New York City and Romance go hand in hand. But New York can be a very expensive city. But there is so much to do even for free. We scoured the city to find some of the best most romantic places in NYC that won’t break your budget. The Highline While a part situated on an old train track doesn’t sound romantic, the High line is one of … [Read more...]
Category: United States
Gold Leaf Ice Cream – Is it Worth it?
Hey do you want to try gold on your ice cream? My friend asked me as she invited me to the interesting ice cream shop “Matcha and More” in the Chinatown area of New York City. Sure, of course I did. I mean I was a sucker for anything new and different. Matcha N’ More has an incredibly popular and Instagram ready treat with their "24k Gold” … [Read more...]
Lassen Volcanic National Park – California
One of the Least Visited and yet most interesting parks is Lassen Volcanic National Park. The Park itself is famous for having all different types of volcanos. Cinder Cone, Cinder Cone, Shield, Composite, and Plug Dome. Types of Volcanos Cinder Cone The most thought of type of Volcano. Lava and ash is spewed from a vent and over time the … [Read more...]
Oldest Airport in the World – College Park, MD
I’m a bit of a huge Aerospace geek. Really love the topic. It started long before I did study and some work in the field. I of course knew a lot about the history of airplanes, air travel, and even space flight. However, I didn’t know much about the oldest, continuing operating airport in the World. If you had to guess the location, where would … [Read more...]
The Best View in Town – Old Post Office Building – Washington DC
“This one is the best, not the Washington Monument, Cathedral, or anywhere else. All the other ones are no where near as good. The Washington Monument windows are too small. The Cathedral is too far away from anywhere. This one is the best.” Call me skeptical, but I sometimes feel that people over exaggerate how great things are. Especially … [Read more...]
2015 DC Cherry Blossom Status – March 23
I’ve been getting a lot of emails lately about the cherry blossoms here in DC. As always it is one of the most popular times of the year in the city and my favorite time of the year as well. I always look forward to the cherry blossoms not only for them heralding in spring but because they really change the city. This year things … [Read more...]
Photo Essay: Visiting Ice at the Gaylord National Hotel
I had no intentions of visiting the Ice display at the Gaylord National Hotel. But one of my friends had a friend visiting and they already purchased tickets and I figured I should probably go along and what it is all about. Annually the hotel hosts an ice display that I had heard about for a few years now living in the DC area and … [Read more...]
State of the Blossom: Washington DC
Mr. Speaker, Vice President, members of the blog community, distinguished readers, and fellow photographers. It’s spring time and that means Cherry Blossoms here in DC and many parts of the world and that means it is time for flowers. Nothing seems to light up DC more than the annual blooming of the cherry trees. I’ve been getting a … [Read more...]
Walking the High Line — New York City
In many cities, old unused train lines end up becoming big eye sores, but in New York City it gets turned into a park. The high line is an old elevated train tracks on the west side of Manhattan. What could have ended up as an unused piece of track or torn down for some other development ended up becoming a great park to wander through and hang … [Read more...]
Travel Show and Cherry Blossoms — Washington DC
As part of my quest to really start to explore the areas around where I live and to keep up with the travel bug, I decided to check out the Travel and Adventure Show this past weekend in Washington DC. The Travel and Adventure show is an annual show that showcases travel companies and destinations in several US cities (Atlanta, Dallas, … [Read more...]
Eastern Market — Washington DC
It’s funny really how often we forget to explore the areas around where we live. I used to try to make it down to Washington DC to explore when I got the chance, and now that I live in the area, I seldom actually do any exploring. I can become an expert exploring around places like Tokyo, but yet not really know local cities where … [Read more...]
Six More Weeks or Almost Spring? Adventures in Canada
It's another February 2nd and that means that across the US (and maybe world) it's Groundhog Day. So when I heard folks talking about the groundhog seeing its shadow up here in Ottawa, my interest was peaked, being a boy from Pennsylvania. Oh they said the groundhog didnt see its shadow so spring would be around the corner, and I was like wow, that … [Read more...]