The Intrepid
Intrepid Sea-Air-Space Museum, New York City (be sure to mark your calendars: Intrepid opens April 1st) Cruising down the West Side Highway, your eyes are glued left and right, mesmerized at the tall buildings, the new Trump apartments, the beautiful river on the right. This is New York City. What are we going to do? Where are we going to park?? When you think of things to do in what is lovingly referred to as ‘The Big Apple’ – especially,... [Read More...]
2009 NYC Int’l Car Show
The 2009 NYC International Car Show At the Jacob Javitz Center. The article is short on words, to save room for the photos we all really want to see!!! Sit back, scroll down, and enjoy some of the hottest cars on the planet today! All at the NUC Jacon Javitz Center (see Events for calendar) Every Spring. Features the hottest of the hot! #gallery-2 { margin: auto; } #gallery-2 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px; text-align:... [Read More...]
Bronx Botanical Gardens
Bronx Botanic Garden: Moore in America Exhibit http://www.nybg.org The New York (Bronx) Botanic Garden in the Bronx is running a photography contest relating to its Henry Moore sculpture exhibit. About twenty of Moore’s works are scattered throughout its 250 hilly acres. It’s great fun to stumble upon these randomly – one after another – as you make your way from one of the fifty garden plots to the next. BBG provides you with a map, of... [Read More...]
Les Maison du Chocolat
A Tale of Two Truffles The Greatest Chocolate in the World? Les Maison du Chocolat 1018 Madison Avenue New York, NY 10021 30 Rockefeller Center New York, NY 10021 http://www.lamaisonduchocolat.com On your next visit to the Big Apple, you must add a new destination to your “must see” list. It is a chocolate shop called Les Maison du Chocolat, sitting proudly at 1018 Madison Avenue. Direct from France, Les Maison opens a new door to chocolate... [Read More...]
Hershey vs. M&M
M&M and Hersehy Stores Battle of the Chocolates in Times Square (Broadway Between 48th and 49th) I wasn’t sure how to start this article: A quip about Godzilla and that other slimey thing he fights. Or King Kong climbing the Empire State Building. But nah–this is Chocolate, capital “C”, one of our all time favorite subjects! (For a related article, by the way, do check out the article entitled, “Battle of the Truffles”,... [Read More...]
Cafe Buon Gusto
Cafe Buon Gusto 236 E. 77th Between Second and Third NYC (five star *****) Ok, so you’re in New York City, or thinking of a trip there. There’s thousands of restaurants–literally, thousands–and you have a hunch a lot of the ones located near where you’re travelling to are tourist rip-off joints (and you may be right). On the other hand, you’re a bit terrified of the Big Apple, and not really sure where you’re... [Read More...]
