Make no misunderstanding: the following list is not the end-all be-all of black cultural and historic sites in NYC. In fact, you're more than welcome to suggest more places that should be added to what I'm calling the NYC Black Bucket List. With sites spanning all five boroughs, no matter who you are, you've got…
Continue reading ➞ The NYC Black Bucket List: 20 Black Cultural Sites in NYC
Don't feel like reading right now? Press play and I'll read this post to you! Folks, I'm about to let you in on one of the best kept secrets in Brooklyn—something that's not known by many people outside of Brooklyn's most southeastern neighborhoods. I hope my fellow South Brooklynites can forgive me, but I've got…
Continue reading ➞ Marine Park Salt Marsh: Brooklyn’s Best-Kept Secret
Congrats! You've crossed the Brooklyn Bridge. So now you’re allowed to check Brooklyn off your itinerary, right? No way! Fuggedaboutit! In fact, your Brooklyn adventure has only just begun. Brooklyn is a huge borough with so much to offer both residents and tourists. Honestly, the writer Tom Wolfe was spot on when he said that…
Continue reading ➞ The Ultimate Brooklyn Bucket List: 60 Things to Do in Brooklyn, NYC
As a born-and-raised Brooklynite, I am tired of seeing travel guides overrating certain parts of my borough and devaluing other parts. Yes, Brooklyn is hip and cool but there is so much more to this borough than its hipster reputation. So if you value being an informed traveler/citizen, keep reading. Here is your basic Brooklyn…
Who says you need to be in New York to get the New York experience? Ideally, it would be best to pound the pavement, taste the pizza, and smell New York's signature aroma of hot garbage/stale coffee/urine/roasted peanuts #5 in person, but that's not always possible. Fortunately, there are plenty of online resources to help…
Continue reading ➞ Here are the 7 Best Virtual Tours of NYC!
Believe it or not, you can find solitude in New York City. Yes, it's true that this is the most densely populated city in the United States, home to 8.6 million people who have accepted a lack of personal space as a fact of life. But NYC is also physically huge. It's made up of…
New York is the city with a million things to do, but not everything is worth your time and/or money. More often than not, guide books have been pointing people to the same played-out attractions that are far removed from the authentic New York experiences visitors (and locals) could be having instead. So it's time…
Continue reading ➞ NYC Tourist Traps to Skip! (And What to Do Instead)
New York may not be known as the "city of love"—in fact, it has a reputation as being one of the toughest places for singles who are trying to find relationships—but even the most jilted daters can't deny that there are tons of romantic things to do in New York City. Whether you are making…
Whether you live here or you are just traveling through, you've probably heard that NYC has a reputation of eating up your money. But as a certified cheapskate who is certainly not swimming in a stream of dollar bills, I'm here to tell you that it doesn't have to be this way! It's more than…
My objective this weekend was to see if it was actually worth going to the Brooklyn Botanic Garden during the winter time. The short answer is yes, it certainly is. However, you should keep in mind before you go that it's not going to be the lush green wonderland that it is during the warmer…
Continue reading ➞ Is It Worth Visiting the Brooklyn Botanic Garden in the Winter?
