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New York City Slideshow
Travel Blogs from New York City, United States
Ticking off the must see icons of New York
This is a top pick! ... cash. We then hit another Toy store FAO Schwarz and had a nice stroll through central park. That night we booked tickets to a New York Comedy Improv theatre Called 'The Pit', where we were delighted and amazed by the amount of raw talent on Stage. The ...
Buy, Buy New York
This is a top pick! It's been a slow few days here in the big city that have probably been due a northern hemisphere virus. Being fatigued I thought it better not to take in too many sights and instead concentrate on my other purpose here - shopping.I had been told of the ...
The Wedding
This is a top pick! ... hotel on 5th Avenue for cocktails before dinner at a restaurant on one of the piers with amazing views of Brooklyn bridge. A real New York wedding. We finished the night off in an Irish pub with plenty of dancing and singing. Definitely a night to ...
Good Evening, New York
This is a top pick! ... , a late night dessert in the Upper West Side. If romance is not in your airs the wonders of New York should not escape you. For this is a city with all things for all people. Between the boroughs, and even within them one stray step and you ...
2 days in NYC now going upstate NY-snow predicted
This is a top pick! ... booths later we arrive at our place to find that we are 50 meters from a fantastic view across the Hudson River to New York City. We then spent two days looking around NYC: the Empire State bldg, Grand Central station, Times Square, a harbour cruise, ...
Why I am still puzzled by Tipping Etiquette
This is a top pick! ... management before paying your bill and have it adjusted to the adequate amount. It is worth mentioning that New York restaurants have started adding automatic gratuity even though the number of people eating is far less than 6. Even with ...
"I am just going outside and may be some time"
This is a top pick! ... was out of long-johns. Between deliberating and searching I chanced upon the most delicious food yet in the city. The first was an elusive slice of New York pizza. Huge, greasy and difficult to eat walking. The cheese and sauce were ...
Squid Sitting
This is a top pick! ... of lots of food and drink left over from the shoot. We have a fairly relaxed day, discussing how little time we have left in New York (much to Claire's annoyance, "We've still got a quarter of our trip left! Two weeks is half a fucking month people!") We ...
Madam Tussauds & Twilight Jazz Cruise
This is a top pick! We decided to conclude our New York tour with Style, rubbing shoulders with the rich and famous albeit 'wax' versions of the real thing at Madam Tussauds. Then on to a splendid cruise along the Hudson River; Think champagne, Jazz music filling the deck ...
The adventure continues
This is a top pick! Cory and I arrived at JFK and tried to get some info about Paulie. By the time that we got to JFK Paul should have gotten on the next one. The first person at the airport that we went to said that they couldn't give us any information. Having worked ...
New York New York
This is a top pick! My experience in New York so far has been very positive. Stan Shaffer, the fashion photographer I assist just had his photography exposition on July 20 at PM Lounge, a hot spot nightclub in the Meat Packing District of NYC. His new work is amazing. ...
NYC in September
This is a top pick! ... just passed and I have still not been to visit New Orleans. I plan on making a trip there in the near future. I love that city and both Brea and I have family from there. My friend Drew Nix just moved up here to NYC. He is staying in Brooklyn ...
Concluding my trip with great friends
This is a top pick! ... out of Josh and Di's apartment near Washington Heights and making my way to JFK to catch my flight to Quito. I arrived into New York City around the time the Gay Pride Parade was in full swing. I was heading from Port Authority bus station to the upper ...
I Heart New York
This is a top pick! ... and entertain you and all you can do is spin around and try hopelessly to capture it on your camera. Yellow cabs fly past, New York city cops patrol and tourists snap away with their cameras and you really feel like your in the middle of it all: in the ...
Leaving, finally... maybe!
This is a top pick! ... next to us is wearing a full plaid suit, scarf and hat with a long gray beard to "match" and I consider offering him my new shirt which would have matched his outfit amazingly. I decide this would be rude and focus on what I need to do to ...
Layover in New York
This is a top pick! ... the free stuff? No one gave us anything!" It is amazing how a smile, a good mood plus a little flexibility makes everyones life better, including your own. Back in the states and totally exhausted we get ready to fly back to ...
Rock'in all over the World!
This is a top pick! ... has already started to worry about doing shopping the day after getting back to fill the fridge. It would have been nice to enjoy New York properly with a couple of weeks as a buffer when we get home but we are going to have to hit the ground running ...
New York Snow
This is a top pick! ... . Brea is working really hard too...and we are making decent money here. Everything we make we are saving for a new apartment in the city. Once we have our own place in the city our lives will be completely different. Right now we are commuting at ...
Dresses and an VCDX Exam
This is a top pick! ... waiter as their best offering. It was quite delicious, but way too much. We ended up bringing almost half a steak back to the Hotel. Full and happy we strolled back to the Hotel via the Rockefeller Center. Enjoying the summer evening in New York City. ...
Come fly away
This is a top pick! The day started with a breakfast and delicious coffee from our local coffee shop. We had a noon appointment at Tejani, a store specialized in wedding Jewelery. We headed out to Tejani and found exactly what we were looking for. A beautiful necklace and ...
The Arts
This is a top pick! ... take volumes to describe its jewels. So it stands that the Met is an absolute must for any visitor to this great city. Exhausted but not defeated, I ended the day Off-Broadway with Avenue Q. This offbeat adult puppet show is a deserved Tony winner. ...
Walking the High Line
This is a top pick! ... is an abandoned train line which has been landscaped and converted into a walking track. Walking through the tree tops and canopy of the city is quite spectacular and it has been one of my favourites activities so far. This was followed by lunch on ...
Final shopping and sight seeing in NYC!!
This is a top pick! ... named it twice, even though it is actually called Manhattan!....I digress. You can spot people who have never been to New York before, they are the ones walking round , mouths wide open, looking straight up without any awareness of others around ...
Delicacies
This is a top pick! ... brick-a-brack of Hell's Kitchen Flea Market and then some more through the old High Line. At these quiet escapes I saw New York I thought had not existed, where one can go about his life, forgetting the rabble around him. These asides provided me ...
The Land of Dreams
This is a top pick! ... . That was compounded by the fact that Lady Liberty was not as grand a sight as I had imagined despite the crystalline backdrop New York provided for me. I suppose to truly admire her one must have to gain access to the crown and interior (these ...
Williamsburger
This is a top pick! We wake to a phone call from Robert urging us to go up to the roof and check out the 'hot brazilian girl' who is currently sun bathing topless. He says we should go and say hi, Claire says 'tell me, why would I want to take Jo up there?' he suggests ...
But First, The Dream
This is a top pick! ... half packs a day I quit cold turkey; my desire to travel had now superseded my desire for the sophistication of shivering outside New York nightclubs in sub-zero temperatures swaging a smoke. I stopped taking taxis, and even at four in the morning with ...
This is the End
This is a top pick! ... in Cairo and on the Charles Bridge at twilight in Prague, I paused realizing that I was living my dream. And I lived. For at least one-hundred and eleven days I lived. Christina [Please visit my new online magazine: www.glittersnipe.com, as well] ...
JFK Airport
This is a top pick! ... . I admitted dat I wuz a lil' worried she might oversleep, too! I ain't sayin' much about my flight to New York City. Now, well, the flight to the JFK Airport went smooth except dat upon arrival there, it took like forever to reach the ...
New York, New York!!
This is a top pick! ... to New York. Luckily the flight was quite empty so I could spread out a little and attempt to get some kip...... So I arrived in New York JFK a little worse for wear. I had my hostel booked but no transport, so the first job was to get that sorted - ...