Oh my goodness, congratulations on the big move to the Big Apple! The Concrete Jungle! The City That Never Sleeps! I’m so excited for you (or your favorite person) to start this new chapter. New York City is one of…
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Every December I lived in New York City, I’d grab my DSLR, bundle up, and walk the city streets hunting for the perfect picture. Some years I got it. Other years I got a very clear photo of a stranger’s…
27 Best Things to do Around Yale University (From a Connecticut Local)
Yale has been in New Haven since 1716. It’s older than the United States; it has a marble library you can see light through, and it keeps a Brontosaurus dug up in Wyoming in 1879. So yeah, it’s old. I…
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The best day trips from New Haven are Mystic for the seaport and the shopping, Hammonasset Beach for a classic Connecticut beach day, Essex and East Haddam for a steam train, a castle, and a Broadway-launching theater, and New York…
9 Quiet Hotels in New York City Where You’ll Actually Sleep
They call New York the City That Never Sleeps. It’s a great nickname. Until you’re the one lying awake at 2 a.m. listening to it. Sirens, delivery trucks, a sidewalk conversation that somehow sounds like it’s happening at the foot…
13 Best NYC Christmas Tours for 2026 (Picked by a Licensed NYC Guide)
There’s nothing like New York City at Christmas. Every Christmas movie you’ve ever loved that’s set in New York? Iconic for a reason. The city is alive year-round, but December is different. Even the coldest New Yorkers crack a smile….
