The Epic Journey to Brooklyn Ikea
Every day is an adventure when you call New York City home. In the city that never sleeps, even a mundane errand like getting a new futon can be a great story. Once upon a there was a nice black futon...
View ArticleGovernor’s Island: Always an NYC Summer Adventure
Oh Governor’s Island, you’re the best. You’re the perfect time-crunch NYC get-away. There you are, a mere five minute boat ride from the southern tip of Manhattan. You’re so accessible and yet you’re a...
View ArticleColorado Wedding: SO PRETTY with Minimal Awkward Moments
Colorado was absolutely beautiful. You knew I was in Colorado for a wedding this past weekend right? As the fellow-I’ve-been-seeing’s plus one? I got very picture happy right from the get-go. The...
View ArticleFrolic-worthy Foliage Outside the Concrete Jungle
You can’t expect a place people call “the concrete jungle” to bring it when it comes to fall foliage. For once, New York is behind the trend, with Central Park not revealing its most brilliant colors...
View ArticleApple Picking Outside the Big Apple
Every year it’s the same old song and dance. Autumn rolls around and I find myself saying to one friend or another, “You know what would be fun? Apple picking! We should go apple picking!” Then I blink...
View ArticleChristmas Caroling: My Favorite Holiday Tradition
While most kids were running around the soccer field trying to score tricky goals, my friends and I were standing entirely still on risers, trying to master tricky notes in musical scores. I was a...
View ArticleBeating the Winter Blues: #SunshineSunday
I spent Christmas week spent in my hometown of San Francisco. Incredible blue skies and sunshine every single day I was there. As a New York Cliché one might expect I’m from a small town in the...
View ArticleGiddy Like a Tourist on the Roosevelt Island Tram
I finally rode the Roosevelt Island Tram for the first time. If you saw me at the station you would have thought I was a kid waiting in line at Disney World, not a NY local boarding public...
View ArticleBeating the Winter Blues: #SunshineSUNday #2
This winter I’m devoting every Sunday on this blog to SUN! (I started last week: see here.) What our skin lacks in Vitamin D we will make up for with our eyes! Together we will combat the winter blues,...
View ArticleBattle Winter Blues with Beach Reminiscing #SunshineSUNday
This winter I’m devoting every Sunday on this blog to SUN! (click for SUNday #1 and SUNday #2) What our skin lacks in Vitamin D we will make up for with our eyes! Together we will combat the winter...
View ArticleSunshine Sunday in the East Village
This season I’m devoting every Sunday on this blog to SUN! (See previous weeks here.) What our skin lacks in Vitamin D we will make up for with our eyes! Together we will combat the winter blues,...
View ArticleA Visit to the Japanese Tea Garden #SunshineSUNday
If you were expecting a blog post about Superbowl Sunday, sorry to disappoint. You can read about my feelings about football here and see my post from last year when I was actually at the Super Bowl...
View ArticleSunshine SUNday #6: Golden Gate and Golden Retriever
This season I’m devoting every Sunday on this blog to SUN! What our skin lacks in Vitamin D we will make up for with our eyes! As a person born and raised in San Francisco, this most gray time of the...
View ArticleSunshine SUNday #7 from the top of San Francisco
This season I’m devoting every Sunday on this blog to SUN! What our skin lacks in Vitamin D we will make up for with our eyes! Together we will combat the winter blues, living vicariously through...
View ArticleSUNday #8: Snapshots of Sunny San Francisco
This winter season I’m devoting every Sunday on this blog to SUN! What our skin lacks in Vitamin D we will make up for with our eyes! Together we will combat the winter blues, living vicariously...
View ArticleWinter 2015, We Are Never, Ever Getting Back Together
Guys! Guys!! I have some really exciting news! It’s a big, big day! Y’all ready for this? I just walked outside, and I didn’t want to die! My nose hairs didn’t freeze! I didn’t wince when the air...
View ArticleRoosevelt Island Cherry Blossoms: Prettiest Pink in NYC
Happy May everyone! My absolute favorite month in NYC. The weather is great, roof tops bars are open, and flowers line most every street. The Big Apple is warm and beautiful. It even smells good! I’m...
View ArticleA Perfect New York Summer Activity: Free Kayaking NYC
People will tell you nothing is free in NYC. Don’t listen to them. Some of my favorite activities in this town don’t cost a dime- walking across the Brooklyn Bridge, Shakespeare in the Park, kayaking...
View ArticleNothing in NYC is More Delightful than Boating in Central Park
There’s little I love more than New York summer nights. Nights where you have no real plans other than spending time with two of your best friends in the world. Nights where the sun doesn’t set until...
View Article30 Before 30: Last Chance for Cliché 20-Something Behavior
My birthday is this Sunday. I’m turning 29. I’ve already begun to feel the big 3-0 looming on the horizon. Only one more year of being a 20-something? EEK! Your 20s are the decade for making mistakes...
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