Category: Stories
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Beyond The Fall Foliage-Empire State Brewery Trails
To help promote New York State’s many breweries, our state’s tourism board set up the Empire State Brewery Trails in 2006. Click here to see a list of suggested itineraries along with descriptions, websites and phone numbers.
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What’s Your Most Memorable Celebrity Sighting?
I’ve mentioned in my posts some of my memorable celebrity sightings. Also in this area? I remember many years ago walking around Albany’s Legislative Office Building during the annual Arts Day events, and I heard a female voice call out, ” All this God damn marble and no bathrooms!” I walked over to the source…
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Pictures of Filming HBO’s Boardwalk Empire
HBO’s Boardwalk Empire premiere’s tonight. In July, while on our way to a dinner party in Manhattan, Robert and I stopped at De Robertis, a pasticceria at 176 1st Avenue. While picking up some of their fabulous Italian ices to share with our friends, we walked into the filming of this new television show directed…
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Tim Gunn and Rachel Zoe’s Crushing Appearance
After meeting the contestants of Project Runway during Fashion’s Night out last Friday, Sarah and I waited to meet Tim Gunn who was signing his new book at the Kate Spade store in Soho. This was now later that night, and I was a surprised to see how crowded the area had become. There really…
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Fashion’s Night Out and the Stars of Project Runway
Any of you who reads my posts probably knows by now, that I more prefer shows on the SyFy or Spike TV channels to those like Project Runway. But, my daughter, Sarah, is a really big Project Runway fan so I was happy to learn that a lot of the cast would be at two…
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Nicole Miller’s Spring 2011 Fashion Show: More Celebrity Sightings And The Show Goes On!
Once Sarah and I found our seats, we got up and mingled. It was pretty cool walking on the runway of a famous designer’s fashion show even though, of course, I wasn’t a participant. Various photographers snapped pictures of people whom they admitted they weren’t sure, but hoped, were celebrities. Sarah and I eventually returned…
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Fashion Week: Nicole Miller’s Spring 2011 Fashion Show
I have always wanted to go to a fashion show during one of NYC’s fashion weeks. It used to be held in Bryant Park, but now its held in Lincoln Center and other parts of the city. I got my wish when I won two celebrity auction tickets to Nicole Miller’s Spring 2011 Fashion Show…
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Finally Arriving in Auckland, New Zealand
After spending more than 24 hours to travel from Albany, New York to Auckland, New Zealand, you’d think that my family and I would be frantically banging on the door of the Quantas Airlines’ Airbus from LAX to get out. We were thrilled to finally get to our destination, but the ride, especially for economy…
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Getting Our Children Ready For the Long Plane Ride
We were all looking forward to the trip to New Zealand and Australia, but I was really concerned how our kids would handle the long plane ride. I had heard great things about Quantas Airlines, but the flight just from Los Angeles to Auckland was supposed to be over thirteen hours long! First I tried…
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Turning A Business Trip into a Family Vacation
Click here to check out an interesting article published in the New York Times about how business travelers are increasingly using their trips as opportunities for family vacations.
Travel Gal Kim Swidler 