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Hi friends, welcome back to my NYC Christmas Master List Part Two and the final bit of Christmas decorations I’ll be blogging about. As I mentioned, this post includes decorations worth seeing, but not worthy of their own post. Part two includes everything above 14th Street starting at Madison Square Park. This was the first…
Continue reading ➞ NYC Christmas Decor Master List 2023 – Part Two
Hi friends, welcome back! Christmas is getting closer and I’m wrapping up the season on my blog with part one of my Master List. These are decorations worth seeing, but not quite deserving of their own post. This post will cover everything at 14th Street and below. I’ll start at home with the building we…
Continue reading ➞ NYC Christmas Decor Master List 2023 – Part One
Hi friends, welcome back! It’s not Christmas in New York without a stop to see the Rockefeller Christmas tree. This year’s tree is a Norway Spruce from Vestal, New York. It reaches 80 feet tall, 43 feet wide, weighs twelve tons, and is believed to be eighty to eighty-five years old. I was always curious…
Continue reading ➞ Rockefeller & Bryant Park Winter Village 2023
Hi friends, welcome back to part two of my NYC Christmas decor roundup. If you missed part one you can catch up here. Today’s post covers everything north of Union Square (Fourteenth Street) that is worth seeing, but not enough to make a full post. I hope this brings some holiday spirit to your day…
Continue reading ➞ NYC Christmas Decor Master List – Part Two
Hi friends, welcome back! Similar to last holiday season, I’m rounding up all the festive spots around the city that didn’t quite make the cut of earning their own blog post, but deserve an honorable mention. I’m breaking my list into two posts and today's post will feature everything below 14th Street. Before Thanksgiving I…
Continue reading ➞ NYC Christmas Decor Master List – Part One
Hi friends, welcome back! It doesn’t get more iconic this time of year than the Saks Light Show and Rockefeller Christmas Tree. It’s my favorite spot in the city to be around Christmastime, as with most people. This years tree is a Norway Spruce from Queensbury, NY. It’s 85 feet tall, 50 feet wide, and…
Continue reading ➞ Rockefeller Christmas Tree & Saks Light Show 2022
Hi friends, welcome back! As you know, I’m making my way through my Spring Bucket List and today I’m sharing the beautiful cherry blossoms at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden. My friend Liz and I went on a gorgeous Saturday afternoon and it seemed everyone had the same idea as us. The garden was PACKED with…
Hi friends, welcome back! I’ve been impatiently waiting for the leaves to change color in Central Park, but it seemed to be the last place in the Northeast to do so. Last week I took the subway all the way to 110th Street at the northern most end of Central Park to explore and search for…
Continue reading ➞ Central Park Fall Foliage Tour 2021 – Part 1
Hi friends, welcome back! Can you believe we’re in the single digit countdown until Christmas!? This past weekend was my last weekend in NYC before Christmas so Jon and I crossed off the biggest item on my NYC Christmas bucket list, the Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree! I’ll be honest, we’ve been procrastinating on seeing this…
Welcome to our cheery apartment! The very first weekend of November I started decorating and it makes me so happy sitting on the couch with the tree on. Jon and I bought this tree last year from Michaels, and I’m pretty sure we were the first people in NYC to buy a tree last year.…