I used to visit New York City quite frequently during the years I lived in Maine and Boston. I also remember watching the planes crash into the Twin Towers as I sat on my parent’s couch in Abu Dhabi during my junior year abroad. My college in Maine had started their term but I was spending that […]
One thing that NYC is popular for is the all you can drink brunch deals and during our recent visit to the big apple hitting one of those up was on my list of things to do. Of course I didn’t do any research and decided on an impromptu Sunday brunch before hitting up the […]
I am a huge fan of Turkish cuisine and one day soon I hope to make it to Turkey where I can taste the REAL deal. In the mean time I’m always on the hunt for a good Turkish restaurant and it’s been a challenge in Toronto so I was very curious to check out […]
New York City, like Toronto, is a pretty daunting place when your aim is to find the best places in the city for a wide range of craft beer and good eats. Luckily, Yashy and I were visiting friends in Manhattan who shared our appreciation for fine beer, and we were treated with a well […]
Every time we visit a new place one our favourite ways to get a quick lay of the land is by taking a bus or boat tour through the city on our first day. Why? Simply because we get to see all the main landmarks and then decide which ones we want to visit and […]
During our recent trip to NYC we were invited to attend an Urban Oyster food tour of Brooklyn with the kids, and that sounded like a brilliant idea. I had first heard about Urban Oyster when I was researching craft beer tours and their Brewed in Brooklyn one sounded very promising. Unfortunately kids weren’t allowed […]
We’ve explored quite a few cities recently using a CityPASS and we did the same in New York City over the last weekend. Launched first in Seattle and San Francisco, CityPASS is a booklet that offers prepaid and discounted admission into a city’s top attractions. From what I’ve noticed the booklet, which is available in 11 […]
We’ve been silent and I apologize…we took a much needed holiday, but we’re back after five glorious days in New York City. We had a couple options on how to get to the big apple but we decided that flying Porter Toronto to Newark was our best bet. As you know, we love our Porter […]
