Phoenicia, NY is a small but popular hamlet in New York’s Catskills that attracts day-trippers and weekenders all year round for its fly fishing, winter sports, and in summer, camping and white-water tubing. Situated about two and a half hours from Manhattan by car, the only other way to get to Phoenicia is by a Trailways Coach, which departs from the Port Authority...
Get ready for things to get a little spooky with Watt Where How’s Top Things to do in Sleepy Hollow. Sleepy Hollow the book, the movie, the legend, and the small town in Westchester County, New York, all owe their fame to author Washington Irving – but there’s more than just haunting tales of pumpkin slinging horsemen to attract you. Top things to do in Sleepy...
This summer and fall, pencil in a trip peach picking in Upstate New York as a refreshing addition to your vacation plans. Apple picking, peach picking, and fruit picking, in general, is a favorite family fun day trip in Upstate New York as summer rolls to a close – and a rite of passage as the first Halloween decorations start appearing in shops across America...
The Cloisters are the home of the main portion of the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s medieval collection. The Cloisters, also known as The Met Cloisters are far from the main Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, but they are worth the trip. Up at the extreme end of Manhattan, almost to the Harlem River, you’ll find a stretch of riverside parkways that skirt...
North Fork, Long Island, is New York’s little slice of Provence or Napa Valley, situated on the Long Island Sound within a few hours from Manhattan. North Fork Long Island is 30 miles of Long Island land that is closer in character to France than New York, with its wineries, apple orchards, lavender fields, chateau-like mansions, trawler-fresh seafood, and couture...
Go to New York’s Oneida Lake fishing for Walleye with this fishing charter Oneida Lake fishing adventures give you the chance to rise early and head out onto this Finger Lake destination in pursuit of Walleye. We set the alarm for before sunrise and headed out to go Oneida Lake Fishing with Captain Chris Scriba of Scriba Fishing Charters. With the sun casting a...
Bright lights, sand, cold beers, hot dogs, and classic amusement park rides, the Coney Island boardwalk was high on our list of things to see in New York City. Growing up in Australia, it sounded like an amazing place, mentioned in Saturday morning cartoons like a mecca for kids. Sadly it’s not as pristine or exciting as an adult, but gladly not as seedy as ten years...
From badlands to burgeoning foodie hot spot, get a taste for Queen City dining at Sartre Cincinnati. Located in the same building as Rheingeist Brewery, Sartre Cincinnati is the new kid on the block of the Cincy food scene. With a hint of sophistication and a twist of French flare, we were anticipating being taken on a culinary journey in a town that is now in the...
Yale University, famous pizza, early US history and it’s only an hour from New York are just a few enticing reasons to take a trip to New Haven, Connecticut. Situated on the northern shore of Long Island sound and accessible via the Metro North New Haven line, you can get from Grand Central to this Ivy League college town in about an hour. Follow the arrows to get to...
Catching Blondie live in New York is bucket-list level for a music fan; seeing her playing live in a skate park takes it to its zenith. This mural by Shepherd Fairey sits across from the site of CBGBs on Bleecker and Bowery. Blondie has always been the pretty young punk band that broke through to the mainstream the hardest and fastest from the gritty skid row dive...