New York

The number of books set in New York makes the city instantly recognizable to many readers, even if they’ve never set foot anywhere near Times Square.

The NYC subway is one of many symbols that stereotypically represents New York City. With the iconic logo and typeface, it’s certainly one of the most important things to see in New York City. Which is good, because it’s also quite useful for getting around (often quicker than a taxi)! Any visit to NYC should …

Some of the most popular indie & independent bookstores in America from San Francisco to New York (and Ohio and Texas, too!)

Discovering the history of food and local culture in the heart of NYC on a food tour through Chinatown and Little Italy

Hi, If you follow along on Facebook or Twitter, you’ll probably have noticed I’ve been sharing and tweeting a lot about the Occupy Wall Street demonstrations in New York. If you’ve read a few of my posts from the past few months here on this blog, you’ll probably also have noticed a certain amount of …

I’ve got a decent amount of travel plans in my near future: NYC this weekend; Washington, D.C. next and Vermont the weekend after. I’ll be spending a lot of time looking out of car/bus windows.

So, in case you haven’t been paying attention, my 25th birthday was last week. Part of celebrating involved a trip to New York City, of course. Because I was busy Friday night dancing my heart out at the Metric concert, I left for NYC on the 10:30am Bolt Bus. If you haven’t taken Bolt, I highly …