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If I had to pick the best thing that happened to me in 2015, it would be my accidental discovery that I love hiking. Luckily I live in the tri-state area, where the amount of hiking that can be done…
I accidentally picked up hiking as a hobby when I looked up possible day trips out of the city and found an entry on Cold Spring, NY, which included a hike up Bull Hill (not really a hill). One site…
Kykuit is one of the many mansions in the Historic Hudson Valley that are open to the public, and was home to four generations of Rockefellers. The tour includes the rooms of the mansion, but photography isn’t allowed inside so…
For my birthday last year, I wanted to have brunch somewhere with a lovely view, and somehow ended up finding Rat’s Restaurant, which is in/beside Grounds for Sculpture in New Jersey. Definitely a new favorite spot for a day trip…
Located about an hour from Midtown Manhattan by subway and bus (about 30 minutes by car), Wave Hill is a perfect day trip to escape from the city. Despite the fact that the year-round activities available such as family…
One extremely hot summer day at Jones Beach, plus brunch in Amityville (yes, THAT Amityville). Part of my end-of-year photo dump series.
I’m taking a bit of a break from vacation blogging to catch up on some things I’ve done this year. (Yes, I’ve done things other than reminisce about Boracay and Japan LOL.) It’s been a busy year, full of adventure,…
Fueled by the fact that Mike won’t be around all of July and our desire to do some hiking on our upcoming trip to Jeju Island in Korea, we set out to do our first practice “hike” somewhere in Long…
