Category: New York City
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NYC’s “Neighborhood X Neighborhood” Campaign
Mayor Bloomberg along with NYC and Company have announced a tourism initiative called ” Neighborhood X Neighborhood” which will focus on all five boroughs of New York City. I like this promotion because, after perhaps traveling hours to arrive at the Big Apple, many of us feel comfortable only focusing on Manhattan. This what they’ve said…
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Behind-the-Scenes: Whales at the American Museum of Natural History
After visiting the American Museum of Natural History’s new exhibit, Whales: Giants of the Deep, it was on to what has been one of my favorite parts of the museum’s press previews, the behind-the-scenes tour. Guided by the staff , media representatives were taken on a unique tour of some of the museum’s ancient possessions that depicted whales.…
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American Museum of Natural History: Whales-Giants of The Deep-Started March 23rd!
Founded in 1869, Manhattan’s American Museum of Natural History is considered to be one of the most preeminent scientific, educational, and cultural institutions in the world. And of this institution’s 45 permanent exhibition halls including the Rose Center for Earth and the Hayden Planetarium, which of its iconic possessions is one of the most popular? The 94…
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NYC: The Real James Bonds-“Spy the Exhibit”
I love the action-packed thrill of a good spy movie. I just enjoyed seeing Argo, and I’m looking for to the new James Bond film, Skyfall which, the reviews have said, is packed with a new collection of amazing gadgets. But are these films at all a true depiction of how real spies actually perform…
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NYC: Titanic and other Shipwreck Explorers at Sea Stories 2012
If you’d love to learn more about exploration, conservation, scuba diving, shipwrecks, nautical history and/or marine life, visit NYC’s prestigious Explorers Club to attend this year’s Sea Stories symposium. This wonderful all day event will be held this year on November 10th, and it will feature an impressive list of deep sea explorers: David Concannon …
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Foodie Heaven: Master Sushi Course with Iron Chef Morimoto
Like many of us, I love eating sushi. There are so many variations, and my daughter, Sarah and I have had fun teaching ourselves how to make the traditional sushi roll. The results were not always picture perfect, but, to us, it tasted great. The 2012 Food Network NYC Wine and Food Festival was held…
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Travel Health- recovery from a ruptured disc
In case you haven’t noticed, I haven’t been posting that many personal travel experiences lately. Why? I unfortunately developed what many us have already experienced – a bad lower back injury. I’m not fully sure how it happened. It went from getting a little sore from picking up some heavy bags of soil to an…
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NYC: Look Both Ways!
As we all know, I love traveling to New York City. So many visitors are concerned about safety from crime in this big city, but one hazard that less people mention is the potential of getting hit while crossing a street. I always look to see if a speeding taxi is ready to jump a…
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Secrets of Grand Central: FDR’s Hidden Train Car
As I’ve mentioned before, last May I had the terrific opportunity to join a special four hour private tour of Grand Central Terminal. After our behind-the-scenes trip to this landmark’s command center and to the room holding its famous outdoor Tiffany clock, we traveled down to the main level to the station master’s office. There…
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NYC:Terracotta Warriors and Their Original Bright Colors
The Terracotta Warriors Exhibit at NYC’s Discovery Times Square is ending soon. Click here to get more info about tickets. I enjoyed visiting this exhibit because I was able to view up close several of the life-size statues that were buried to guard the tomb of China’s first emperor Qin Shihuangdi. So close in fact,…
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Travel Gal Kim Swidler 