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Wednesday, July 17, 2019

10 Awesome FREE Activities in NYC


NYC is considered one of the most expensive cities in the world. The hotel prices are some of the top in the world you will come across. For all the expensive options, what I love is that there are tons of FREE options as well. I personally do not like to skimp on my hotel, especially if I am staying a few days. The hotel should be clean and safe, and the location should be close to activities/public transport. It is pretty easy to do activities in NYC with no charge, and enjoy yourself a great deal. You probably will even learn something along the way! Here is my personal list, not the whole list of course, for top activities that are FREE in NYC. I hope it helps you plan your trip to visit this most wonderful city we are so lucky to have to savor! 

If you click on each place, it will take you to their website with all the information 

1. Central Park 
2. The High Line 
3. Staten Island Ferry 
4. NY Public Library Stephen A Schwarzman Building 
5. The Federal Reserve Bank of NY
6. The Mermaid Parade 
7. Big Apple Greeter Tours 
8. Grand Central Partnership 90 minute tours every Friday at 12:30pm
9. Brooklyn Brewery free tours every Saturday between 1-5pm
10. The Flatiron/23rd Street Partnership free walking tours year round every Sunday at 11am

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Thursday, February 16, 2017

Throwback Thursday "Jack's Nest Menu"


We are so lucky to now have the New York Public Library digital collections available to us to see and share on blogs such as this one! You can explore 672,182 items digitized from The New York Public Library's collections and they have tons of vintage menus, which I think are pretty cool.

The site is a living database with new materials added every day, featuring prints, photographs, maps, manuscripts, streaming video, and more. Be sure to check them out online!

I found this menu from Jack's Nest pretty neat. It was the city's premier soul-food restaurant in it's day, and was replaced by Sylvia's in Harlem's West Side. To compare the prices from the 1980's to what we pay now is pretty fun. There are many items on this menu I would order, and my Mom was a big fan of soul food. I think she was actually more daring than I am with her food choices! I need to start branching out myself! What would you order on this menu? I think I would take the Southern Fried Center Pork Chops, that would make me happy!


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Thursday, April 2, 2015

Throwback Thursday "Easter in 1913"


Vintage Photograph of the Freshly Built Main Branch of the New York Public Library, Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street on Easter 1913 - How fabulous is this? Oh how I would love a time machine!! I don't know what is better - the fashion or those cars ??

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