We’ve been embracing train travel more than ever these days. Amtrak has become therapeutic in delivering us from point A to point B without the stress and exhaustion of navigating a...
Category: Home, Hudson, Manhattan, New York, NYC, travel, USA Tags: Amtrak, food, Hudson, Hudson New York, Manhattan, New York, New York City, NYC, photography, train, travel, travel guide, travel photography
This past weekend, we enjoyed some time away in New York City. We love to stay downtown near the Financial District. Here it is always sleepy on the weekends, with great...
Category: Home, Manhattan, New York, travel Tags: Manhattan, New York, New York City, NYC, travel, travel blog, travel guide
We take the Seastreak ferry into the city as much as possible. It’s just about the most relaxing way to get to New York, especially during the warmer months of the...
Category: Home, Manhattan, New York, travel Tags: blog, Midtown, New York, New York City, NY, NYC, travel, travel guide, travel photography
You see this man standing here in awe of Grand Central Station? We don’t know him, but we’ve been him. A tiny human standing still, out of sync with the city’s...
Category: Home, New York, NYC, travel Tags: black and white photography, Grand Central Station, New York, New York City, NYC, travel, travel blog, travel photography
Impermanence Part Two This was Shea Stadium. My wife and I took a subway ride out to see it as it was being torn down. My father and I took that ...
Category: Home, New York, travel Tags: baseball, blogger, Mets, photography, Shea Stadium, tourist attractions, travel, USA
This image was made from the Governor’s Island Oyster bar. As a child I always imagined about the lives of the people taking the Staten Island Ferry. They must all work...
Category: Home, New York, NYC, travel Tags: blog, Freedom Tower, Governor's Island, Manhattan, New York, Staten Island Ferry, travel
Umbrellas in New York… Have you ever tried to walk through New York City while wielding an umbrella? This may seem like a fairly easy task, but I have never...
Category: Home, New York, NYC, street photography, travel Tags: New York, photography, street photography, travel, umbrellas
On Tour! This gentleman was on a tour of an unknown variety in downtown Manhattan. He looked bored with the tour guide’s information and was perhaps plotting his escape. A friend...
Category: New York, NYC, street photography, travel
Lost in the city! Michelle and I went to New York this weekend. The city is like a second home to the two of us, but can be very daunting to...
Category: New York, NYC, street photography, travel
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