What’s better than going to a gin-based bar with some girlfriends in New York City? Going to a secret gin-based bar with some girlfriends in New York City. My hostel dorm mate came back one evening and was talking about…
When I travel, there’s a four-letter word that begins with the letter F that I love hearing. No, not THAT four-letter F word! I’m talking about the one that gives many of us so much joy and doesn’t require very…
Earlier this week, I posted a write up about the street art scene in the East Village and the Lower East Side. I talked about the difference between graffiti (ego driven, inward thinking) and street-art (enhancing the vibrancy of an…
The Lower East Side of Manhattan is one of the oldest and most ethnically diverse neighbourhoods in the city, with Irish, Germans, Italians, Polish, Ukrainian and Jewish communities all having a sizeable population and presence in the area over the…
The Big Apple, The City that Never Sleeps, The Concrete Jungle. It doesn’t matter what you call it, New York City is spectacular. I still remember my first visit to the city back in 2002 and how magical it was….