It’s Christmas Time! Bay Ridge & Dyker Heights, Brooklyn

The New Yorker Hotel Behind The Scenes July 18, 2017

This Art Deco beauty opened on June 2, 1930, a popular style in the 1920s and 1930s. The hotel was built in the Garment District by developer Mack Kanner. It was designed by Sugarman and Berger and the original plan was 38 stories. When it was finished the hotel stood 43 stories, had 2500 rooms, and […]

Loew’s Wonder Theatres – Kings Theatre July 9, 2017

Kings Theatre is one of the five Loew’s wonder theaters in the NYC area. We had the pleasure of visiting two of them. This one is in the Flatbush neighborhood in Brooklyn. The building was deisgned by Rapp and Rapp architectural firm. Kings Theatre opened in 1929, seated 3,676 people, and presented movies and vaudeville […]

Muir Woods June 29, 2017

Muir Woods National Monument is my first and favorite forest. To this date, they are the tallest trees I’ve ever seen. I was ten the first time I walked amongst these tree friends. Every hike gets compared to Muir Woods’ redwood trees. In some ways, these redwoods make a lot of other forests disappointing. We […]

California Academy of Sciences June 15, 2017

California Academy of Sciences is one of the nations largest natural history museums. It houses over 26 million specimens according to wiki and is located in Golden Gate Park. The Academy started in 1853 as an educational society and still does a lot of their own research today. In 1916, the Academy moved to Gold […]

Japanese Tea Garden June 8, 2017

The Japanese Tea Garden is located in Golden Gate Park in San Francisco and it’s the oldest Japanese Garden in the US. It was originally built for the World’s Fair, the California Midwinter International Exposition of 1894. Over the years there have been many changes to the garden but a few of the Word’s Fair […]

Christmas is my favorite time of year. If I had a house it would be decorated inside and out. When Christmas is over – I start planning for the next one. I love the festivities, the decorations. I love how the city gets all decked out in lights. Lucky me, I live in Bay Ridge and Dyker Heights is right next to us, they are known for their holiday lights.