Best New York City Hotels for Celebrity Sightings During Fashion Week #NYFW15
It’s almost Fashion Week in New York City and that means the gliteratti is coming to town! Whether you live here or are just coming to visit, there are so many fabulous parties going on-and if you know where to go they’re not even hard to find. You can often find celebrities just hanging out...
Tips for Finding the Best Pizza in New York City
As a New Yorker, I of course think that we have the best pizza in the world. If you’re visiting New York, you need to make sure you try the best we have to offer and trust me, not all slices are created equal! Here are some tips for finding the best classic New York...
How to Dress When Visiting New York City
I’ve been talking all about New York this month so I’ve dubbed it unofficially as New York November! Yay! So up next, How to Dress when visiting New York City. New York is amazing, it’s a giant melting pot filled with people from all over the world. New York is one of the most fashion...
A Practical Guide to Tipping in New York City from a Local
Tipping on vacation can always be confusing. Every city has its own customs and determining the correct amount can sometimes seem like a daunting task. And it’s one of those things that I always seem to forget about until I have to tip someone and have no idea what the appropriate amount is. For many...
Tips for Taking the New York City Subway from an actual New York City girl!
For my regular readers, you know I’m based in New York. So in homage to my favorite city in the world (or at least one of them) I am going to be doing a New York series on the blog over the next month or so. I receive so many emails asking me all about...
What to Do, Where to Stay, Eat and Play in Long Island’s North Fork: The Perfect Luxury Weekend Getaway from New York City
Living in NYC is amazing…until you want to leave! And then unless you’re a VIP or Hedge Funder, your options for luxurious local getaways become quite limited! The Hamptons and now even Montauk have priced anyone who makes less than 6-figures out of the market-unless you happen to have some hospitable rich friends with a...
Must See Travel Conference: New York Times Travel Show 2014
The New York Times Travel Show kicks off its annual event next week. It will host a Trade Day for industry professionals on Friday, February 28, which will be filled with travel seminars and an industry-only preview of the Travel Show exhibition. The Travel Show is the largest trade and consumer travel event in North America-there will be...
JetBlue Starts New Nonstop Service between New York’s JFK and Savannah/Hilton Head’s SAV Airport
Last night I headed out to celebrate with Jet Blue-admittedly one of my favorite airlines. They’re just like, I don’t know, the cool kids in the airline industry to me. You just know that anything they have their hands in is going to be pretty sweet (case and point below-how cute are the JetBlue cocktails!)....
Best Things to Do in New York City: The Jewish Museum on Museum Mile
Located on Manhattan’s Upper, upper East side is the Jewish Museum. It’s housed in the Gothic-style, Warburg mansion and will blow you away not just with its impressive exhibits but also its permanent collections of art and ceremonial Jewish objects. I’m ashamed to admit that I have lived three blocks away from this museum...
22 Classic and Essential Food Experiences You Must Try in New York City
Half the fun of visiting New York is eating your face off. And while there are literally hundreds of Five Star and Michelin-starred restaurants in New York, that’s not what most of the locals rave about-the heart of New York’s food scene lies outside its fancy resataurants (though of course we have the best in...
Top 10 Best Things to Do to Experience the Real New York that Locals Actually Do Too!
New York is undoubtedly one of the most fabulous cities in the world. New York has so many things to do that it can be downright overwhelming trying to figure out how to fit everything in that you want to do. There are literally enough activities, landmarks and restaurants to choose from to keep you...