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The Cemetery on the Old Farm…in Queens?
Blog: Scouting NY - 11 November 2009
Staring down 54th Street from 31st Ave in Woodside, Queens, a street lined with boxy brick apartments and a scant bit of foliage, one would not expect to find one of the oldest cemeteries in New York nestled in amongst the buildings… But there it is, halfway down the block: the Moore-Jackson Cemetery, founded in 1733 [...]
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So, How Do I Become A Couchsurfer?
Blog: GoBackpacking - 10 November 2009
You can simply meet for "coffee or a drink" and you do not even have to offer your couch!Buy travel insurance from Worldnomads.com (Lonely Planet's preferred carrier)
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New York City skyline
Blog: everthenomad - 10 November 2009
Yesterday was a sunny Sunday so my man and I decided to walk across the Brooklyn Bridge. This iconic stroll is among my favorite New York City activities.
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The Cemetery Down The Alley
Blog: Scouting NY - 9 November 2009
I must have walked past the entrance to Marble Cemetery on Second Ave (btw. 2nd & 3rd Sts.) countless times before I first noticed its existence (and I’m guessing I’m not the only one). Sandwiched between two buildings is this iron gate (technically 41 1/2 Second Ave), which is locked 99% of the year. Even if [...]
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A Closer Look at the PS 110 Owls
Blog: Scouting NY - 4 November 2009
A few weeks ago, I wrote about PS 110, an elementary school located just south of the Williamsburg Bridge… …whose roof is lined with a number of really great stone owls (a parliament of owls, to use the correct phrasing!). I notice the owls every time I cross the Williamsburg Bridge, and I mentioned in the post [...]
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76-Second Travel Show: "Traveling with Beard & Darth Vader's REAL Mask"
Blog: REID ON TRAVEL - 3 November 2009
Episode #007F E A T U R I N G * 4 0 * B O N U S * S E C O N D S
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Happy Halloween from Scouting NY!
Blog: Scouting NY - 30 October 2009
HAPPY HALLOWEEN! For those in New York this weekend, you have no excuse not to go to the Village Halloween Parade, one of the best New York City events of the year. The parade marches up Sixth Ave, beginning at Canal St and ending at 21st Street. The festivities begin at 7pm, though an accurate schedule [...]
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The Best of New York City Horror Movies
Blog: Scouting NY - 30 October 2009
Just in time for Halloween, we’ve put together our list of the best horror movies that take place in New York City! If you think we’ve overlooked a film, or disagree with our choices, battle it out in the comments! Without further ado… EVIL BREWING IN THE CITY Double Feature: Ghostbusters / Ghostbusters II Does Ghostbusters really need an [...]
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Halloween in NY: Bleecker Street
Blog: Scouting NY - 28 October 2009
Halloween is the only time of the year that I actually pay attention to store window displays, and I’m always impressed by the offerings on Bleecker Street in the West Village. I took a bike ride down Bleecker today to take some pictures (I’m convinced there’s some sort of secret neighborhood association that spreads extra [...]
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Halloween in NY: Rosemary’s Baby
Blog: Scouting NY - 26 October 2009
“New York, You’ve Changed” is a new Scouting NY feature in which the New York depicted in movies is compared with the city of today. Not just the usual list of shooting locations, this is a full shot-by-shot dissection to see what New York once was and what it has become, for better or worse. We’ll [...]
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A Very Important Reminder
Blog: Scouting NY - 23 October 2009
Important reminder: you’ve got just 8 days to put together a Halloween costume for next Saturday! For New Yorkers, if you’ve never been to the Village Halloween parade, you’re missing out on one of the hands-down best city events of the year. There is NOTHING like marching down Sixth Ave and seeing literally millions of New [...]
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Love handles, Actually
Blog: Big City Blog - 21 October 2009
Today marks the one-month anniversary of my departure from Calgary, in search of a new adventure, a new beginning, and ultimately a new home. I am also in search of a new gym.A month of living (quite happily, I hasten to add) on restaurant food and occasional home-cooking with various relatives, interspersed with about 4 half-baked workouts and approximately 3 vegetables, has taken its toll. As I type the big words, I can feel the love handles moving ever so slightly.
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A Visit to Castle Rock
Blog: Scouting NY - 20 October 2009
Nothing beats asking what you’re supposed to be scouting for, and being told: “Castles.” If you’ve ever driven along Route 9D in Garrison, New York, you may have seen it from the road: a fairy tale-like castle poking out from the trees at the top of a mountain: Built in 1881, Castle Rock was the estate of [...]
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Travel Video – New York City Portrait (HD Time Lapse)
Blog: GoBackpacking - 17 October 2009
_ I was still in a New York state of mind when I picked out this week’s travel video. I love being able to see a place through a new perspective, and this time lapse of the city did just that for me. Amazingly, Max Moos shot all the footage during a 3-week stay in April 2006. If [...]Buy travel insurance from Worldnomads.com (Lonely Planet's preferred carrier)
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Navigating the Adventures In Travel Expo
Blog: GoBackpacking - 14 October 2009
I saw a pair of husky puppies w/Oswald "Newton" Marshall, musher for the Jamaica Dogsled Team.Buy travel insurance from Worldnomads.com (Lonely Planet's preferred carrier)
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New York, You’ve Changed: Taxi Driver – Part III
Blog: Scouting NY - 14 October 2009
“New York, You’ve Changed” is a new Scouting NY site feature in which the New York depicted in movies is compared with the city of today. This is not the usual list of shooting locations and addresses to visit next time you tour the city. Instead, it is a full shot-by-shot dissection to see what [...]
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The Best American Travel Writing 2009
Blog: GoBackpacking - 13 October 2009
Andre Aciman, Matthew Power, and Elisabeth Eaves all read for 5-10 minutes from their contributions.Buy travel insurance from Worldnomads.com (Lonely Planet's preferred carrier)
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New beergeek.TV Episode – Three Days in the Big Apple
Blog: thebeergeek.com - 12 October 2009
“Three Days in the Big Apple” is the latest episode of One Pint at a Time. This was our first trip to New York City. We always try to maximize the experiences in our beer travels but, even for us, the list for this trip was ambitious. We had 32 beer places to visit and only [...]
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76-Second Travel Show: "Solving the Manhattan Bridge Problem"
Blog: REID ON TRAVEL - 12 October 2009
Show #002The "76-Second Travel Show" team has always been a proponent of secondary infrastructural sites, like the Manhattan Bridge -- beautiful and noisy, the MB of Brooklyn's hip "DUMBO", yet completely overshadowed by the smaller Brooklyn Bridge nearby. That's why we were jazzed the city was putting money into panel discussions to celebrate its 100th anniversary this year.Only, there's a problem. And the SSTS ("76-Second Travel Show") has an answer (and 40 bonus seconds).
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mini guide: the garment district
Blog: cherrypatter - 9 October 2009
everyone has to come close to the garment district, at least if you ever have to use the ugliest train station ever — penn station. it still is hard to believe that the city allowed the old amazingly beautiful one designed by mckim, mead and white to be destroyed. oh right, i forgot, madison square garden was [...]
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interview: ann cantrell, annie’s blue ribbon general store
Blog: cherrypatter - 8 October 2009
i’m very happy to announce addition number two to cherrypatter (last week was the long awaited map) – again a long time in coming — will be a series of interviews to find out where some of the people behind my favorite places like to eat and shop. i’ll also be featuring people who just love [...]
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Got the runs
Blog: Big City Blog - 8 October 2009
...in that I needed to.Saturday was another really good one - this time directly to the Eiffel Tower. Running west on the pedestrian path alongside the Seine, first past Notre Dame cathedral again, the tower itself only appears in glimpses between buildings occasionally - until it appears consistently as a great motivator to keep running.
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dear fieldbinder: the beauty on smith street
Blog: cherrypatter - 8 October 2009
although atlantic avenue has a bunch of fancy clothing shops, the rest of south brooklyn doesn’t really see that much in the high end range, or at least my interpreation of high end which is where the range is often around $200 or more. for me, especially that i no longer work in a law firm which is [...]
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New York, You’ve Changed – Taxi Driver (Part 2)
Blog: Scouting NY - 7 October 2009
“New York, You’ve Changed” is a new Scouting NY site feature in which the New York depicted in movies is compared with the city of today. This is not the usual list of shooting locations and addresses to visit next time you tour the city. Instead, it is a full shot-by-shot dissection to see what [...]
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posteritati: for the film obsessed
Blog: cherrypatter - 7 October 2009
posteritati is an unassuming shop at the very bottom of chinatown (or soho according to some) just where it starts to bleed into the city hall and wall street area. usually, i wouldn’t think of roaming around there but there actually seem to be quite a few cute shops there including saturdays, a surf and espresso shop [...]
