Category: New York
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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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Culinary Institute of America: More Enthusiast Classes
My son, Alex, and I had a great time together at a Parent-Teen course at the Culinary Institute of America earlier this month. This year the CIA’s Hyde Park campus scheduled 43 different Enthusiast classes, with a total of 174 chances to take a great cooking course. I’ve been told that there will be more…
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The Culinary Institute of America:Great Parent-Teen Cooking Course
Now that my teenage son and daughter are getting older, I have to put a little more thought into planning a “Mom and Me” event. With parties and friends even more important, I’ve got a lot more competition and, frankly, they’ve both outgrown some of the things I would have done in the past. So…
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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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Haunted Getaways around New York and New England
Check out Stephanie Rosenbloom’s New York Times article on “Tours That Give You the Creeps.” Ms. Rosenbloom lists a series of haunted tours in places like: Salem, Mass., Sleepy Hollow, N.Y., Newport, R.I., and Portsmouth, N.H. Click here for the whole story….
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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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Travel Gal Kim Swidler 