Did you know I’ve got a contest going on right now, to win a little prize package from NYC? Click HERE for more info! A must-visit for anybody heading to NYC is Central Park. Besides the fact that it costs NOTHING/NADA/ZERO to go there, it is an amazingly peaceful oasis right there in the middle of one of the busiest cities anywhere. Before heading inside the park’s borders and in keeping with our (sort of) theme of music history, we headed over to the Dakota building on the west side of Central Park, which is where John Lennon lived with his wife (Yoko Ono, who still has an apartment there),…
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Music Man(ny’s)
Did you know I’ve got a contest going on right now, to win a little prize package from NYC? Click HERE for more info! One of the most anticipated elements of our trip was a visit to Manny’s Music, which is–unfortunately–closing next month. The younger boy had been reading the book that Julesie got for him as well as listening to some classic rock tunes; he was super-psyched about going and trying out a couple of guitars in a place where the greatest rock-and-rollers of all time have done the same thing. Our first stop once inside was to take a photo of him posing next to “Old Yellow”, a…
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The Donald Was Only There In Spirit (and on books, ties, ice cream…)
Did you know I’ve got a contest going on right now, to win a little prize package from NYC? Click HERE for more info! Fifth Avenue in New York is a special place to visit. It is home to many beyond-high-end shops such as Tiffany & Company, Prada, Gucci, Cartier, Van Cleef & Arpels, and Bergdorf Goodman, just to name a few. I have to add that these are not the places on Fifth that we visited. We wouldn’t even be able to afford to pay attention in these stores! One stop we had to make, being fans of “The Apprentice” and all, was Trump Tower. It’s a really cool…
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If You Can Eat It There, You May Not Be Able To Eat It Anywhere…
Did you know I’ve got a contest going on right now, to win a little prize package from NYC? Click HERE for more info! I figured that a separate post on the food we ate was in order. Don’t worry, it won’t be hella-long. Our hotel actually included a continental breakfast in the room price, so I only have a few exciting meals to bore you about. I mentioned in a prior post that, when we first arrived in the city, our room wasn’t ready so we hopped on the subway and went to Brooklyn, walking back to Manhattan on the bridge. That’s not all we did; we also ate…
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Where They’ll Know You’re a Visitor If You Say It Like The City In Texas
Did you know I’ve got a contest going on right now, to win a little prize package from NYC? Click HERE for more info! One of my favorite neighborhoods in Manhattan is SoHo. SoHo stands for “South of Houston (Street)”, but don’t say “Houston” like the city in Texas. The street in Manhattan is pronounced “How-ston”. And yes, there is a NoHo, “North of Houston”. SoHo is a fun, artsy area with tons of galleries, quaint shops, and gorgeous buildings like these: On this day, we had some key spots we wanted to see: a couple were new to just Jim and the boys, and a couple were new to…