, eat me, ethnic cuisine, feed, horseradish vodka, Korchma, Korchma Taras Bulba, kvas, manhattan, minced meat spread, nyc, shots, soho, traditional, Ukrainian, Ukrainian cuisine, vareniki, vodka, yum
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To the top of the Empire State Building!
Another NYC bucket list item can be officially crossed out; I made it to the top of the Empire State Building! Tickets prices are steep at $32 a person, but for me this was a once in a lifetime deal … Continue reading
Posted in Manhattan, NYC
Tagged 86, 86th floor, architecture, brooklyn bridge, bucket list, central park, chrysler building, empire state building, Fun, king kong, manhattan, new york city, nyc, sight seeing, skyline, tourist, view, vista
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Sights of NYC’s Central Park
I grew up living less than 30 minutes away from NYC, a city that people travel from all world to see, and I had never been to Central Park. Wow, I took my location for granted. Well, I made an … Continue reading
Posted in Manhattan, NYC
Tagged alice, alice in wonderland, alice statue, belvedere castle, bethesada terrace, central park, central park zoo, cheshire cat, cityscape, conservatory pond, flowers, frank olmstead, fredrick law olmstead, harlem, lake, manhattan, miniature boat race, nyc, olmstead, peregrine falcon, reservoir, sheep meadow, skyline, spring, strawberry fields, the ramble, the ravine, turtle, waterfall, white rabbit
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A trip to NYC’s Chinatown
NYC’s Chinatown is as authentic as it gets, and you can have all sorts of fun spending an afternoon here soaking in the local flavor. If you’re planning on having lunch don’t miss out on Prosperity Dumpling [46 Eldridge St, … Continue reading
Posted in Manhattan, NYC
Tagged adventure, authentic, buckets of frogs, buddha, buddhist temple, canal street, chinatown, daytrip, dumpling, eat me, feed, fortune, Fun, jade, mahayana, mahayana buddhist temple, mott street, nyc, pork and chive, prosperity dumpling, sesame pancake, soup dumplng, vegetarian, yum
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