What to Look for in the Manhattan Train Station To visit New York City’s Grand Central Station with the eyes of a tourist, rather than the blinders of a daily commuter, look for what is memorable. Of course, we’ve all made arrangements to meet at that Grand Central clock at some point in time, but…
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Finding Ulysses in the Big Apple
Who knew that Civil War General and, later, President Ulysses S Grant had ties to New York beyond West Point? The Bashful Adventurer investigates.
Overthinking the Algonquin
Dorothy Parker Is Long Gone I sit down at the Round Table restaurant in the Algonquin Hotel in New York City with no one but long-dead writer and wit Dorothy Parker spinning through my head. Who wouldn’t admire what might have been the original tough woman, a hard-living writer who would blow past deadlines, drink…
The South Street Seaport’s Titanic Memorial Lighthouse
A Reminder of New York City’s Past as “Sailortown” Down at the South Street Seaport in Manhattan is a little reminder about a big ship that never made it there. The Titanic Memorial Lighthouse, at Fulton and Pearl Streets, was originally placed at the Seamen’s Church Institute at 25 South Street, a little factoid that…
Art and Bustle in Little Italy
More than Pasta and People-Watching in Lower Manhattan Why head to the touristy and ever-shrinking Little Italy in lower Manhattan? The neighborhood is a great place for people-watching, for sitting at an outdoor table on a sunny day and sipping some Prosecco, or a bellini, or some white-wine sangria, or for critiquing different types of…
ISO Artists before They Were Known
A Visit to the Warhol Exhibit at the Morgan Library Who knew pop artist Andy Warhol used to have to make a living designing book covers? Or that he self-published some books? Seeing an artist’s early works, before he was known, and his practice scribbles trying out different variations of his name, and learning that…
Where to Stay When Flying Out of San José: Costa Rica Marriott San José
A Hotel with a Familiar Name—Marriott—Proves Perfect With So Many Hotels to Choose from, Why the Costa Rica Marriott San José? Planning a visit to Costa Rica, I begin to understand how confused visitors must be when they come to New York: It is both a city and a state, and the major airports are…
The Unexpected at the New York Historical Society
From Toy Trains to Le Tricorne to the Batmobile I have officially lived long enough to become a museum piece. Artifacts from my childhood are now showing up on display. A recent visit to the New York Historical Society brings back Space Invader, Batman, typewriters, and more. Laugh now, millennials, but your iPhones will be…
Street Art, Rome
In case a traveler needs to see just a little bit more art on any given trip to Italy: enjoy the fizzy pink lady in Rome. You can find her on Via Assisi not far up from Via Tuscolana before the Holiday Inn Express Rome – San Giovanni. —Lori Tripoli ~Advertisement~ ~Advertisement~ Like street art?…
What to Order at Russia House
On a quick trip to the District of Columbia with the Brawny Sherpa and the most senior of our youthful adventurers, we opt for dinner at the Russia House both for its convenience — located in close proximity to the Washington Hilton, where we are staying for the weekend — and in the hope that we will…