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New York City

My list of things-I-can’t-believe-I-still-haven’t-done-in-NYC

On Saturday night, I made a list of all the things I can't believe I haven't done yet in my four-and-a-half years of living in New York City: all the things that I've been meaning to do, but haven't quite gotten around to. And then on Sunday, I went...
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Postcard from Central Park in fall

Central Park is one of my favorite places in the city in all seasons, but it's especially hard to beat in fall. The foliage is just so gorgeous! And one of my favorite (and fairly underrated) spots in the park is the Pool, located off 103rd Street on...
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Postcard from the Empire State Building

It's really easy for New York City to lose that tourist sparkle after you've lived there for a few years. Sure, you still marvel at seeing the city all sparkly when you're in a cab going over the Brooklyn Bridge late at night and you revel in the...
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A weekend at Wilderness Field Notes

A confession that is likely not very surprising: I'm not much of a camper. I quite enjoy those lovely modern amenities like mattresses and indoor plumbing, and I'm not very willing to sacrifice them. That said, I love being outside in clean, fresh...
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A weekend in the Catskills

The true changing of the seasons is probably the #1 thing that I appreciate the most living on the East Coast: there's nothing like the incredible pop of colors blooming after a long gray winter or the turning of the leaves when the temperatures...
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