Every holiday season, an estimated 150,000 people make the journey to the Brooklyn neighborhood of Dyker Heights to admire its houses decked out with lights and holiday decorations. That number may not sound like a lot compared to the 6.5 million people who visit New York City overall during the holidays, but this is quite…
Continue reading ➞ Dyker Heights Christmas Lights: What to Know Before You Go
An article from Curbed once said that when taken as a whole, the buildings surrounding the High Line are what would happen if you invited too many historical figures to a dinner party. Their massive egos would get in the way and they'd all be shouting over each other. And that's what it feels like…
Continue reading ➞ A Slightly Snarky Tour of the Most Unusual Buildings Along the High Line
This is point in the summer, for me at least, when the hot garbage smell and the humidity gets to me, and I tire of being in the city. But due to work obligations and the reluctance to subject myself to the reported chaos at the airports, I'm stuck here for now. But luckily for…
Continue reading ➞ How to Escape New York Without Leaving the City
Despite it continually making the list of most expensive cities in the world, you don't need to have much money to have a good time exploring NYC. Case in point: The other day, I left my apartment in Inwood determined to spend the whole day exploring Lower Manhattan without spending more than 20 dollars on…
Continue reading ➞ How to Spend a Day in Lower Manhattan on a $20 Budget
In my past few years as an independent, don't-need-no-man, working woman, I've probably spent more time in Midtown East than I've spent in the neighborhoods where I actually reside. And in that time I've learned that Midtown East has a lot more to it than cold, glass skyscrapers full of self-important, yet disgruntled office workers.…
Continue reading ➞ 35+ Fun Things To Do in Midtown East: A Neighborhood Guide
It's hard to think of NYC as a particularly religious city, let alone a Catholic one. But contrary to popular belief, plenty of New Yorkers worship the almighty God along with the almighty dollar, with Catholics making up the largest sect of the city's religious folk. According to data from the Pew Research Center, 33…
On a relatively quiet street in Flushing, Queens, an adorable yellow and red Queen Anne-style house sits surrounded by nondescript low-to-mid-rise apartment buildings. You'd think the contrast between the house and its surroundings would bring it more attention, but the Lewis Latimer House Museum exists much in the same way its namesake did: humble and…
Continue reading ➞ You Need to Visit the Lewis Latimer House Museum in Queens ASAP!
The short answer: it's always the best time to be in NYC — if you know how to make the most of it. The long answer involves researching what usually happens in NYC weather-wise and event-wise month by month. Sounds tedious, right? I guess it's a good thing that I already did that work for…
Continue reading ➞ When’s the Best Time to Be in NYC? Here’s a Month-to-Month Guide!
I went into this week really wanting to like Times Square. Broadway just reopened in NYC, so I figured that it would be the perfect time to see if I could have a Times Square experience that defied the typical New Yorker convention to avoid the area at all costs. Although I found some interesting…
You don't have to be a heliologist to see how special sunsets are in New York City. It's as though nature puts a pair of rose-colored glasses on you, reminding you of the magic of New York, rather than how gross, lonely, and expensive it can be. Whether you want to admire the sunset or…
Continue reading ➞ The Best Places to Watch the Sunset in Each NYC Borough
