The Metropolitan Museum of Art, known more commonly as The Met is one of the world’s great museums. The use of art in The Met’s title is loose. This is a serious museum. Sure, it has an incredible collection of Van Goghs, rooms of Degas, and many pieces that will have you thinking – wow, I didn’t even know that was in America! But this place is palatial. Within...
Staten Island Ferry is proof that visiting New York shouldn’t cost you an arm and a leg. Staten Island. The fifth borough is almost an afterthought for most New Yorkers. It’s probably more that it’s out of mind than out of sight. There’s more green space and cheap rent, but probably a little more crime than gentrified Manhattanites would want to be around...
For fans of the Beatles, a short detour up the upper west side of Central Park will give you the chance to see not only where John Lennon and Yoko Ono lived (and where she still does) as well as experiencing the Strawberry Fields memorial. The Dakota Apartments Across Central Park West on the corner of 72nd Street stands the iconic Dakota Apartments. Built in...