Tag: Spring 2011

• Escape from Manhattan

  Biking along the west side of Manhattan is one of the best ways to a break away from city and immerse yourself in the beauty of the green pathway that snakes its way around this big island.  The ride from Midtown to Riverside Park (99th Street) takes anywhere from 15-30 minutes.  Anyone thinking about taking […]

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  May 3, 2011

  New York City, Spring 2011

  Biking in NYC, Budget Travel, CIty Biking, GWBridge, Harlem, NYC, Riverside Park, Spring 2011, Upper West Side

• Spring NYC…what’s going on at the Brooklyn Botanical Gardens

  

  Now that the temps are rising and the sun has made its way through the thick grey clouds of this winter we here in NYC now look forward to many things that begin to open up and remind us that summer is on its way.  This means we can comfortably dine outdoors without the assistance […]

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  April 20, 2011

  Japan, New York City

  BBG, Brooklyn, Brooklyn Botanical Garden, Cherry Blossoms, Hanami, japan, NYC, Prospect Park, Sakura, Spring 2011

• Green is the new grey in Central Park this Spring

  

  In Central Park the new spring season makes green the new grey of the season past.   Rain showers are in the forecast today but they don’t prevent me from visiting.  It’s hard to stay away and not see the park when the landscape is at it’s best.  Central Park is in full bloom.  The […]

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  April 16, 2011

  New York City, Spring 2011

  Bethesda Fountain, Central Park, Central Park Flowers, Cherry Blossoms, japan, NYC, Sakura, Spring 2011

• Even More Highline Coming this Spring in NYC

  

  The west-side  High Line has new things to come this spring as it will soon be extending its green paths uptown to 30th Street.  There’s no official date announced but it’s sometime this spring.  The High Line is open to the public until 10pm and this summer there will be food services offered by High Line […]

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  April 13, 2011

  New York City, Turkmenistan

  Astronomers, Chelsea, Chelsea Market, Food Vendors NYC, Friends of the High Line, High Line, Meatpacking District, NYC, Public Art, Spring 2011, Stargazing, West Side Highway

• Off Season on the Cape

  

    It’s chilly, a bit windy but the sky is clear and the sun is brighter than it has been in months on Mayflower Beach. This time of year, the beaches lining the peninsula of Cape Cod are really not much different then they are in mid summer – minus the crowds and hot temps. […]

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  April 5, 2011

  Cape Cod

  Cape Cod, Cape Cod Bay, Dennis, Dennis Village, MA, Mayflower Beach, New England Beaches, Sand Dune, Spring 2011

• Flowers are out along Park Ave NYC

  38 rose blossoms crawling with insects bring an early spring to Park Ave NYC thanks to the Public Art fund and artist Will Ryman. The towering pink and red roses adored with crawling bug sculptures stand 3′-22 feet tall along the wintry grey portion of Park Ave. between 57th and 67th Streets. The roses buds themselves weigh up to 2500 […]

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  February 24, 2011

  New York City

  NYC, Park Ave, Public Art, Public Art Fund, Spring 2011, The Roses, Will Ryman, Winter NYC