02 Feb Out of Body Experience
If you have a hankering to learn, the greatest secret these days is MeetUp.com. It's a website that brings people together by their interests . . . and by zip...
Author: Lisa
31 Jan NOLA : Getting Socially Connected
In order to ready myself for this New Orleans trip, I've been forced to clean up my social media act. I'm in the process of putting all my New York...
29 Jan Learning Cheap
Since my last child went off to college this fall, I've had lots of quiet time around my house. After 25 years of screaming babies, barking dogs, teenagers slamming doors,...
17 Jan What Next?
Today is Saturday and I have 2-1/2 more days in Paris. As you can imagine, I'm beginning to panic about how I'll fit in the things remaining on my list....
01 Jan Thank You!
T H A N K Y O U to each of you who helped me win a spot on the trip to New Orleans. Read more: NolaBound New Orleans, through a...
14 Nov Chelsea Market
One of my favorite spots for 'meandering' in New York is Chelsea Market, located at 75 Ninth Avenue (between 15th and 16th Streets). It's described by Wikipedia as "an enclosed...
09 Nov An Art Museum, Sealed 4 Stories Under NYC
{ a long-abandoned subway station four stories under the streets of NYC } 103 artists worked for over a year and a half, illegally, in dark tunnels and in fear of...
04 Nov The Incident @ the Bank
Yep. There are a few good things about being old. I went to the bank this morning to deposit checks for my kids' allowances. I was wearing a brand new, fresh-outta-the-box...
25 Oct Not-The-Met Museums
Unless you search hard you'll miss some of the best, most interesting, museums in New York: [caption id="attachment_2056" align="alignright" width="300"] Cafe in El Museo Del Barrio[/caption] El Museo Del Barrio @ 1230...