Apr 30th, 2013 at 4:00PM:
Living in a small town gave me an affinity for any and every sign of urbanity as a child. I didn't care what it was so long as it signaled that many people from many different places were living within one area and generating ideas together, or at least in the midst of one another. Having been born in Baltimore and raised in the country in Ohio, my family took frequent trips back to the East ...Click on a label to read posts from that part of the world.
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Apr 30th, 2013 at 4:00PM:
Living in a small town gave me an affinity for any and every sign of urbanity as a child. I didn't care what it was so long as it signaled that many people from many different places were living within one area and generating ideas together, or at least in the midst of one another. Having been born in Baltimore and raised in the country in Ohio, my family took frequent trips back to the East ...Buffalo, New York: The Best Maligned Place
Nov 23rd, 2012 at 1:00PM: Every year around this time we return to Buffalo, our wonderful, maligned hometown like the swallows returning to San Juan Capistrano. Buffalo is a city of exiles and I'm one of them. Up to half the people who grow up in the region leave to pursue opportunities elsewhere, but we remain fiercely loyal to the place. The rest of the country assumes that the Queen City is an armpit and treats us as ...Queens, New York To Open First Brewery Since Prohibition
Oct 27th, 2012 at 3:00PM: Next week, the NYC borough of Queens is set to debut their first beer brewery in decades when Singlecut Beersmiths opens in Astoria. Most of their new brews will feature a high IBU (a bitterness measurement, putting IPAs and stouts in the middle to higher range) and a healthy amount of hops. Fitting for the first Queens brewery since Prohibition, the first beer on tap (if you'll pardon the pun) ...Video of the day: New York City 1938
Jan 11th, 2012 at 6:00PM:
Today's Video of The Day takes us all the back to the year 1938, when New York City was 'The Wonder City'. Watch this video through to the end and take note of all the changes you see. Not only is New York City very different these days than it was back then (even more people, even more speeding cars), but, naturally, the people of New York are different these days, too. But the differences, ...
Cockpit Chronicles: Hitching a ride to Kentucky in Concorde
Jul 15th, 2011 at 9:00AM: Occasionally, when pilots are together, the subject eventually will come around to airplanes. Specifically, just what airplane we'd most like to fly.
While I have a rather long list that includes the Ford Tri-Motor and the Spitfire, solidly at the top of the heap lies Concorde. An airplane so special, you're not even allowed to put 'the' in front of its name.
Since there was no possibility ...Undiscovered New York: Top 5 Beaches
Jul 29th, 2009 at 10:30AM: The USA has some fantastic urban beaches. In the Summer, Chicagoans are spoiled by happening North Avenue Beach on Lake Michigan. Miami has South Beach, littered with plenty of palm trees, fake tans and toned bodies. In L.A. there's Santa Monica and Malibu. But what about New York City? For a metropolis surrounded on all sides by water, you'd think there would be some more obvious beach options, ...Times Square becomes a pedestrian zone
May 27th, 2009 at 4:30PM: New York City's famous Times Square became free of cars this Monday. This is the latest in two decades of radical changes to what used to be a dirty, dangerous, but uniquely vibrant part of one of the world's greatest cities. City officials have blocked traffic from 42nd to 47th Streets at Times Square and between 33rd and 35th Streets at Herald Square in a much-anticipated move we first reported ...Ladies Only Floor in Times Square hotel
Feb 26th, 2009 at 3:30PM: The Premier Hotel in New York City's Times Square has a fun new amentiy -- if you're a girl and you wanna have fun. It's the Ladies Only Floor! The exclusive Premier Hotel, sister of the Millennium Broadway, which has been host to guests such as Jordan Sparks, Mario Lopez, and even Barbara Walters, has dedicated one of their floors -- seven rooms -- to the ladies. "The Premier Hotel's Ladies Only ...Get desserted in New York
Feb 20th, 2009 at 12:30PM: No it's not a typo. Walking Tours Manhattan has dessert-themed walking tours. They guide you around, feed you, and walk you. It's like you're their dog -- their sweet-toothed dog. It's called their Recessional Special: Free NYC Dessert Fest. And it is indeed free! They request a $1 donation or whatever you feel is appropriate, and the purchase of any desserts is additional, but all you have to do ...The Standard Hotel introduces their staff ... on YouTube
Jan 14th, 2009 at 5:30PM: Now this we have not seen before. The Standard Hotel New York, a new André Balazs hotel, has created the above video to introduce their staff. This is clearly a well-done appeal to a younger, hipper generation. The mod-style, ironically-named Standard Hotels, with their upside-down logos, really are pretty cool. The one in New York offers gorgeous accommodations (with "insane" views) in ...
Jauntsetter - Travel deals for New Yorkers
Jan 13th, 2009 at 10:30AM: New York, New York. You wanna be a part of it ... but sometimes you need to get the heck out of it. Good news! There's a website called Jauntsetter that has travel deals specifically for New Yorkers. They know we're too busy to find them ourselves, and that if no one hands us a deal we might just not go anywhere. I mean, we can get any food you can imagine, and there's always some part of the city ...New York City package deal from Carlton Hotel
Nov 4th, 2008 at 12:00PM: Want to have a classy winter rendezvous in New York City? Between December 21st, 2008, and March 15th, 2009, The Carlton on Madison Avenue has a droolworthy "Winter in the City" package deal. "The Carlton on Madison Avenue has a cozy 'Winter in the City' package, which combines comfy delights, including a 'Comfort Foods' menu featuring dishes such as truffled mac & cheese, poached lobster, ...Anchor Bar in Buffalo: Home of the original Buffalo wings
Sep 24th, 2008 at 2:00PM: Buffalo is famous for several great things: tons of snow, losing the Super Bowl, and wings. In the 44 years since their invention, wings have become an American favorite, served in every bar in the country. Whole restaurant chains have developed around the buffalo wing, but does anything compare to the closely guarded secret recipe of the original? Next time you're in Buffalo, find out for ...One for the Road: Lonely Planet Encounters
Jul 4th, 2007 at 10:58AM: I've got a friend visiting New York this week for the very first time, and in advance of her visit, I road-tested a few guides to see which might work best to use during her short stay. For the rest of this week, I'll feature the NYC versions of several guidebook series. Consider this part-two of my previous I Love NY mini-book reviews. First up is New York Encounter, the Big Apple edition of ...
