Category: Upper Westside
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NY- FDNY at the Metro Diner on Broadway
I didn’t see any smoke so maybe it’s the Metro Diner‘s special today.
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NY- Great Stuff To Look At
Unfortunately, school has left me little time and the cold weather with little motivation to traipse around and shoot pictures for the site. I can assure you it is temporary. Fortunately a few other great photographers I know have been busy. Mark Menditto was lucky enough to be at the City Hall’s annual sneak peak…
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NY- Verdi Square in the snow
We had one of our few and infrequent snow showers today.
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NY- American Folk Art Museum
If you want to get to the root of early American art and design, the simple, yet intricate and sometimes crude work displayed at The American Folk Art Museum is a great place to start. It is located right across from Lincoln Center and is only steps from the #1 subway station at W.66th.
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Ny- New York’s Very Own National Treasure
Anyone who has watched the National Treasure movies or read any of Dan Brown’s books knows who the Masons are. They were a group of very intelligent designers and builders who built many of our country’s earlier landmarks.They built The Level Club on West 73rd, between Broadway and West End Avenue to be their National…
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NY- FDNY Engine 35 responding to AMC Loews at Lincoln Center
It was a cold day in New York City for FDNY Engine Company 35 when they responded to an alarm at AMC Loews at Lincoln Square.
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NY- Winner of My Favorite Decorated Restaurants
The winner of “My Favorite Decorated Restaurants” go to the group of restaurants surrounding the 103rd street stop on the #1 train. My favorite of all goes to Cafe De Soleil where I am taking my out of town in-laws for dinner.
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NY- Mama Mexico Christmas Windows
One of my favorite restaurants on the Upper Westside is Mama Mexico at 102nd and Broadway. Dinner is a colorful party with strolling mariachi bands, dancing waitresses, great food, and happy patrons. I don’t drink anymore but I am told by reliable sources that the margaritas are stupendous.
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NY- Where Harry Met Sally to Buy a Tree
“When Harry Met Sally” is one of my favorite New York movies. I get a chuckle when I think about the scenes where Billy Crystal and Meg Ryan buy their Christmas Tree in the throws of bliss only to break up a year later, and Sally has to drag her tree home up 96th street…
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NY- Upper Westside- A Taste of Christmas Snow
We woke up Sunday morning and the ground was covered with a blanket of white snow. It was our first official taste of winter flakes and like so many of our neighbors, we went looking for a tree. We shopped around and finally found a place that hadn’t fully calculated the Canadian Dollar conversion yet…
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NY- Christmas Tree Stand Sighting on Broadway
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas. I saw My first Christmas Tree Stand on Broadway tonight. Time to get a tree.
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NY- Warmup for Winters Eve at Lincoln Center
They were warming up at Lincoln Center tonight for the big tree lighting on Monday November 26th with a band on the balcony and a sneak peek of the light show. For pictures of last years event go here.