Only in America?
I couldn’t resist taking a photo of one of the signs I saw in the window of a beauty salon I walked …
And so this is Christmas
Merry Christmas to you all! I know it’s no longer Christmas for most of you, but here it has just started. I …
Greenwich Village
Desperate for a decent coffee, we headed down to Greenwich Village which contains (we had read in New Yorker magazine) one of …
Time to get our skates on at The Wollman Rink
One of the things we were determined to do while are in New York, was to go ice skating. We checked out …
Harlem sights
The famous Apollo Theater on 125th Street. A billboard promoting dog neutering Two of the many churches in Harlem. The Rescue Church …
Times Square…mid-afternoon
Bright lights. Big city. Low temperatures. (Yes, that is snow on the roof of the taxi) That 23 at the bottom of …
It’s beginning to look a LOT like Christmas
One of the reasons I really wanted to come to the United States at this time of year was to experience what …
American Girl Place
American Girl Place is a bit of a phenomena in New York. The store, on the corner of 5th Ave and 49th …
Retail therapy
The New York department stores are famous for their holiday decorations. Macy’s shop windows were themed on “A Miracle on 34th St” …
The Metropolitan Museum with a local
We met our NYC-native friend for her to show us what she likes best about the Metropolitan Museum. She took us straight …
