• Small, Quirky French Quarter Museums

    The French Quarter is undoubtedly New Orleans’ most famous neighborhood, best known for its nightlife and Carnival season activities. But it’s also the oldest; the entire area, which spans 0.6…

    January 25, 2023

  • NOMA’s Free Sculpture Garden

    After a bit of a COVID-induced travel hiatus, my sister and I decided to kick off 2023 with a visit to the Big Easy. New Orleans has been on both…

    January 23, 2023

  • The Glass House

    Off Ponus Ridge Road in New Canaan, Connecticut, sits the signature work of Philip Johnson. Built between 1948-9, the Glass House is the architect’s former residence, designed in perfect proportion…

    May 23, 2022

  • A Weekend in Beacon

    For Labor Day weekend, I took myself off for a short vacation to the town of Beacon. Just a 1.5-hour train ride from New York City on Metro North’s Hudson…

    September 21, 2018

  • Kykuit: The Rockerfeller Estate

    Derived from the Dutch word for “lookout”, Kykuit is aptly named, sitting atop the highest hill in Mount Pleasant. Close to Tarrytown, the six-story, 40-room mansion boasts sweeping views of…

    June 22, 2018

  • The Legendary Sleepy Hollow

    This article is available offline on GPSmyCity. Download the app for GPS-assisted directions to all the attractions mentioned. “If ever I should wish for a retreat whither I might steal from…

    June 17, 2018

  • Inside the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum

    The glass-enclosed tunnel leading out from the New Wing of the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum is a portal through time, transporting visitors to a 1903 Venetian-style palace. The four-storey residence,…

    December 12, 2017

  • Autumn at Grace Farms

    Sejima Kazuyo was born in Ibaraki, Japan in 1956. After graduating from Japan Women’s University in 1981 with a master’s degree in Architecture, she joined the firm Toyo Ito and…

    November 28, 2017

  • Inside the Lockwood-Mathews Mansion

    Nestled in a cluster of trees adjacent to U.S. Route 7 in Connecticut is a 62-room, 44,000 square-foot (4,100 m2) Victorian-era mansion that was built by a man with a…

    October 23, 2017

  • The Town That Inspired ‘Gilmore Girls’

    This article is available offline on GPSmyCity app. Download the app to get GPS-assisted directions to all the attractions featured. When Amy Sherman-Palladino first pitched a TV show about a…

    September 26, 2017

  • Kent Falls State Park

    One of my favorite things about living in Connecticut is being surrounded by nature. Despite being a pretty urbanized state, there is plenty of untouched land filled with rolling hills,…

    September 17, 2017
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