“See that giant rabbit? Follow him!” We got on the C train and got off at 4th Street. We didn’t know where we were. We wandered around looking for the National Pillow Fight Day at Washington Square Park. We weren’t having much luck finding the Park and we were wandering all over the Village when... Continue Reading →
Spring has been trying to nudge out winter, but old Winter has been putting up a fight. Saturday it broke even with bright sunshine and cold wind. Not all we were hoping for, but too nice to miss. We donned our jackets and later wished we had brought scarves and gloves. We found two options... Continue Reading →
For those of you who are planning to visit New York City, we have found a touristy thing we think you will enjoy. Near Times Square sits a diner that looks like a movie set from Happy Days. It’s the Stardust Diner. There are two ways to spot it. One, it looks like something from... Continue Reading →
Lights flickered down the tunnel. The rumble of the train got louder. In an instant, a picture from another era emerged. A vintage 1930’s era subway train rolled into the Second Avenue subway station at 63rd and Lex. We had waited an hour and now we were getting ready to take a ride in yesteryear.... Continue Reading →
It was starting late, by Texas standards. Curtain up at 10 pm. My first thought was that I hope I don’t nod off. JAM got tickets, and we were off! Radio City Music Hall, a famous building in a city full of famous buildings. The show? The Rockettes Christmas Spectacular! We didn’t know what to... Continue Reading →
We all have them. A favorite place we like to visit. Not a whole city, but a tiny corner, a park bench or favorite coffee shop that somehow becomes our happy place. This is where we go to think, to wonder, to relax, or just to be. We have a favorite New York place. ... Continue Reading →
The chance encounter came during a recent visit to Governors island (Some Days Nov 1, 2017). We were hiking down from a tall hill overlooking the Hudson Bay when a fellow hiker met us on a narrow path. I alerted her to a group of caterpillars on the path ahead. She stopped. Her name was... Continue Reading →
One of the benefits of living in our neighborhood is, well…. it is Hell’s Kitchen! Once named Hell’s Kitchen because of its gritty and violent history, today the area is better known as the foster home for culinary diversity. The neighborhood west of 8th Avenue between 34th and 57th is home to many small, privately... Continue Reading →
When I was a kid growing up my favorite baseball team was the New York Yankees. I was 8 years old and Mickey Mantle was my hero. Mickey was from Oklahoma, just like me. I liked all the Yankees, Yogi Berra, Roger Maris, and Whitey Ford…all of them. On some earlier visits here to New... Continue Reading →
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Tip and JAM in Wonderland 