• 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

  • Storm King Art Center

    The first time I went to an outdoor sculpture park was in Japan. The exhibits were so creative and interactive, that I ended up visiting twice, despite it being a…

    August 28, 2017

  • Touring Niagara, Part 2: French Castle

    “It’s snowing!” I yelled excitedly over my shoulder, peeking through the curtains. “Oh yeah?” my sister responded with mild disinterest. You’d swear she never grew up in Johannesburg. The fluffy…

    February 15, 2017

  • Touring Niagara, Part 1: Secret Caverns

    During the summer of 1928, two cows named Lucky and Floyd wandered from a farm outside of Cobleskill, New York and fell to the bottom of a 26-meter (85-ft) hole.…

    January 31, 2017

  • Walking the Brooklyn Bridge

    One hour. That’s how long it takes to walk from Manhattan to Brooklyn. Or Brooklyn to Manhattan, depending on which side of the Brooklyn Bridge you stand. We were on the…

    February 8, 2016

  • Bushwick Street Art: A Visual Tour

    Graffiti is dead. Or so we were told by a woman idling outside a Brooklyn art gallery. Yelled at, is more accurate. She was definitely yelling. “You’re wasting your time!…

    February 1, 2016

  • The High Line in Winter

    “It’s a pity we’re doing this now. It must look so nice when its all green.” “It’s ok. You know how much I love dead things.” Danielle and I had…

    January 18, 2016

  • Staten Island’s Alice Austen House

    Staten Island is a dump—literally and figuratively. It used to house the world’s largest landfill before it closed in 2001, and although it is the third-largest borough of New York…

    February 2, 2015