Happy Memorial Day weekend everyone! Kick off of summer!! How are you spending the weekend? At the beach? BBQ-ing? Picnic-ing? Beer garden-ing? I plan to spending Memorial Day weekend doing some sailor scouting. That’s right ladies (and gentlemen). Fleet Week is here in New York City! Sailors are swarming the city. The boats arrived Wednesday, [...]
Posts Tagged ‘NYC’
Happy Fleet Week!
Posted in Cause célèbre: Holidays & Celebrations, I <3 NY, tagged Fleet Week, Memorial Day weekend, New York City, NYC, sailors, seamen on May 25, 2012 | 8 Comments »
Other New York clichés: The Skinny Schnook
Posted in Other New York clichés, tagged new york, NYC on April 27, 2012 | 4 Comments »
I’m not the only living cliché in New York, you know. I believe ever one who calls Manhattan home has a little NY cliché in them, one way or another. So I am starting a series here on New York Cliché featuring just that. Other New York clichés. I’ll ask them a few questions and [...]
I Heart NY and I ♥ My First Give-away Ever!
Posted in Giveaways, I <3 NY, Walk down memory lane, tagged Giveaways, New York City, NYC on October 11, 2011 | 10 Comments »
My first impressions of New York City were less than favorable. It was a city where we walked around boring museums for hours. It was a city that made my parents scream at each other. Mother: “LOOK OUT FOR THAT TAXI! WHAT ARE YOU DOING? DON”T SWITCH LANES!” Father: “YOU HAVE TO DRIVE AGRESSIVELY IN [...]
One Wedding and a Hurricane (Part 2)
Posted in Cause célèbre: Holidays & Celebrations, Keep your friends close, tagged change plans, Hurricane Irene, New York City, NYC, weddings on October 6, 2011 | 1 Comment »
“You can’t go.” My roommate said simply, a look of mild horror painted across her face. The thought hadn’t crossed my mind. But…I have to go. I replied. If I didn’t go, who would? I was in Manhattan, the wedding was in Queens. That’s probably the shortest distance I will ever travel to a wedding. [...]
It’s Raining Gay Boyfriends
Posted in All the world's a stage: Theater, Keep your friends close, Single and Fabulous Exclamation Point, tagged Beatles, Broadway, cheap tickets, gay boyfriends, New York City, NYC, Rain:A Tribute to The Beatles, theatre, ticket deals on June 8, 2011 | 6 Comments »
There are certain things you just know, beyond the benefit of a Google search, originated in New York City. Examples: 24 hour delis, jaywalking, drunk brunch, sample sales, and gay boyfriends. In a city where there are 600,000 more single women than men (yes, that’s the statistic; yes, it terrifies me), it’s no surprise we’ve [...]



