Although I often times have spouted on this blog about my love of the borough of Brooklyn, I do have a little confession to make – I was born and raised in Queens. Yes I lived most of my life on the Rockaway Beach peninsula. This seaside town is about a 90-minute trip on the…
If you’re planning on taking advantage of the lunch and dinner specials during the 20th annual New York City Restaurant Week, which is going on July 11-24, reservations are now open to the public. Specials are available Monday through Friday and optional at some locations on Sunday. To chow down during the two week event,…
New York City sunset on 41st and 5th by the New York Public Library While enjoying a leisurely Sunday evening stroll with my wife yesterday, we stumbled upon an angelic beam of light. Well it was actually just the sun setting on another hectic Big Apple day. But the red, yellow and orange glare…
The New York Public Library is looking for 500 people to spend the night at the Stephen A. Schwarzman Building and take part in the first ever “Find the Future” scavenger hunt. To mark the library’s centennial, best-selling author Jane McGonigal has created a game that will allow people to explore the library’s rare treasures…
I have been fighting the flu all week. But today it just has hit me so hard and I have been bedridden most of the day. So I felt the need to break out the old clip show idea for today’s update. According to one definition online, “A clip show is an episode of a…
No that was not a close call, but instead a typical landing at Princess Juliana International Airport in St. Martin. The second busiest airport in the Eastern Caribbean is famous for its short runway that spans only 7,980 feet! What makes matters worse is that before the pilot even reaches this tiny strip of landing…