Category: New York Travel
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Met’s new costume exhibit– Schiaparelli and Prada: Impossible Conversations
How many of us waited in one of those amazingly long lines to view Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty, last year’s blockbuster Costume Institute exhibition at NYC’s Metropolitan Museum of Art? Well, it’s that time of year again when the Met launches yet another fabulous exhibit to coincide with its famous celebrity Costume Gala. And this…
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Things to do in NYC this week and this area’s circus performances.
Here’s a list of things to do in NYC this week as published by the New York Times. And don’t forget about the Ringling Bros. & Barnum and Bailey Circus that has come to our town until this Sunday. Alex and I enjoyed it-more about this later: 19th Precinct Community Council Festival (Saturday) From noon…
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Celebrity Sighting: Star of Game of Thrones at Penn Station
Beautiful day in Manhattan last Saturday. My family and I escaped the predicted thunderstorms as we walked all around the city under blue skies and in warm 70 degree weather. Tired but happy, we made our way back to Penn Station to take the 5:15 pm train back to Albany-Rensselaer. While waiting in line at…
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USA Science & Engineering Festival-Interview with Big Bang Theory’s Amy Farrah Fowler,Mayim Bialik
My son, Alex, and I are such big fans of the Big Bang Theory and, part of the present success of this top rated comedy has to be due to the talent of actress Mayim Bialik who plays Sheldon Cooper’s girlfriend, Amy Farah Fowler. Ms. Bialik, who in real life has earned a Ph.D in…
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American Museum of Natural History- How to Trick a Firefly
After my preview of “Creatures of Light,” at the American Museum of Natural History, I donned my special “behind the scenes” tour badge and quickly followed our guide through a series of stairs and side doors to an area rarely seen by regular patrons. In a small conference room, Marc Branham, Associate Professor Department of…
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Food Network’s “Ten Dollar Dinners”-Where Can We Buy Melissa D’Arabian’s Green Glass Jars?
I wrote a little while ago about my visit to the Food Network. I mentioned that, along with a wonderful lunch prepared by Chef Robert Bleifer (a Union College Grad!) and his staff, I also had the opportunity to see the set of Ten Dollar Dinners with Melissa D’Arabian (http://blog.timesunion.com/travelgal/on-the-set-of-the-food-network/2977). I have just been asked…
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Amazing “Creatures of Light” at the American Museum of Natural History
What is bioluminescence? It’s the chemical reaction that creates the glow that emanates from fireflies in a meadow in eastern North America, from the glowworms on the ceiling of Waitomo Cave in New Zealand, and from the unique creatures that have been discovered far below the sea. Earlier this week, I had the pleasure of…
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Manhattan’s St. Patrick’s Day Parade 2012
Robert and I traveled yesterday to Manhattan so that I could write about two NYC experiences- the city’s famous St. Patrick’s Day Parade that took place yesterday and today’s NYC Half-Marathon. The St. Patrick’s Day Parade started yesterday morning at 11:00 am so as soon we got out of Penn Station and dropped off our…
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Great Ideas From The New York Times Travel Show
Last Saturday I traveled down to Manhattan’s Javits Center to attend the annual New York Times Travel Show. Located primarily on this convention center’s main floor, this show provided information for over 500 destinations from around the world, and it was divided into various sections including the Caribbean, Asia, Europe, Latin America, Africa, the United…
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“Caribbean Garden” at the New York Botanical Garden
I’m in San Francisco right now with my brothers! I’ll fill you in later on our wonderful trip to the Napa region where we were invited to visit the beautiful campus of the Culinary Institute of America at Greystone. We had a great time dining at their restaurant, participating in one of the school’s unusual…
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