Yogo Truck E 51st St – Not So Cheap

On hot summer days, my brain just melts. And in such a state I’ve been known to splurge on not-so-cheap things in my favorite city, Noo Yawk. Just the other day I was walking down Park Avenue in midtown Manhattan on a sweltering afternoon. I was dying for some relief. Something cold would be heaven. […]

Free – Highline Park NYC

Free – Highline Park NYC

Highline Park Gansevvort St to W.34th St Between 10th Ave and 11th Ave Hours: 7AM-10PM, Daily Subway: A, C, E, L to 14 St-8 Ave Web site: http://www.thehighline.org If you thought New York City’s parks are all at ground level you’d be wrong. Highline Park is literally up in the air. Built on a former […]

Bryant Park NYC – A Green Haven in Midtown

Bryant Park Location: (Between 5th Ave and 6th Ave and between 40th St and 42nd St) Nidtown Manhattan, NY Bryant Park is one of the many oases dotting the concrete jungle of Manhattan. The 9.6 acre park is located in midtown Manhattan, close to Times Square, Port Authority bus terminal, Grand Central train station. On […]

Cheap Fun – Coney Island Beach in Brooklyn

If you live in the New York Metropolitan area or even neighboring states like Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Philadelphia, Delaware, Maryland or Northern Virginia you might want to consider taking your kids to Coney Island in Brooklyn, NY. After all, it’s summer vacation now and your kids must be getting bored stiff. Short Ride Coney […]

Cheap Eats – My Biryani Cart NYC is Disappointing

Just the other day, I was walking down 6th Avenue in Manhattan toward Radio City. It was around 11AM and I was already hearing hungry bellows from my stomach. I looked around for a food cart to grab a quick, cheap meal. As I was crossing W.44th St, my eyes fell on the My Biryani […]

How I Tripped On the 75-Cent NYC Pizza Slice

Life in New York City is becoming hard, very hard. Incomes are yielding to gravity while prices are constantly defying it. Shelters in NYC for the homeless are full. And life for the 99%, the unfortunate have-nots (a.k.a. the non-Mitt Romneys) is an unending, futile struggle. Sliding Pizza Slices in NYC Thank God, at least […]

The Big Sleep Review – Bogie Shines, Bacall Sucks

Inordinately fond as I’m of the late Hollywood icon Humphrey Bogart, it was pre-ordained that I’d watch The Big Sleep eventually. From my local library, I borrowed the DVD of the 1946 film The Big Sleep in which Bogie co-stars with his then young wife Lauren Bacall. The movie has a certain panache and style, […]

King of Falafel Manhattan – Heavenly

After eating at the King of Falafel food cart in Manhattan, I felt like I’d won the lotto. Man, the Falafel and Shawarma are that good here. Food carts and food trucks are dime a dozen in Manhattan but King of Falafel is one of the rare carts that has people waiting in line. And […]