As much as New York likes to tout itself as the greatest city in the world, it's one of the toughest places to craft a life. Between rent prices as high as the city's skyscrapers, soul-crushing day jobs with brutal hours, and competition for everything from school spots to subway seats, it's easy to feel…
Continue reading ➞ Need a Pick-me-up? Look at These Inspiring NYC Spots
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!
The Chrysler Building is the caged exotic dancer of the NYC skyline: you can look at her but you can't touch. At least, that's what I believed until recently. It turns out the Chrysler Building will welcome you into her cage, but she'll never let you climb the bars. I know, that metaphor was weird.…
Continue reading ➞ See What It’s Like Inside the Chrysler Building
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…
Ah, the Holiday Nostalgia Train rides! The only time of year when people are actually excited to board an MTA train. Every Sunday in December the MTA and the New York Transit Museum put their vintage fleet of 1930s trains back in service and allow the public to take a ride down memory lane for…
Continue reading ➞ Next Stop: 1936! Tips for Taking a Ride on the Holiday Nostalgia Train
The NYPL is an oasis in this city. Its 88 branches and four research centers are the few places in NYC where you can sit and stay a while and not be expected to buy anything or communicate with anyone. Plus, there are water fountains, restrooms, computers, and, obviously, free books to keep you amused…
Continue reading ➞ 7 of NYC’s Cutest, Coziest New York Public Library Branches
