Happy Holidays!
Please enjoy these scenes from New York City during the Holidays! Wishing all Peace of Mind and Joyful Times during this holiday season.
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More New York Discoveries
I spent a couple of gloomy, rainy gray days in New York City recently. Not what I have often enjoyed in the Big Apple in December. No “Elf” like scenes of Central Park or Santas brushing snow off their Coke-a-Cola red suits. That combined with a bad case of tendonitis in my foot...
West Village: Birthplace of Cool
I’ve never really spent much time in the area of Manhattan called the West Village. In fact the area between mid-town and Soho has always been a bit of a mystery. Streets are a bewildering labyrinth of winding lanes and confusing intersections. It is truly an area one can get “lost” in....
On the Water in New York City
I emailed a photo of our sailing trip in the Hudson River off Manhattan to a good friend. She wrote back, “Now that’s a first.” Hmmmm. Yep. It was for me. But it is something I’ve always dreamed of. I love sailing and I love New York. Wouldn’t it be fun to combine the two? […]
Art Explodes in New York City
While many cities in the world are bigger, older, grander and more populated than New York City, none really showcase art quite the way that the Big Apple does. I’m never disappointed when I travel there. I always see an exhibit, a show, some street art or something to ponder, enjoy and...
9/11 Memorial: Search for Meaning
Sitting down to write about my recent visit to the 9/11 Memorial I am really at a loss for what to say. So much has been written about this ten-years-in-the- making Memorial on the site of the World Trade Center. Some people love it. Others think it is mundane. Others talk about all the...
New York Discoveries
When I dropped my dog, Izzy, off at my daughter’s for care while we were in NYC, I asked my four year old grand daughter (yes, the one I wrote about in Traveling with a two-year-old), “Would you take good care of Izzy while Nana and Papa are in NYC?” Instead of answering, she turned […]
New York City Dresses up for the Holidays
I love the holiday decorations in New York City. They make me laugh. They make me smile. They make me happy. Ok, I admit it. I’m truly a sucker for holiday decor. Schmaltzy, cutesy, clever, sophisticated, red and green or odd ball mixes. I’m always amazed when I see...
Why I love New York
I love New York and I’m not the only one to feel this way. Evidently I’m not the only one to Love New York. A recent issue of New York Magazine reports that New York expects to hit 50 million tourists by the end of 2011. This influx of travelers is the major reason […]
New York City: Constantly Changing
Poking around New York in Soho last week I thought about something the teacher of the Zen Buddhism class I recently attended said. He explained that in Buddhism, nothing is believed to be permanent. There is no future, no past, only now. Everything is changing. Weird to think about...