WANDERLUST WEDNESDAYS - FALL IN NEW YORK
Showing posts with label the big apple. Show all posts
Showing posts with label the big apple. Show all posts
Wednesday, November 27, 2013
Friday, November 22, 2013
NEW YORK CITY - Review Part IX (Central Park)
NEW YORK CITY - Review Part IX (Central Park)
I had absolutely no concept of how easily one could get lost in Central Park. Many people had told me that I wouldn’t be able to see everything, but I foolishly thought I could navigate myself to the specific sites I had planned to see. It wasn’t until I stood in the middle of Central Park, did I realize the lack of signs or straight paths to those landmarks.
I made a list of all the sites to see and activities to do in Central Park. Unsurprisingly, I didn’t complete anything on my list - no carriage ride; I couldn’t find the Alice in Wonderland statue; the zoo was closed; the Shakespeare Garden and Strawberry Fields were further than I had thought; and when we finally found the carousel, it was not in service due to the hot weather.
Thursday, November 21, 2013
NEW YORK CITY - Review Part VII (Coney Island)
NEW YORK CITY - Review Part VII (Coney Island)
Coney Island is an iconic destination known for its amusement parks, fair foods and circus acts. Throughout history, it’s been mentioned and featured in countless novels, songs, movies, television shows, theatre productions and even in video games.(For example: F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel The Great Gatsby, Andrew Lloyd Webber’s musical Love Never Dies, Lana Del Rey’s song “Carmen”, TV shows Ugly Betty and Seinfeld, and even children’s show Dora the Explorer.)
Wednesday, September 4, 2013
NEW YORK CITY – Review Part VI (Quiet Clubbing)
NEW YORK CITY – Review Part VI (Quiet Clubbing)
For the famously claimed “city that never sleeps”, the nightlife in New York was not very thrilling. I comprised a list of approximately fifteen bar options for our week long stay in Manhattan. The places were chosen based on the recommendations of NYmag.com, NYCgo.com, and Yelp. I even researched each establishment’s most crowd frequented nights and weekly themed events. From Monday to Thursday we were overpaying for boredom. Each night, my friend and I went out in search for unforgettable parties and wild characters, only to be let down by a lack of excitement. We couldn’t afford enough costly cocktails to become “happy drunks” either.
On any given night in Toronto, there are always fun parties to attend. Of course, weekends are undoubtedly the most rowdy, but most clubs typically have at least one popular week day. Perhaps I had selected places in the wrong districts, at all the worst days and times (Is 12am or 1am really that late?). But from Midtown to Union Square and China Town, four out of six nights were frustratingly dull.
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