Bergdorf Goodman in New York City

31 December 2024 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General, New York City, Shopping Reading Time:  7 minutes

© flickr.com - Ajay Suresh/cc-by-2.0

© flickr.com – Ajay Suresh/cc-by-2.0

Bergdorf Goodman Inc. is an American luxury department store based in New York City, founded in 1899 by Herman Bergdorf. As of 2024, it operates a women’s store and a men’s store across the street from each other on Fifth Avenue in Midtown Manhattan. It is part of Neiman Marcus which since 2024 has been owned by Saks Global, the American division of the Hudson’s Bay Company.   read more…

Speakeasy

30 November 2024 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General, Bon appétit, New York City Reading Time:  8 minutes

New York's 21 Club was a Prohibition-era speakeasy © David Shankbone/cc-by-sa-3.0

New York’s 21 Club was a Prohibition-era speakeasy © David Shankbone/cc-by-sa-3.0

A speakeasy, also called a beer flat or blind pig or blind tiger, was an illicit establishment that sold alcoholic beverages. The term may also refer to a retro style bar that replicates aspects of historical speakeasies.   read more…

High Line in New York City

6 November 2024 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General, Living, Working, Building, New York City, Palaces, Castles, Manors, Parks Reading Time:  8 minutes

© Dansnguyen

© Dansnguyen

The High Line is a 1.45-mile-long (2.33 km) elevated linear park, greenway, and rail trail created on a former New York Central Railroad spur on the west side of Manhattan in New York City. The High Line’s design is a collaboration between James Corner Field Operations, Diller Scofidio + Renfro, and Piet Oudolf. The abandoned spur has been redesigned as a “living system” drawing from multiple disciplines which include landscape architecture, urban design, and ecology. The High Line was inspired by the 4.7 km (2.9 mi) long Coulée verte (tree-lined walkway), another elevated park in Paris completed in 1993.   read more…

Eggs Benedict

29 September 2024 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General, Bon appétit, New York City Reading Time:  7 minutes

Eggs Benedict with bacon © flickr.com - Alpha/cc-by-sa-2.0

Eggs Benedict with bacon © flickr.com – Alpha/cc-by-sa-2.0

Eggs Benedict is a common American breakfast or brunch dish, consisting of two halves of an English muffin, each topped with Canadian bacon, a poached egg, and hollandaise sauce. It was popularized in New York City.   read more…

The Mercer Hotel in SoHo

2 September 2024 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General, Hotels, New York City Reading Time:  5 minutes

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© flickr.com – ajay_suresh/cc-by-2.0

The Mercer Hotel, located at the corner of Mercer and Prince Streets in SoHo, Manhattan, New York City. It offers 73 guest rooms on six floors of a Romanesque revival building. Opening in 1997, The Mercer is the sister hotel to The Greenwich Hotel.   read more…

One Vanderbilt in Midtown Manhattan

1 August 2024 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General, House of the Month, New York City Reading Time:  6 minutes

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© Kidfly182/cc-by-sa-4.0

One Vanderbilt is a 73-story supertall skyscraper at the corner of 42nd Street and Vanderbilt Avenue in the Midtown Manhattan neighborhood of New York City. Designed by Kohn Pedersen Fox for developer SL Green Realty, the skyscraper opened in 2020. Its roof is 1,301 feet (397 m) high and its spire is 1,401 feet (427 m) above ground, making it the city’s fourth-tallest building after One World Trade Center, Central Park Tower, and 111 West 57th Street.   read more…

Bagel

14 July 2024 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General, Bon appétit, New York City Reading Time:  8 minutes

Bagel with sesame © Shisma/cc-by-4.0

Bagel with sesame © Shisma/cc-by-4.0

A bagel (Polish: bajgiel; Yiddish: beygl; also spelled beigel) is a bread roll originating in the Jewish communities of Poland. Bagels are traditionally made from yeasted wheat dough that is shaped by hand into a torus or ring, briefly boiled in water, and then baked. The result is a dense, chewy, doughy interior with a browned and sometimes crisp exterior.   read more…

Five Towns in Nassau County

9 July 2024 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General Reading Time:  5 minutes

Woodmere Docks © CaptJayRuffins/cc-by-sa-4.0

Woodmere Docks © CaptJayRuffins/cc-by-sa-4.0

The Five Towns is an informal grouping of villages and hamlets in Nassau County, United States on the South Shore of western Long Island adjoining the border with Queens County in New York City. Although there is no official Five Towns designation, “the basic five are Lawrence, Cedarhurst, Woodmere, Hewlett and Inwood.” Each of these “towns” has a consecutive stop on the Far Rockaway Branch of the Long Island Rail Road. All five communities are part of the Town of Hempstead. Woodmere is the largest and most populous community in the Five Towns, while Inwood is the second largest community in the Five Towns.   read more…

Hastings-on-Hudson in New York

29 June 2024 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General Reading Time:  5 minutes

Municipal Building © Jim.henderson

Municipal Building © Jim.henderson

Hastings-on-Hudson is a village in Westchester County located in the southwestern part of the town of Greenburgh in the state of New York, United States. It’s a suburb of New York City, located approximately 20 miles (32 km) north of midtown Manhattan, and is served by a stop on the Metro-North Hudson Line. To the north of Hastings-on-Hudson is the village of Dobbs Ferry, to the south, the city of Yonkers, and to the east unincorporated parts of Greenburgh. As of the 2020 US Census, it had a population of 8,590. The town lies on U.S. Route 9, “Broadway” and the Saw Mill River Parkway.   read more…

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