Love to eat? Have an adventurous palate (or trouble deciding on a cuisine)? Then run, don’t walk to that annual celebration of culinary consumption: The Ninth Avenue Food Festival. May 19th & 20th, Hell’s Kitchen’s main drag, 9th Avenue, will be given over to food stalls offering cuisines from all over the world. From 12pm […]
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Harlem Jazz Shrines Festival
Harlem has produced some of the world’s greatest jazz artists, composers, and innovations. The Harlem Jazz Shrines Festival celebrates the neighborhood’s legendary jazz clubs and venues, including the Apollo Theater, Minton’s Playhouse, Lenox Lounge, Showman’s Jazz Club, and Small’s Paradise. May 7 – 13, 2012, the festival will celebrate these historic venues and the music […]
Cherry Blossoms: Brooklyn Botanic Gardens
Springtime has come to NYC! One of the loveliest sights of the season is the blossoming cherry trees at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden. Through the month of April, visitors can partake in Hanami, the Japanese tradition of savoring each moment of cherry blossom season. Strolling the Cherry Esplanade and the Japanese Hill-and-Pond Garden, one can […]
NYC Easter Parade 2012
After decades in NYC, I finally took part in one of the city’s time-honored celebrations: The Easter Parade. Fifth Avenue between 49th and 57th Streets was closed to traffic and packed with revelers enjoying the spectacle of fanciful bonnets and costumes. There were also vendors selling balloon sculptures, cotton candy, kebabs, juices, and homemade churros. […]
Dispatch from NYC Pillow Fight 2012!
April 7, 2012 – On beautiful Spring afternoon, a crowd gathered in historic Washington Square Park. This was not a demonstration, or rally, or cultural celebration. It was NYC Pillow Fight 2012. The chaotic, festive atmosphere was rife with anticipation as people arrived toting pillows in a variety of silly garb. Many wore bunny ears […]
Pillow Fight NYC 2012
NYC can be a stressful place. It takes a lot of hustling to survive (let alone thrive) in the city. So, not surprisingly, New Yorkers love an excuse to cut loose. There’s the craziness of our Halloween Parade, flash mobs like the No Pants Subway Ride, mayhem like SantaCon, and this Saturday…Pillow Fight NYC! April […]
Macy’s Flower Show 2012
Macy’s Herald Square, the world’s largest department store, presents its annual Flower Show – Brazil: Gardens in Paradise, March 25 – April 7, 2012. This year’s display breaks tradition by taking place in a large tent on the Broadway Plaza in front of the store. (The show’s usual setting, the landmark Art Deco main floor, […]