Category: Stories

• Sharon Springs Harvest Festival: Great Crafts, Food and Fun

  

      Last Saturday Robert and I attended the highly anticipated Sharon Spring Harvest Festival. Organized by The Fabulous Beekman Boys, Josh Kilmer-Purcell and Brent Ridge, who were also winners of The Amazing Race, this event which was sponsored by ETSY was a lot of fun. The day started out a little windy in this picturesque…

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  September 23, 2014

  Foodie Finds, General, I Love New York, Sharon Springs Harvest Festival, Stories

  Fabulous Beekman Boys, I love NY, Sharon Springs

• NYC: Pop Up Central Perk-Celebrate 20 years of “Friends”

  

  Today marks the 20th anniversary of the premiere of the eternally popular series “Friends.” In honor of that occasion, Warner Bros. Entertainment and Eight O’Clock Coffee have joined together to create a great little pop up replica of the televison show’s Central Perk. Located at 199 Lafayette Street in Manhattan, this place is filled with lots of…

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  September 22, 2014

  General, New York, New York City, Stories

  Central Perk

• Fashion Travel: NYC Met’s 2015 Costume Exhibitition and Jennifer Lawrence to Co-Chair Its Gala

  

  The Metropolitan Museum of Art has announced that its Costume Institute’s Spring 2015 Exhibition,  Chinese Whispers: Tales of the East in Art, Film, and Fashion, will focus on Chinese Imagery in Art, Film, and Fashion. on view from May 7 through August 16, 2015. The  Museum’s world famous Costume Institute Benefit will precede it on May 4,…

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  September 15, 2014

  Fashion and Travel, General, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, New York City, Stories

• Fashion Travel: NYC Fashion Week Pictures

  

  New York Fashion Week’s display of Spring 2015 clothing designs ended a few days ago. These shows that took place between September 4-11th, 2014 were more spread out across the city this year because, as  Bee Shapiro of the New York Times reports, designers have been disappointed with the accommodations at Lincoln Center. Click here to…

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  September 14, 2014

  Fashion and Travel, General, New York, New York City, Stories

  Fashion and Travel

• Adirondack Balloon Festival September 18-20, 2014: Darth Vader Balloon!

  The 42nd annual Adirondack Balloon Festival has released what looks like a great schedule of events for September 18-21, 2014. Making its Adirondack debut this year will be Darth Vader. The 86 foot high balloon was built in the United Kingdom in 2007 with LucasFilm involvement and it will be piloted by Michael and Benoit…

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  September 4, 2014

  Adirondack Balloon Festival, Adirondack region, I Love New York, New York Festivals, New York Travel, Stories

  Darth Vader balloon

• 7 Landmarks to Sleep Inside

  Check out Lonely Planet’s interesting piece on seven landmarks around the world that you can sleep in: Sofitel Montevideo Casino Carrasco & Spa, Montevideo, Uruguay Palacio del Inka, Cusco, Peru The Knickerbocker Hotel, New York, USA SLS Las Vegas, Nevada, USA Four Seasons Hotel Lion Palace, St Petersburg, Russia MGallery LaGare Hotel Venezia, Venice, Italy 1888 Hotel, Sydney, Australia Read more: http://www.lonelyplanet.com/travel-tips-and-articles/sleeping-inside-a-landmark-seven-historic-buildings-reopen-their-doors#ixzz3C4UAjCS2  

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  September 2, 2014

  General, Lonely Planet, Stories

• Woodstock and So Much More at Bethel Woods

    August 15th -18th of this year marked the forty-fifth anniversary of the Woodstock Music Festival, an unforgettable multi-day concert outside of White Lake, New York that brought together a collection of legendary bands and hundreds of thousands of often mud soaked fans.  My husband Robert had the amazing opportunity attend this iconic event when he…

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  August 26, 2014

  General, Stories

  Bethel Woods, Crosby, Stills & Nash

• Festivals and Parades on Manhattan’s Madison Avenue

  

  Let us know if you had the chance to take enjoy any of the festivals or parades that NYC had to offer last week. The weather was great in Manhattan last Sunday, and  I had a nice time at the Daytop Madison Avenue Festival in Manhattan. This event started at 11 a.m., and, as I made…

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  August 23, 2014

  General, New York, New York City, New York Festivals, parades, Stories

• Adirondacks: Out-of-the-Ordinary Fall Festivals

  Here’s a list of fall events about an hour north from the Capital Region in the Adirondacks: Battle of Plattsburgh Bicentennial Weekend (September 12-14) The Adirondack Coast along Lake Champlain commemorates the Battle of Plattsburgh, the decisive                      battle in the War of 1812, this September with…

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  August 19, 2014

  Adirondack region, festivals, Stories

• Priceline: Las Vegas Top Choice for Labor Day Weekend

  

    Priceline.com’s annual list of top Labor Day destinations is out, and Las Vegas still tops the list for the upcoming holiday weekend. Las Vegas is joined in the top five by Chicago, Atlanta, San Diego and New York City, all of which held on to a top five ranking from 2013 with the exception…

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  August 19, 2014

  Foodie, Las Vegas Travel, Stories