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Hi friends, welcome back to my last spring post of the season. I don’t have much new to say about Central Park after all these years so this post will be picture heavy. We visited the park on a beautiful spring day for some family pictures with our photographer Emily. After our pictures we headed…
Hi friends, welcome back! I was feeling adventurous after the Macy’s flower show, so I headed to Hudson Yards to see another floral display. For the past few years, the mall at Hudson Yards hosts Fluers de Villes, a traveling floral show. The theme this year was Flora, a fashion forward celebration of spring couture…
Hi friends, welcome back! While the spring weather might be off to a bipolar start, the colors around the city are not. On a teaser spring day, Violet and I strolled around capturing the best blooms around Lower Manhattan. I’ll start this tour at the southern most part, Bowling Green Park. I loved all the…
Hi friends, welcome back and happy May! April flew by and we kept busy celebrating our friend’s birthday, enjoyed all the blooms and nice spring weather, saw the partial solar eclipse, Jon had to go back to Miami, we enjoyed the conclusion of March Madness, joined a food tour that left a bit to be…
Hi friends, welcome back! I’m loving all the spring flowers and I noticed all the beautiful blooms popping up in Lower Manhattan. I recently posted A Stroll Around my Neighborhood, and about six weeks later it already looks so different. Last time I showed Zucotti Park there were still Christmas lights up on the trees,…
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Hi friends, welcome back to part two of my Central Park spring series! If you missed part one, you can catch up here. After walking through the beautiful canopy of cherry blossoms by the Reservoir, I continued my search for more cherry blossoms. There are quite a few behind The Met and this is always…
Hi friends, welcome back! After walking along the High Line, I made my way over to Little Island on Pier 55. This park is free to visit and spans two acres atop unique, concrete tulip pods. To learn more about the history and construction of this pier, you can read my prior post here. Little…
Hi friends, welcome back! Today I’m taking you on part two of my Central Park spring tour featuring the southern half of the park. If you missed part one you can catch up here. The pictures from part one of my tour were taken on April 11th and when I came back for part two…
Hi friends, welcome back! April was everything I’d hoped it would be and I’m loving spring in NYC. The weather has been great and I’ve been enjoying viewing all the spring blooms. We had a less busy month and enjoyed the conclusion of March Madness, the Master’s, a visit from the Easter bunny, a brunch…
Hi friends, welcome back! I was scrolling Instagram last week and a video of a garden I'd never heard of on NYC's Upper West Side caught my eye. The garden is called the West Side Community Garden and located on 89th Street between Amsterdam and Columbus Ave. It’s a few blocks from Central Park so…