We just moved into our new condo apartment in Singapore. Now we’re in comparable spaces, let’s look at New York City vs Singapore apartments. Hint: we upgraded in almost every way. First, let me explain what we’re comparing. In Singapore, we’re in a one-bedroom on the 5th floor of a condo in the Bukit Timah…
Well, friends, we survived our 2 days at Bear Mountain, but it was a close call at times. Now I’m going to switch to present tense and act like all this is happening as I write it. It’ll be more exciting for you that way, I promise. We order ahead from some local favorite restaurants…
Good news everyone! We’re venturing out, out of our apartment, out of our neighborhood, out of New York City even. We’re planning a 2 day trip to Bear Mountain. It’s been more than three months now since I’ve even left a few square mile radius around our apartment in Queens. But it’s my better half’s…
Below are five reasons to visit the New York Botanical Garden. After five years in New York, we finally got around to visiting the New York Botanical Garden. Now, I know what you’re thinking. This is a freaking travel website and I live in New York, so I’m basically cheating by writing about New York….
Check out recommendations to have a perfect weekend in the Catskills, featuring hiking, great food, and the world’s largest kaleidoscope!
Storm King Art Center is perfect for a day trip out of New York on a mild summer’s day. Presumably it’s also good on a warm spring or fall day or a heatwave in the middle of winter. So, if I were to rewrite this opening, I might have said Storm King Art Center is…
To understand what happened on that bus at 8pm outside a cheap hotel in Toronto you first have to understand Wilson. Wilson was the guide on our bus tour to Niagara Falls and Toronto. It was a bilingual English-Chinese 3-day-tour leaving from New York City. Wilson wore dark pants and a wool sweater under a…
Astoria, Queens was named after John Jacob Astor, who was once the wealthiest man in America. You might imagine therefore that Mr. Astor was born in what was then known as Hallett’s Cove and the village renamed themselves in his honor. That would be understandable and frankly quite boring. In reality, Mr. Astor never set foot in the…
Hiking is good exercise so one fine autumnal day we went hiking in Bear Mountain State Park. However, when you live in New York City, to go hiking you have to walk to the subway – passing a perfectly adequate gym on the way – then take the subway to the bus station, then sit…
Hello friends, I just wanted to write and tell you that my apartment in Manhattan is on the ground floor, facing out to the street, and quite often people walk past the window and we make very awkward eye contact.