If you’re a crazy cat person like myself, you’ve probably heard of cat cafés and dreamed of visiting one. The concept was created in Japan, but countries around the world weren’t about to sit around with cat like jealousy simply looking on at this purrfect idea. They are sprouting up […]
Yearly Archives: 2016
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There used to be plenty of pinball arcades in Manhattan, but now only one remains. Luckily for those who love the game, Modern Pinball [362 3rd Ave, New York, NY 10016] is a pretty amazing spot to be left with. It’s an unlimited play so no matter what your skill […]
I do not deny my desire to devour all the donuts of the world, and at Doughnut Plant they are so darn delicious. There are multiple locations to choose from depending on which side of the world you happen to wander, from Manhattan, Brooklyn, and Queens to Tokyo or Seoul. […]
Do you like chicken Caesar salads? It’s Jeff’s go to salad, he’s probably had thousands of them over the course of his life. We were going for dinner and he wasn’t even that hungry, so decided to order something a bit lighter. He wasn’t really all that excited for a […]
There wasn’t a whole lot of information offered online, so once again, thoughts started bubbling in my mind. I always feel like places aren’t going to exist! But there it was, a legitimate State Park sign, and a really spacious gravel parking lot. We had reached Wahconah Falls State Park […]
Every night as soon as it got dark I hurried outside to watch the waxing of the moon. It was coming. We drove through the woods and gathered on the hill. It had arrived. Now was time for our full moon hike at Hilltop Orchards [508 Canaan Rd, Richmond, MA […]
Driving through the Berkshires, Jeff wistfully said he could really use a cup of joe. It just so happened that we were about to pass through West Stockbridge, I told him not to worry…I knew just the place. It was years since I’d been, and I only went in once. […]
A small sculpture park, well off the beaten path, is nestled in the hills of the Berkshires. Drive up the steep gravel road and you have reached Butler Sculpture Park [481 Shunpike Road, Sheffield, MA 01257]. Robert Butler himself came out to say hello, it was a warm September day […]
There are so many little slices of adventure where the Appalachian Trail cuts through Northwest Connecticut. Last spring I checked out Rand’s View [Parking lot on Housatonic River Road just past intersection with Sugar Hill Road, Falls Village CT] which was a easy to moderate hike, about five miles and […]
If you’re looking for a roaring good time, it’s just over the border of Massachusetts’s Berkshires region into northwestern Connecticut. Lions Head Hike [84 Bunker Hill Road Salisbury, CT] is a perfect little hike full of excitement and ever changing scenery. It is a two mile roundtrip hike, up 541 […]
Flushing Meadows Corona Park [11101 Corona Ave Flushing, NY 11355] is space of many lives. In the 1920s F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote of the park in The Great Gatsby, “This is a valley of ashes – a fantastic farm where ashes grow like wheat into ridges and hills and grotesque […]
Expectation is the root of all heartache, but what is it when something is much more than you expect? Wonderful, and the Museum of Moving Image [36-01 35th Ave, New York, NY 11106] is just that. Simply upon walking in the first exhibit was about how cats took over the […]
Whenever I travel into the city, I want a skyline view. I think the Manhattan skyline is one of the most beautiful in the world, and it’s always best captured from another borough. In the Long Island Piers at Gantry Plaza State Park [4-09 47th Rd, Long Island City, NY […]
A small urban oasis in a big city. Socrates Sculpture Park [32-01 Vernon Blvd, Long Island City, NY 11106] is a mixture of first and foremost art, along with nature, and a fabulous city skyline. The park has been open for 30 years, continually changing its installations. There was a […]
I saw it from the subway stop, the layered Manhattan city skyline in the background. Once the Monday-Friday home to school aged children, now MoMA PS1 [22-25 Jackson Ave, Long Island City NY 11101] now one of the largest contemporary art institutions in the United States. There are 3 floors […]