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Archive for Category: "Xplore Deeper"
NYC Rolls Out Citi Bike
Citi Bike, NYC’s first bike sharing program, is scheduled to launch in July. The self-service system will provide members access to a network of 10,000 bicycles, located at stations throughout the city. After using a bike, cyclists simply return it to a docking station nearest their destination. Locations of the first 420 docking stations were [...]
Manhattan’s “Little Mexico”
Cinco de Mayo is only a few days away, and there are plenty of places in NYC to enjoy a Margarita, chips, and salsa under red, white and green streamers. But for a unique cultural experience (and truly authentic food), explore one of NYC’s newest ethnic communities: East Harlem’s “Little Mexico.” East Harlem has been [...]
Green NYC
Earth Day is Sunday (April 22, 2012), and it’s great to see NYC growing greener. The city could become a victim of its own success; with the quality of life soaring, so is the population. It’s estimated there will be one million more New Yorkers by 2030. And climate change will continue making the city [...]
NYC Easter Parade 2012
After decades in NYC, I finally took part in one of the city’s time-honored celebrations: The Easter Parade. Fifth Avenue between 49th and 57th Streets was closed to traffic and packed with revelers enjoying the spectacle of fanciful bonnets and costumes. There were also vendors selling balloon sculptures, cotton candy, kebabs, juices, and homemade churros. [...]
Dispatch from NYC Pillow Fight 2012!
April 7, 2012 – On beautiful Spring afternoon, a crowd gathered in historic Washington Square Park. This was not a demonstration, or rally, or cultural celebration. It was NYC Pillow Fight 2012. The chaotic, festive atmosphere was rife with anticipation as people arrived toting pillows in a variety of silly garb. Many wore bunny ears [...]
NYC’s Easter Parade
Oh, I could write a sonnet about your Easter bonnet, And of the girl I’m taking to the Easter parade. Irving Berlin Easter processions are an ancient rite throughout the Christian world. But NYC’s unique Easter Parade is far more secular than sacred. Neither a traditional, organized parade or veneration of Christian symbols, the Easter [...]
Pillow Fight NYC 2012
NYC can be a stressful place. It takes a lot of hustling to survive (let alone thrive) in the city. So, not surprisingly, New Yorkers love an excuse to cut loose. There’s the craziness of our Halloween Parade, flash mobs like the No Pants Subway Ride, mayhem like SantaCon, and this Saturday…Pillow Fight NYC! April [...]
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