It’s Christmas time in the city, and Paul and I made sure to kick off the holiday season with a Seastreak cruise into downtown New York. We’re committed to getting our...
Category: Home, New York, NYC, travel Tags: blog, city, Manhattan, New York, New York City, O'Hara's Pub, travel, travel blog, Trinity Place Restaurant and Bar, wanderlust
New York City and pizza. Two of the best things in America. So, let me tell you a little story. I know nothing about the pizzeria in this photograph, but I’m...
Category: New York, travel Tags: blog, city, food, Harry's Italian, New York, New York City, NYC, pizza, pizzeria, travel, travel blog, travel guide
Paul took this photo of Lady Liberty on the ferry ride back to Manhattan after an afternoon on Governor’s Island. Governor’s Island has become our go-to place for fun in the...
Category: Home, New York, travel Tags: blog, blogger, city, Governor's Island, New York, New York City, NY, NYC, oysters, photography, Statue of Liberty, travel, travel blog, travel guide, travel photography
Michelle here… Paul and I prefer downtown New York. It’s quiet and narrow and our weekends often include walks from the East River to the Hudson. There’s a little Four Points...
Category: Home, New York, NYC, travel Tags: 9/11 Memorial, blog, Four Points, New York, New York City, NYC, SPG, SPGlife, travel, travel guide, travel photography, W Hotel
Street photography has been a genre with which I have become more and more fascinated recently. It is very different from landscape photography in a variety of ways. When I shoot...
Category: Home, New York Tags: blog, Governor's Island, New York, New York City, NYC, rain, street photography, travel, travel blog, travel photography, USA
Before we traveled across the United States and back with a Jeep Wrangler and a tent, more than a few people expressed their opinions about our plans. Many of them were...
Category: Glamping, Home, New York Tags: Firelight Camps, food, glamp, Glamping, Ithaca, Maxie's Supper Club, New York, photography, tents, travel, travel deeper, travel guide, travel photography
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