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Saturday, November 12, 2016

HYDE PARK, NEW YORK: ROOSEVELT PRESIDENTIAL MUSEUM AND LIBRARY

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We love Presidential Museums and Libraries. There are thirteen, and with our visit to the Franklin D. Roosevelt site, we have toured twelve...
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Wednesday, November 2, 2016

HYDE PARK. NEW YORK: ROOSEVELT'S HOME

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About 90 miles due north of New York City, just north of Poughkeepsie and on the Hudson River, lies Hyde Park, the hometown of the 32nd ...
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Saturday, October 29, 2016

NEW JERSEY: STATE HIGH POINT

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My husband's fetishes include visiting state high points.  In 2005 (prior to this blog) we climbed 14,498-foot-tall Mt. Whitney, the h...
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Thursday, October 27, 2016

NEW YORK CITY MISCELLANY: STREET ART, THE HUNGARIAN PASTRY SHOP, ST. JOHN THE DIVINE DOORS, THE SUBWAY, COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY

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If you've been to New York City, you know that there is no shortage of things to see. Once you get past the major tourist sites--the E...
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Wednesday, October 19, 2016

NEW YORK CITY: THE GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM AND A FISCHLI AND WEISS ART SHOW

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I have long wanted to visit the two Guggenheim art museums, one in New York City designed by Frank Lloyd Wright and opened in 1959 and on...
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Saturday, October 8, 2016

NEW YORK CITY; CENTRAL PARK

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"It is imperative that this population have open space and trees." (William Cullen Bryant, editor of The Evening Post , argu...
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Tuesday, October 4, 2016

NEW YORK CITY'S UPPER WEST SIDE: SAKURA PARK, GRANT'S TOMB, RIVERSIDE PARK, AND RIVERSIDE CHURCH

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We had a spate of gloomy weather while in New York City, but that didn't stop us from doing a lot of walking. NYC is surprisingly walka...
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