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  • Large buildings covered in LED screens and lights. It's Times Square at night.

    The Best of The Big Apple

    Find out the best thing to do, the best places to eat and drink and get our insider travel tips from our 2022 trip to New York.

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    The Best of 2022

    January 5, 2023
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    What You Won’t Want to Miss in Tokyo

    February 5, 2026

    Walking in the Footsteps of the Rich and Famous

    March 14, 2024
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    A Rare November Day in NYC

    What do you do when it’s 75 degrees and not a cloud in the sky? Before you answer, let me also add in that we were in NYC AND we had the day off. Did that change your answer? Did it conjure images of Mary Tyler Moore twirling in the street? (Actually, that image would probably only appear if you’re over 55.) Well regardless of your mental image, let me share with you what we did on a rare November Day in NYC! Catching You Up ICYMI…we were already in NYC for 3 days by this time. We were ready to start day 4. The race was over and I…

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    United Airlines NYC Half Recap

    March 20, 2025
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    What Would You Do with Just One Day in NYC?

    December 14, 2023
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    Skating Under the Stars and Other Shenanigans

    February 1, 2024
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    The NYC Marathon – More than a Walk in the Park

    Our third day in NYC, we were finally doing the thing for which we travelled!. Nope, it wasn’t Hamilton on Broadway (though that WAS really fun.) It was the NYC Marathon – which is far more than a walk in the Park! Join us for a fun day in the boroughs with the 2022 NYC Race Report. This is the race where you take a ferry, to take a bus, to run 26.2 miles! The Wakeup Wake up time on race day was 5 am. I actually slept pretty well the night before. Even though we were out late the night before to see Hamilton, I still managed 6 hours…

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    It’s October, Try Not to Lose Your Head

    October 5, 2023
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    Our Unexpected Trip to Harrisburg

    November 17, 2022
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    Who Do You See in NYC?

    December 7, 2023
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    The Saturday Tour of the Revolution

    Have you ever started out a day with a loose plan and ended up with something far cooler, far more “thematic” than you ever would have thought? That’s the story of our second day in NYC. It ended up being The Saturday Tour of the Revolution! We started the day at Hamilton’s grave and ended up watching his show on Broadway. Oh and we sort of hit a hidden restaurant right smack in the middle of it all and visited a fake grave. The Morning Stroll at Trinity Church After a quick breakfast at George’s, we made our way over to Trinity Church. Although it is the place the Nick…

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    The Front Row Blues in the Big Easy

    September 13, 2023
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    Chasing Ghosts (among other things) in the Big Easy

    July 27, 2023
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    The Top Things Not to Miss in the Big Easy

    August 25, 2023
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    What Life Was Like The First Weekend NYC Reopened

    The spring of 2021, you remember it, don’t you? The weather was warming. The flowers were blooming and we all came out of our lockdown caves, and squinted at the sun. We walked onto shaky ground, hoping upon hope, that maybe life would somehow get back to “normal”. That June, we had a little help rediscovering one of our favorite places on the planet from an unlikely source. This is the story of how Jimmy Fallon helped us experience what life was like the first weekend NYC reopened. The Jimmy Fallon Connection Stephen enters a lottery every year for tickets to Saturday Night Live and The Tonight Show. While getting…

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    December 1, 2022
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    It’s October, Try Not to Lose Your Head

    October 5, 2023

    New York 2022 – Day 3 (The tour of Sleepy Hallow)

    May 7, 2022
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