Tag: New York
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NYC finale: Chicken & waffles and Times Square
Following our afternoon exploring a tiny bit of Brooklyn, we spent our final day in New York City in Manhattan. Mr. Chuckles was craving the chicken and waffles that we had the last time we were in the city, so we made the trip uptown to Amy Ruth’s in Harlem. Established in 1998, this restaurant…
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A day in New York Chinatown and across the Brooklyn Bridge
For our second day in New York City, we explored more of Lower Manhattan and beyond. We started the morning with a subway ride to Chinatown. We stopped at the popular Nom Wah Tea Parlor for their delicious dim sum. Opened in 1920, the Doyers Street location of Nom Wah was NYC’s first dim sum…
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Sushi, Central Park, and more pizza in New York City
After arriving in NYC the previous afternoon and starting off our pizza tour, we awoke the next morning to begin our first full day in the city. We spent a leisurely morning in the hotel. Teddy usually wakes up at around 6:30 am so we fed him and played a bit while eating a takeout…
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Baby and the City: Travelling to NYC with an infant
We did it! We successfully navigated our first trip as a family of three, with baby Teddy in tow. Over the Easter long weekend, we visited New York City for Teddy’s first international travel. Preparing for a flight with baby For our flight, I debated between bringing Teddy as a lap infant for free versus…
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Planning baby’s first travel
Happy New Year! We had a nice holiday season and celebrated baby’s first Christmas with family at home. Now that we have moved into 2024, it’s time to start making travel plans for the year, which will be full of new experiences as we take our little boy Teddy on his first trip(s). I am…
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Metropolitan diary: Dancing on the streets
Dear Diary: My sister and I were visiting New York City over the May long weekend in 2016, and had spent our first morning at the American Museum of Natural History. Afterward, we strolled down Columbus Avenue, stopping outside the Lincoln Center to rest our tired feet. While sitting on steps of the adjacent Christopher…
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On this day: The Met, New York City
See more from my On This Day series here, where I celebrate travel memories on their trip anniversaries. On December 7, 2017, I was at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. It was our penultimate day in New York City and we decided to cap off our time in the big city with…
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On this day: MoMA, New York City
See more from my On This Day series here, where I celebrate travel memories on their trip anniversaries. On December 6, 2017, I was at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City. Following a morning exploring Lower Manhattan and crossing part of the Brooklyn Bridge, we headed back up island to visit the Museum…
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On this day: Lower Manhattan, New York City
See more from my On This Day series here, where I celebrate travel memories on their trip anniversaries. On December 6, 2017, I was in Lower Manhattan, New York City. As we approached the end of our week in New York City, we ventured back to the south end of Manhattan Island to explore further. In…
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On this day: New York Public Library
See more from my On This Day series here, where I celebrate travel memories on their trip anniversaries. On December 5, 2017, I was at the New York Public Library in New York City. New York Public Library is the second largest library system in the United States, behind the Library of Congress, and the…
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