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Reposted from December 2014 One of my favorite places to spend a few days during December is New York City. This year’s trip to the Big Apple didn’t disappoint. Decorations are always fabulous and creative. Store windows are the best. This year I was captivated with Barney’s...
by Judy Bereza, Guest Blogger As an “aspirational” Fashionista, I always head to the Metropolitan Museum’s Costume Institute whenever I am in New York. On a recent trip (Feb. 2020) with my daughter and granddaughter, we made a beeline to check out the current exhibit, “In Pursuit of Fashion:...
High on my list of things to do on a recent trip to New York City was to check out the newly opened Hudson Yards, the largest and most expensive real estate development in the United States. Called “Manhattan’s New Playground” by Travel and Leisure, this $25 billion dollar development has...
Happy Holidays from the DesignDestination.org bloggers We wish you a happy season and hope you keep coming back to DesignDestinations.org to share our travels with us. “Tis the Season to Decorate I never get tired of holiday decor. How about you? If like me, you love the beauty, the...
I have loved going to the theater since I was a very little girl when my parents took me to the local amateur productions. In fact, they relished telling the story of me at about age 5 or 6 jumping up in the middle of a production where my father had a small role […]
One of my favorite things to do in a big city is to throw my camera strap over shoulder and head off on a walk. In Paris, this is called being a flaneur, or walking with no apparent destination in mind. Just meandering. This blog post will document the interesting stuff that caught my […]
When I told a friend we had walked across the Brooklyn Bridge, he said, “Gosh, I didn’t know you could do that.” Well, actually you can and some times there are too many people who want to take a hike across the 1.3 mile span between Manhattan and Brooklyn, the world’s first steel suspension...
The High Line 2018 I’ve been visiting and writing about the High Line since 2009, observing the changes in this cool urban space. These changes have been massive. Every so often a friend goes there and comments about how interesting it is and I think, “Wish you could have seen it at the...
A look at the photos I took on a recent trip to New York City reveals an interesting mix of experiences. It is obvious to me that the Big Apple is a place with lots of opportunities to capture fleeting moments and sometimes startling stuff. Let me share a few. Open House in Central Park […]
Taking a Food Tour is my new favorite thing to do when traveling. I skip the double decker bus and sign up for a walking tour, where participants meander and sample foods while learning about the area. Since I’ve always been curious about the West Village in NYC, a food tour of that...