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Ye Old Carlton Arms
The reality of finding inexpensive accommodation in NYC means you have to get very creative, and that’s just the way to describe Ye Old Carlton Arms. The hotel is over a hundred years old and has survived respectability, prohibition and being … Continue reading
Red Rooster
There is a swish new destination in NYC where you don’t want to get caught in your jeans. Unlike so many restaurants and bars in this city where anything goes, Red Rooster is a place you want to fluff your … Continue reading
Charlie Parker Jazz Festival
New York is a jazz city, throughout the year there are concerts and performances by the best musicians in the world. But what makes the Charlie Parker Jazz Festival so special is not only that the music is brilliant, but … Continue reading
Who needs a TV…?
It’s all happening in midtown this morning. While the details are at the ‘breaking news’ stage, the number of helicopters in the sky are a dead giveaway. By the time I walked over to the next block, fifth avenue was … Continue reading
Street Art
The art galleries in New York are full of amazing collections and rare exhibitions. You can spend weeks exploring them and still not see everything. But the joy of New York is that you don’t even have to go to … Continue reading
Sydney skyscaper
I felt a familiar sea breeze on the west side this week and looking up I realised why…..
Courting at the Plaza
From the dim dark ages of my youth, I have vivid memories of visiting the Harrod’s Food Hall at Christmas time and feeling like I was in a dream. There were full feathered pheasants hanging in rows with geese and … Continue reading
River Park Restaurant
Bellevue Hospital is probably the most well known medical center in NYC. Spread over the upper 20’s on the east side, it has always been the first port of call if a visiting president is shot, an inmate of Riker’s … Continue reading
Summer Streets
For the first three Saturdays in August Park Avenue is closed to cars all the way from Central Park to the Brooklyn Bridge, and the result makes you wonder how there was ever room for cars in the first place. … Continue reading
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