New York City
It’s where I live.
UNDER CONSTRUCTION
Recommendations for visitors
(dropping these in, will clean them up later)
outdoors
- the cloisters
- van cortlandt park
- high line
- governor’s island
food
- lighthouse
- The Smith
- Arepas Guacoco
- Joey Bats pasteis de nata
- Donut Pub
- sushi
- luv tea
museums/galleries
- earth room
- broken kilometer
- dream house
- dia beacon
other
- music inn
- hamilton house
- diamond lil
ridgewood
- topos
- joe and john’s
- while in kathmandu
- nowadays
- Sally Roots
- Homemade pierogies and birch water from Hutsulka Xenia
- milk and pull
- chachawan
- Grace land
- Nicandra’s
- bad old days
Favorite arts orgs:
- Performance Space New York
Ridgewood
The best neighborhood, but don’t tell anyone.
Getting out of the city
A few spots I recommend:
The Adirondacks
Where you can see the stars.
I’ve gone up to the mountains a couple of times, staying in Minerva and Lake Placid. Minerva is really cute but a bit far from many of the trailheads. Lake Placid has easier access but is more urban. The High Peaks Wilderness is great, and I recommend climbing Mt Marcy. In the winter, you can cross-country ski and show-shoe, and walk out on Mirror Lake. The rest of the year, there’s no shortage of lake activities to enjoy as well, such as swimming or kayaking.
The Hudson Valley
- DIA Beacon (I’m a sucker for Michael Heizer’s stuff)
- Bruised Apple Books has top-tier used book smells
- hiking, then walking along the little main streets, getting ice cream etc.
- Mt Beacon is overrated - do another hike instead, like Bull Hill or Bear Mountain