New York isn’t just a big place - it is MONUMENTAL. I mean that literally. It is full of monuments. You’ve probably seen a lot of them yourself without really looking at them (unless you are like my father - an dedicated plaque reader wherever he is). I thought it might be nice to stop […]

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One of the most exciting things happening in Manhattan this summer is the creation of more pedestrian promenades. Some are temporary and some are permanent but all are a welcome addition, as far as I am concerned.
Some seriously major streets are going all foot traffic for a period of time - albeit temporarily - this […]

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With the coming of Memorial Day weekend, come the summer offerings across all five boroughs.
It goes without saying - but I shall say it anyway - that the boroughs are awash in street fairs from now until Labor Day. Personally, after the first two or three of the season, I’ve had my street fair fill. […]

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Friends, I have a confession to make. Though I have lived lo these many years in Gotham, it was not until yesterday that I went on the full 3 hour Circle Line tour. Yes, I hear your gasps.
“How can this be?” you whisper to yourself in horrified amazement. “Surely, in all this time, she has […]

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“It’s May! It’s May! That lovely month when everyone goes blissfully astray”
Well, except you, dear readers because I present to you some Greater Gotham May Highlights! And to continue my show tune theme, let’s not “Start at the very beginning, a very good place to start.” No, let’s instead start at towards the end of […]

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Just as I posted yesterday’s list of NY walking tours, I came across “Walking Off the Big Apple” - a blog dedicated to - well, walking New York. Or as the author calls it - exploring New York in the flâneur tradition.
No, don’t ask me what it means, You have access to the Internet. Look it […]

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The weather getting better every day and you’ll soon be wondering what to do with all those hours better spent outside than inside. And you’re also probably thinking that fun - like gas, food and everything else - is getting more and more expensive. Never fear. You can get out and enjoy the weather without spending much […]

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Forgive the extended absence, all. The post cruise fogginess (that no one warned me about, by the by) took a while to clear and then, just as things began to clear, I was struck down (and laid prone) by an incredibly bout of sciatica. I will not regale with with the details and descriptions of […]

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It’s a holiday weekend coming up and you know what that means? Even more time to do even more stuff. Never fear for Gotham is, as usual, awash in activities to entertain, educate and delight you and yours.
Books, books and more books, baby! Taschen Warehouse sale is running January 18-20 at their locations worldwide but […]

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One month until Valentine’s Day! With New York is so full to the brim with romantic possibilities, you have no excuse for not finding something exciting, exceptional or expressive for your main squeeze.
 Chocolate is a Valentine’s Day standby and somewhere in Gotham is just the right sweet for your sweet. Check out our Gotham Guide to the […]

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Wondering what to do in and about NYC this weekend? Here are a couple of suggestions: 
I don’t know if I have mentioned this previously but I am going on a cruise in a couple of months. As a result, I have cruise ships a bit on the brain. Imagine my delight when I heard about the Cunard […]

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 Attention all New York area foodies! Reservations are now being taken for tours of Murray’s Cheese Caves. Don’t know Murray’s? Then you don’t know cheese. Murray’s is cheese. Cheese is Murray’s. These tours used to be a rare, once a year occurrence but it’s now a monthly treat.
Yum. Cheeeeeeeeeeese.

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Remember the time I came down with a case of Museum Mania? And I said that there was one place I really had to go and see ’cause everyone was raving about it? Well, yesterday was the day. I went to the Lower East Side Tenement Museum yesterday and loved, loved, loved it.
The building went […]

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For those who don’t know, Greater Gotham is just one of the blogs I am involved in. The other is Fabulous Foodie. Today I thought I’d bring them together and this is the result. A view of Gotham through a culinary, online lens.
New York Magazine’s Best of New York Food is always worth reading (and […]

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Since we can’t sit enthralled watching Broadway (including my almost certainly now doomed plans for Tuesday), we might as well wander around a bit and be enthralled by the city that has been tarted up for the holidays. Few cities tart up so well and in so many various ways.
Department store windows are the first […]

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