As Project Manager of the NYTimes.com Travel section I am always looking for ways to improve the site and I am always looking for great travel-related recommendations from the site. Often, these two go hand in hand. Read the rest of this entry »
I finally posted all of my photos from my New Year vacation on flickr. The trip included a day in Old San Juan, Rio Mar, hiking in El Yunque rain forest, golfing with iguanas, ferry ride to and from Culebra, beautiful beaches, snorkeling, eating and relaxing. I wish I could do it all over again.
Click here to see this photo album.
I was introduced to this thick, creamy and delicious drink while I was in Puerto Rico celebrating New Years. It is so wonderful, I bought a bottle of it in the duty free shop in the San Juan airport to transport a little flavor of Puerto Rico back to NYC with me. I love this stuff. Here is a recipe to make it yourself at home: Read the rest of this entry »
This year, in an effort to teach my niece and nephews something more important than materialism and capitalism, not to mention giving very unique presents to three kids who literally have *everything*, I donated money to the World Wildlife Fund and the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust in their names. Read the rest of this entry »
We can all dream of a green Christmas this year thanks to Tishman Speyer, the development company that manages Rockefeller Center. I’m talking about that beautiful tree they hawl in every year from somewhere, string thousands of light bulbs on in front of an enormous crowd and crown the illustrious title of The Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree.
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Yesterday I attended a travel photography seminar, entitled A Passion For Travel: Photos that tell a story from National Geographic Traveler, at FIT. I still haven’t decided whether or not the 7 hours was worth $195, for that price they could have thrown in a nice glossy photography book, however, the secrets, tips and new techniques that I learned were worth something. Here are the notes that I took, that may only be useful to me, nonetheless:
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A beautiful setting of paper birch trees and moss greet me every morning as I enter the building where I work, which happens to be in the most ugly of Manhattan neighborhoods. Well, not anymore. The 52-story New York Times Building, between 40th and 41st Streets on Eighth Avenue is now the home to a unique open-air birch-and-moss garden, the first of its kind in Manhattan. The birch trees were shipped by flatbed truck to The New York Times Building from the High Ridge Tree Farm in central New Jersey where they were grown.
Landscape architect Hank White of HM White Site Architects said:
The paper birch trees and the moss will create a serene and natural environment in the midst of one of the densest, most heavily trafficked parts of the city. It’s a wonderful juxtaposition.
Read more about The New York Times Building and our garden:
- Net York Times press release
- Excellent article about the building here.
For me, watching the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade from my home in Michigan every year as a child was about as exciting as watching Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer or It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown every year. I just couldn’t miss it. It was one of those very few mornings of the year, Christmas included, that I enjoyed waking up early on a non-school day and watching the parade in front of the television while eating my bowl of cereal. What a thrill! So one can imagine how excited I was when I moved to New York City in 2003 and was able to watch this famous parade live for the very first time. Read the rest of this entry »
This weekend I went to a wonderfully curated exhibit at the China Institute entitled, Buddhist Sculpture From China: Selections From the Xi’an Beilin Museum. Read the rest of this entry »
I am, as the title of this post reads, back to blogging after a 5 month hiatus. Why did I stop? I really do not know. Maybe I was tired of hearing myself write, or thought that I really had nothing worthwhile to contribute to the world. I’m still kind of tired of myself, and not quite sure what, if anything, I have to contribute to the world, however, some small spark of inspiration has encouraged me to continue on this quest that I started way back in March of 2005 to collect and create an archive of my experiences, thoughts and photographs of the world. I’m happy to be back.
