It’s a cool and over cast day with some rain forecast for later this afternoon. We head down to SoHo and look around the shops while the weather is fine...
Today we head uptown to the Fashion Institute. There is a Pink exhibition, not the performer, the colour. We wander the vast collection, which showcases how pink has been used through...
We heads out for a bit of Black Friday shopping today. We always avoid Midtown, it just gets too manic, so we head down to 23rd Street and the Flatiron district....
We woke on Thanksgiving with the weather forecast suggesting a maximum day time temperature of -17 degrees Celsius. What? Wow, that’s cold. Nonetheless I headed out early for a look...
After a busy day yesterday on the road, we take it a little easier today. We wander 5th Avenue and visit the Lindt Store, grabbing some chocolates for snacks in our...
Our annual trip for a discounted shopping day is today. We’ve done this trip a few times and today we seem to be less enthusiastic as in previous years. There...
Finally! For eight years I’ve been trying to book for a tour, a very limited and hard to get tickets for tour. It’s free. It runs twice a day, four...
Today we wander along 42nd Street and head out to Hudson Yards. Around four blocks across town and ten down and we arrive at 9th and 34th. We are stunned by the...
Day one is usually our admin day, the day we sort ourselves out. We sleep in after the long journey we ae exhausted. We then head out in the afternoon...
As most Australians celebrated a horse race, Mardi and I lit out of Canberra for our sixth New York City odyssey. Luigi didn't want us to go, the other felines and...
We started our last day with the massive task of packing. Left overs for breakfast and lunch, an odd selection of cheese, porridge, chocolate and fruit. A bit different but...
After 30 nights in the big apple we took it pretty easy today. We visited the fashion institute, Mardi was keen to see an exhibition called "Faking It". An interesting exhibit showing...
A magical day on Monday greeted us. Although the news from home was sad with the death of two hostages. The gunman also died in what was a scary incident...
An overcast but warm day allowed us the opportunity to go for a long walk. We opted for third avenue. Somewhere where we hadn't walked before and we wanted to...
We headed downtown early and had breakfast at Balthazar. We'd been wanting to eat here for a few years, but have never been able to secure a table. After the long...
It rained and rained and rained. Record rain in Central Park, two and a half inches. We slept in, we didn't get home from my birthday dinner and walk until...
For 49 years I've enjoyed warm summer days for my birthday. Well not this year. My god -13 overnight in NYC and freezing conditions as a beautiful sunny day dawned. Mardi...
A gorgeous day on Sunday allowed us to get out to the Morgan Library and Museum and do some walking along Madison Avenue. The library is a fantastic mix of new...
Probably the wettest day since we've been here: the weather has really been a mix. A few sunny days. Icy cold days and mild wet days. It's good to be...
We finally managed to score tickets to a Carnigie Hall tour. I ventured to the box office and arrived at 11am on the dot and scored two. The tour was...
On Thursday we were greeted with a perfect winters day. The sun was shining and the temperature, although cool was pleasant. We headed out to try and get tickets to...
Time for a visit to the Doctor's. Wednesday morning we headed up town and visited Dr Nissen. Dr Nissen saw me last year and put my eye back together after...
We made arrangements to meet Bob for lunch followed by a behind the scenese tour of the Woolworth building. The day greeted us cold and wet, so we didn't do...
We set out on Monday morning for Brooklyn. The day started sunny and warm and we thought a walk across the Brooklyn bridge would be nice. So we caught the...
We headed out reasonably early for a walk around Central Park. We hadn't visited this trip yet, so we're keen to see the change of season. Last time we visited...