On December 1st, 2023 at 8pm join the Young Professional Committee at the 2023 Holiday Party. This fundraising event will be held at The Mayfly, 269 East Houston Street. The Young Professionals Committee (“YPC”) of Big Brothers Big Sisters (“BBBS”) of NYC is a diverse group of dedicated individuals who volunteer their time, talents, and…
The next day we took in some more of Amman and then it was time for the Real…Adventure to begin. It was off to Wadi Rum which took about 4 hours to get to. Wadi Rum, also known as The Valley of the Moon is a valley cut into the sandstone and granite rock in…
I arrived in Amman, Jordan on a tour, 2 days before the war between Israel and Gaza broke out. You can imagine the shock that I was in when I got news of it. But, I decided to continue on the tour and I was not about to turn around and go back to the…
I met a group of friends this past weekend to have brunch and then visit The Amory Art Show at Jacob Javits Convention Center. Our first stop was brunch and it was out Electric Lemon which is located at on the top of the five star Equinox Hotel in Hudson Yards. The rooftop bar has…
I guess that the title of my blog post, Breakfast at Tiffany’s is a little misleading because it turned out to be Dinner at Tiffany’s :). The other evening I took my girlfriend out for her birthday and she wanted to go to The Blue Box Cafe which is located on the top floor of…
I flew out of JFK on July 13th on British Airways at 9:30pm to get to London the next morning. I was attending the Global Woman Summit which was being held at The Hilton London Bridge Tower Hotel. This was my first time visiting London and I was looking forward to attending the Summit and…
Sometimes you go to a restaurant with no expectations and you are pleasantly surprised. That was my experience when I had lunch at Amata which in Italian means Beloved. Amata is located at 209 E. 56th Street and the food was sooo good! On their website under Story Amata writes… AMATA IS A VIBRANT YET…
It was time to go downtown and have dinner at The Roxy. The Roxy is a hotel which is located at 2 6th Avenue. Inside the hotel is The Roxy Bar. The Roxy Bar serves daily breakfast from 7am.-11am. They serve Weekend Brunch from 11am-3pm with live music from 1pm to 3pm. Then they have…
It’s Day 12 of my NCL cruise to Antarctica and also the day of my last excursion before cruising back to Buenos Aires for my flight home. I chose a walking tour of Stanley also known as Port Stanley which is the capital city of the Falkland Islands. Stanley is located on the island of…
It was Day 7 on my NCL Cruise to Antarctica and yes, we’re getting closer. When I was 10 years old in Brooklyn, I remember reading a book called The End of The World and they chronicled a journey to and through Ushuaia which is the capitol of Terra del Fuego, Argentina. I told myself…