Getting Some Ideas from an Old 1972 Visitor Guide Visiting the Mendocino Coast for the first time, I quickly am reminded how little history of the Western United States I remember from any educational instruction on the topic. The details on Native Americans in the area, the gold rush, the timber industry supplied by redwoods,…
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Finding Horace Greeley
Remembering Crazy Politics and Journalists Honored with Statues Visitors standing before the statue of Horace Greeley in Greeley Square Park at W. 32 Street between Broadway and Sixth Avenue might not know that, in addition to being the founder and editor of the New York Tribune, a Congressional representative (however briefly), a failed presidential candidate…
Key West’s Appearance in Jim Harrison’s Warlock
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What to Read on a Puerto Rico Vacation
Understanding Puerto Rico After Hurricane Maria If your whole neighborhood were to somehow blow down, say via hurricane, who would get to decide how, and if, to rebuild? You probably would like to think that you would, of course, but your insurer might have an opinion, your town board might be revamping building requirements…
LBI Restaurants Worth Visiting
From Upscale Romance to Diner Breakfasts, LBI Restaurants Dish Up Some Memorable Meals Long Beach Island isn’t just for surfers and sun worshippers; foodies can find their place here, too. On the island for a family graduation party recently, we want the meals we will be eating at LBI restaurants to merit the effort of…
Classic Cocktails at the Baccarat Hotel
Feel Like a Princess from the Moment You Enter the Baccarat Hotel Slip into the black-walled vestibule of the Baccarat Hotel on West 53rd Street, and you’ll be tempted to look for a talking, singing candelabra. It’s all high ceilings and mirrors and crystal chandeliers, which will both leave you wondering if you are…
Balanced Rock NY: North Salem’s Stonehenge
Is the Balanced Rock in North Salem, N.Y. a mere geographic anomaly or something more magical? The Bashful Adventurer investigates.
Graveyard in Saratoga: Death on a Clam Shell
I have a penchant for dramatic graveyard art, those winged but bent angels, the weeping women clinging to crosses, the monuments that stretch toward the heavens. One stone in the Greenridge Cemetery in Saratoga Springs, N.Y.that has me wondering about its bearer’s past is in the shape of a clam shell. This seems like an…
If It’s Buffalo, It’s Got to Be the Anchor Bar
I imagine not many vegans or vegetarians wander into the Anchor Bar hoping for a pick-me-up. The place where Buffalo chicken wings were born when the owner’s son and some friends showed up late one night and she didn’t feel like doing much more than throwing together some ingredients she had on hand is a…
Throwback Thursday: The Batmobile Parks at Six Flags Great Adventure
Dream about Going for a Ride with the Dark Knight Holy Bat Wheels! For a time, long ago, Batman’s latest vehicle was safely parked at Six Flags Great Adventure in Jackson, N.J. Those of us lucky enough to be in the neighborhood in 1998 got to see it. I always figured that Robin, Alfred, and…