Palenville NY is a tiny upstate hamlet in the Catskills that has a legitimate literary claim to fame – the place where Rip Van Winkle lived. Many of the townships of the Catskills like to lay claim to being the setting for Rip Van Winkle – especially the town of Catskill and its nearby road bridge over the Hudson River – Rip Van Winkle Bridge. But...
Woodstock, New York, isn’t the Woodstock you think about when you are talking about three days of peace, love, and music, avoiding the brown acid and Hendrix regaling hundreds of thousands in the early morning with a politically charged version of the Star Spangled Banner. This isn’t THAT Woodstock New York (yet it is kind of) That’s the Woodstock festival grounds...
Ben & Jerry’s Flavor Graveyard in Waterbury, Vermont is part of the ice cream factory of the much-loved green mountain brand. Since 1978, the famed Ben & Jerry’s ice creams have been leaping off the shelves due to their unique blends and humorous flavor names. Who are Ben & Jerry? Ben & Jerry’s is named after two real people: Ben Cohen and Jerry...
The Disney Art of Animation Resort is a family-friendly vacation destination, inspired by the modern era of Disney and Pixar animated movies. If you want to get your kids excited about visiting Walt Disney World in Orlando, this is THE place to stay. Staying at the Art of Animation Resort Orlando The Disney Art of Animation Resort is one of the Disney budget...
Coogee Beach (pronounced could gee) is a popular beach community between Bondi, Brontë, and Maroubra beaches. Considered part of Randwick, this Eastern beaches suburb is populated by young, well-heeled professionals with a love of healthy outdoor activities and Coogee Beach is the center of it all. Coogee Beach is situated on Arden Street, a popular...
Bondi Beach Sydney. Possibly the most famous Australian beach, it has given birth to a swath of low-grade reality tv shows: Bondi Vet, Bondi Ink, and Bondi Lifeguards. But behind the fake boobs and fake tan is a genuinely beautiful stretch of white sands and appealing waves. Pre-pandemic, you’d be hard-pressed to find a patch of beach not populated by a backpacker or...
The Rocks Sydney is a window into Sydney’s colonial past and a vibrant place to shop, dine, and drinks. Before the arrival of the British colonists, The Rocks Sydney, was the traditional tribal lands of the Gadigal People of the Eora Nation and was known by the original inhabitants as Tallawoladah. In 1788, that changed when the First Fleet landed on the shores...
Maine Lobster boat tours put you right into the heart of the action as you get to see the sights, experience the smells, and get hands on with renowned Maine Lobsters.
Ice fishing in the Adirondacks on a frozen lake is something we’d always wanted to try. It always seemed so foreign and exotic growing up reading about Inuit families fishing through holes in the ice in picture books and National Geographic magazines and then later seeing travel documentaries of Americans and Canadians fishing from the cozy comfort of heated tents...
Take a NY winter break and experience the relaxing qualities a Catskills getaway offers. Curled up by a fireplace in a log cabin in the Catskills sounds like the perfect to wait out the brutal winter snowstorms that hit the northeast of the tri-state. Hidden away beyond a hamlet in the middle of the Catskills New York, just minutes from the ski fields of Belleayre...