Oct 30th, 2012 at 2:00PM:
New Yorkers and residents along the Eastern Seaboard are just beginning to emerge today from the damage caused by Hurricane Sandy - millions remain without power, thousands of flights have been cancelled and transportation throughout the region has been severely disrupted.
If you need further evidence of what it looks like in New York here on the ground, just check out this shot posted this ...Click on a label to read posts from that part of the world.
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New York's LaGuardia Airport Flooded
Oct 30th, 2012 at 2:00PM:
New Yorkers and residents along the Eastern Seaboard are just beginning to emerge today from the damage caused by Hurricane Sandy - millions remain without power, thousands of flights have been cancelled and transportation throughout the region has been severely disrupted.
If you need further evidence of what it looks like in New York here on the ground, just check out this shot posted this ...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) ...New York City: Getting Back To Where You Once Belonged
Oct 25th, 2012 at 11:00AM:
The city of New York City exists strongly. Within New York, the smallest sounds are amplified as they break through the barriers of thin drywall. The coastal weather can be bitter, biting and unforgiving and still, the easiest way to get around New York is by foot and, in effect, immersed in the unchangeable climate. Even the most basic interactions occur more frequently in New York and ...World Subway Maps Drawn To Scale
Oct 24th, 2012 at 9:00AM: Think New York has the most extensive subway system in the world? You may be right, but it's a toss-up with London and Berlin. It's easy to judge if you take all the metro systems and draw them to the same scale, as artist and urban planner Neil Freeman did in a series of minimalist subway maps. Comparing different systems, it's a wonder why cities like Budapest even bothered with a metro, yet ...Roadside America: Hudson Valley, New York
Oct 20th, 2012 at 4:00PM:
For many New Yorkers, it's a fall rite of passage. Rent car. Book bed-n-breakfast. Drive somewhere with trees. Indulge in pastoral pleasures like hay rides, apple-picking, hiking, canoeing, etc. Return, wondering faintly if you should ditch city life to renovate a colonial home and take up beekeeping.
But often, planning a New York City getaway is a bit more complicated than that. First, ...Roadside America: Princeton, New Jersey, The Quintessential College Town
Oct 18th, 2012 at 9:00AM:
Breathe it in: the warm aroma of fall leaves and cable-knit sweaters, the musty scent of old buildings and library books, and the added jolt of freshly brewed coffee.
It's the smell of a college town, but not just any college town: Princeton, New Jersey, home to the fourth oldest Ivy League university in America.
Princeton particularly shines in the fall, when the energy from the start ...Big City Scavenger Hunt A Fun And Informative Quest
Oct 7th, 2012 at 1:00PM:
Remember scavenger hunts? The game where individuals or teams go out into the world to gather the items on predetermined list? Whoever gets them all first wins? Great.
In a unique twist on the game, UrbanQuest is a scavenger hunt in a great city that ends at a restaurant where reservations have been made. Along the way, "Questers" learn their way around the city in a fun and challenging ...Video: Call Me Maybe, Says Austria, In Style
Oct 3rd, 2012 at 2:00PM:
In a parody of Carly Rae Jepsen's "Call Me Maybe" YouTube video, the Austrian Tourism Board is front and center with their rendition. The video was actually filmed in New York City as part of the Austria Dirndl Temptation campaign.
Have no clue what that means? Dirndl is a type of traditional dress worn in Austria based on the historical costume of Alpine peasants. Lederhosen are pants, ...
New York Ferris Wheel To Be Tallest In The World
Sep 29th, 2012 at 9:00AM:
New York is going after more tourist business in a big way, building the world's tallest Ferris wheel along the waterfront in Staten Island. To be called the New York Wheel, at 625 feet it will be 5 feet taller than the planned High Roller wheel for the Las Vegas Strip, 84 feet taller than the Singapore Flyer and carry over 1400 passengers at a time.
"The New York Wheel and the retail outlet ...Video Of The Day: Times Square In The 1980s
Sep 24th, 2012 at 5:00PM:
Here's a bit of nostalgia for all you old-time New Yorkers out there.
This mini-documentary on Times Square really captures my memories of it from the 1980s. Walking around there with my friends at night was a gritty, sleazy, surreal experience. Touts tried to sell you stolen watches or draw you into shell games or strip shows. Street preachers screamed at the crowd and were totally ignored. ...
Photo Of The Day: The World Trade Center, Rebuilt
Sep 11th, 2012 at 6:30PM:
The events of September 11, 2001, left an indelible mark on the country, and indeed the world. Today, New York will commemorate the 11th anniversary of 9/11 with a series of ceremonies and memorial services. It will also celebrate the progress underway on the new World Trade Center towers, which serve as a reminder of America's ability to overcome adversity. The most prominent tower, called ...New Study Reveals Cities With The Highest And Lowest Taxes For Travelers
Sep 11th, 2012 at 1:00PM: On a recent road trip, I stopped for the night in suburban Indianapolis and was happy to find a nice hotel room for just $91 per night. But in the morning, when I saw the receipt that was slipped under the door and noticed a total bill of $106.47, I thought that there was some mistake.
In huge cities like New York and Chicago you expect punitive taxes on travel related expenses, but could the ...New York City's (Mostly) Unfortunate $1 Pizza Slice Phenomenon
Sep 7th, 2012 at 12:00PM:
There was a crash and a boom from the kitchen. I was just a teenager but from my bedroom, my friend Jay and I immediately knew what had happened. "Your dad dropped the pizza," he said to me, seconds after the noise reverberated through the suburban Los Angeles house. Yep. That's exactly what happened. My dad, likely liquored up after an afternoon of football watching (and inspired to imbibe more ...Culinary Cab Confessions: Ghana on the Hudson
Aug 31st, 2012 at 10:00AM:
"I want you to take me to lunch."
These were the first words I said to the driver after getting in his cab outside my apartment on W. 10th Street in New York City. His eyes went from looking at me in the rearview mirror to whipping his head around to look at me face to face.
"Huh?" he said.
I repeated it and then mentioned the reputation cab drivers have: that, in addition to ...Under These Circumstances: Traveling For A Funeral
Aug 31st, 2012 at 9:00AM:
The twisting highways that cut through West Virginia and lead to my hometown, which is on the border of West Virginia and Ohio, are terrifying at night. The last time I made the drive, the fog was thick and low – a meteorological manifestation of my cloudy, burdened mind. Because the hills are steep and street lights are rare, the dim headlights were the only aid my vision had. I ...Inside The Urban Underground: Exploration Gets Personal
Aug 30th, 2012 at 11:00AM:
New Yorker Steve Duncan was so desperate to pass his college math class, he crawled through a tunnel to finish it. A computer assignment was due the next day and the software to finish was inside a building closed for the night. In a moment of desperation, Steve came up with a crazy plan: he could sneak inside. Having heard from a classmate about a collection of well-known tunnels ...An Exclusive Look At The View From America's Tallest Hotel Building
Aug 22nd, 2012 at 11:00AM:
Last year, Marriott International made waves with the announcement that its latest New York City property would be the tallest stand-alone hotel building in Manhattan. But now, about 17 months into construction, it has become clear that the new Nobutaka Ashihara-designed skyscraper will not just be the city's tallest hotel, but the tallest stand-alone hotel building in the entire United ...How To Eat A Fertilized Duck Egg
Aug 20th, 2012 at 11:00AM:
The first time I ate a fertilized duck egg was at a Vietnamese restaurant in New York City three years ago. I was headed to Vietnam in a few months and knew I'd be writing about something food related, so I spent the run-up to the trip eating as much Vietnamese food as I could. When I saw balut, as fertilized duck eggs are often referred to, on the ...Killing The Pig: The Annoying Foodie Obsession With Pork
Aug 10th, 2012 at 10:00AM:
I'm tired of pork. There, I said it. Pork belly, bacon, pulled pork, pork shoulder, pork terrines, charcuterie, head cheese, roasted suckling pig, porchetta, pancetta. I'm ready for this macho eating craze for all things piggy to finally go away.
I'm a very pork-patient sort of guy. Homer Simpson said it best in expressing his empuzzlement when his daughter Lisa became a vegetarian, asking ...Why Chicago Beats New York
Aug 6th, 2012 at 10:00AM: Years ago, when I told a group of colleagues in New York that I was moving to Chicago, the reaction ranged from bemusement to outrage.
"Chicago?" one began, tentatively, as if they'd heard of the place but couldn't quite place it. "Why would you want to live there?"
Another co-worker was more blunt.
"Chicago's a dump," he said. "You'll be back in New York in a year."
Like many New ...
