Lately I seem to be encountering a rash of people eager to hear how happy I am to have “escaped” New York City. Aren’t you glad to be out? You can’t miss anything about New York… right? I worry I may have been a bit overdramatic in airing my frustrations with the city. Honestly, these […]
New York is a city made for lazy adventurers. In fact, it’s one of the aspects I miss most about living in Manhattan. Perhaps because despite all my planning and checklists, I am- at the core- a lazy adventurer. I like when adventures present themselves to me. When something fun & interesting & brand new […]
During this most recent trip back to New York, I didn’t manage to see the giant Christmas tree at Rockefeller Center. I never saw a single holiday window display, and I didn’t go ice skating in Central Park. Frankly, I never even went to Central Park. Sacrilege, I know. I love New York around the holidays, […]
Revisiting New York City has allowed me to curate my favorite Manhattan people, places, and food into one splendid week. It’s always gratifying returning to old favorites, but darn if there wasn’t one glaring never-made-it-happen left on my NYC To Do List. Day #11,556: It was a last-minute decision. (And the obsessive planner in me […]
If you’ve been following my Twitter feed as of late, you might know that I’m currently in frosty NYC! To be honest, I wasn’t sure how it would feel to be back in my newly-made-old hometown. Would we slo-mo run towards one another across a field of wildflowers while “Chariots of Fire” played in the […]
Every once in a while, Mr. M & I used to feel Manhattan’s concrete jungle closing in on us. When we needed to break free, my favorite escape was the Catskill region in upstate New York. A ninety minute drive from this skyline… … is this one! Day #11,132: Despite getting mildly lost on the […]
It’s been about a month and a half since Mr. M, Charlie Mae the Wonderpup & I made the move from east to west coast, and I’m already the picture of laidback Californian, slacking off on my blog posting and rocking a shamefully dramatic flip flop tan. But wait. Seeing as how it’s been a […]
I have been busting at the seams with my little secret, and I finally get to spill. Mr. M & Charlie Mae & I are moving back to California!! Our move to sunshine & flippie-floppies became officially official today when we closed escrow on our very first house! People tell me that this makes us […]
New York City’s electrifying street art may just make up for its incessant noise, pollution, and subway-shoving. (Not street performance art, mind you… the interpretive dancer who takes up residence on a nearby street corner tends to be a tad progressive for my taste. I’m judgey about my art.) But really good, actual street art […]
One of my very most favorite places in New York exists thirty feet above the city. Beginning in 1847, an actual railway ran down the very busy 10th Avenue on the west side of Manhattan. Like seriously down the middle of the street. A freight train. When the train started colliding with pedestrians & their […]