No doubt about it: wintertime is hard on this western girl. Today I found a marvelous way to beat the midwinter blues: taking a stroll down the Brooklyn Heights Promenade. It was windy and chilly, but there’s nothing quite like a gorgeous view of Manhattan, a little sunshine peeking through the grey and the sound [...]
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Best cure for the winter blues
Posted in Brooklyn Heights, attractions, tagged Brooklyn, Brooklyn Heights, brooklyn heights promenade on January 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
My favorite place to dodge traffic…
Posted in attractions on October 30, 2007 | 1 Comment »
…is Grand Central.
I’ve had to take the subway to Grand Central and grab a Metro North train for work quite a bit this month, and I love the complete nuttiness of navigating the concourses during rush hour. The whole place is an agoraphobic nightmare, but I love to dodge and sweep through lines of travelers [...]
500,000 dead people can’t be wrong
Posted in Park Slope, Prospect Heights, Sunset Park, attractions, parks on September 30, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Sooooo….. if you happen to be looking for off-beat places to visit, why not stop by Green-Wood cemetery? I just recently took a moonlight/flashlight tour of Green-Wood and, while the tour was lackluster, the cemetery itself was equal parts fascinating, lovely and spooky as heck. If you’ve got the hankering for a long, quiet stroll, [...]
