2013-04-19 03:57
After my little trip to the Union Square Greenmarket last week, I took a short stroll up Broadway to the corner of E19th St for a browse in one of my favourite New York shops – ABC Car… Read More
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2013-04-12 15:04
Oh spring you are so fickle. Earlier in the week when it actually felt like spring I was inspired to head to Union Square Greenmarket, at the ‘union’ of B… Read More
2013-04-08 19:46
So what if it is still pretty cold at times (case-in-point: -6C/21F with the wind chill yesterday morning – ouch!) there are plenty of other signs that Spring is actu… Read More
2013-03-29 17:10
After 18 months living in New York, I still hadn't really explored the Lower East Side. Sure, I'd popped in, but the Lower East Side (arguably the birth place of multicu… Read More
2013-03-17 21:17
Mr M: ‘Seriously, I can’t eat any more fried food’. There we were, squeezed into a corner in a small bar in the Treme, with ANOTHER plate of fried chicken in front of… Read More
2013-03-10 22:19
On Thursday afternoon, my UWS friend crossed the psychological divide that is the East River and came to visit me in Brooklyn. In the process of arranging this long awaited inter… Read More
2013-03-05 15:52
Bucks County Dry Goods Store (nice little shop) and the Canal, Lambertville NJ On Friday afternoon, we got a last dose of the city buzz as we sat paralysed in traffic a few blocks… Read More
2013-02-24 21:02
Last Friday I took a 45 minute walk from Brooklyn Heights over the Brooklyn Bridge, past gazillions of tourists, frustrated bikers, spruikers selling hot dogs, photos and paintings, an… Read More
2013-02-11 21:48
Saturday morning at 6.30am (quite the sleep-in, following a week of jet-lag), I awoke to the most glorious view – about 10 inches of snow piled up on our fire escape. We got up… Read More
2012-12-03 21:57
I fly home to Australia tonight (for two months) and I am very excited, although really can’t be bothered with the two 12 hour flights and 6 and a half hours in the Doha airp… Read More
2012-11-27 16:30
Last year I missed Thanksgiving. I missed the Macy’s Thanksgiving day parade – the best parade ever.... bar none according to Mr M – and the pumpkin pie. This y… Read More
2012-11-16 23:12
Little more than a week after Superstorm Sandy, I experienced my first nor’ easter storm (or what I like to call a snow maker). I had heard the rumours. Early last week they had begun… Read More
2012-11-07 16:52
Now make sure you keep reading because I am going to tell you about one of New York’s hidden treasures. There is a place in Bed-Stuy (that’s Brooklyn for any non New Yorkers) whi… Read More
2012-11-02 19:09
On Monday, before the full force of Sandy arrived, we wandered down the street to the Promenade. Along the way, we spotted a grey-haired man, dustpan in hand, ambitiously sweeping up l… Read More
2012-10-23 19:51
On a rather chilly Saturday morning (3 degrees!) we huddled onto the last carriage of the Metro North train from Grand Central station, surrounded by other fleece clad hikers (probably… Read More
2012-10-14 19:08
Last Monday, on what was one of the first days of the season requiring a jacket and scarf, I met up with Miss H and her Aussie visitor (Miss S) for porridge at the aptly named Oatmeals, on W… Read More
2012-10-07 23:56
It was on an afternoon of exploration shortly after we moved to Brooklyn that I wandered past Rucola, on the corner of Dean and Bond in Boerum Hill, a very cute, Italian restaurant wit… Read More
2012-10-01 16:04
‘Sorry mate’, the old guy patted Mr M on the shoulder and continued to squeeze past. It was still 2 hours until the big game, but at 10.30pm on Friday night, The Australian Pub i… Read More
2012-10-01 16:04
Last Tuesday night Mr M and I were truly spoilt. My parents had managed (and only the day before) to reserve a table for four at Locanda Verde, or as we like to call it, Robert De Niro… Read More
2012-09-17 14:32
Our destination, Joe’s Shanghai Restaurant, was easy to spot thanks to the crowd of would-be diners loitering on the footpath, sitting on the curb, and spilling onto the road, much to… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
Back in June I was very lucky to have two decadent weeks in New York City. Apart from re-acquainting myself with all my favourite places (essentially, the Highline and Ample Hills Ice C… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
On Tuesday afternoon after 29 hours, 6 movies and little more than a pinch of sleep Mr M and I finally set foot on our fourth continent in less than two days – Australia. After al… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
Yesterday afternoon, a chilly, not at all spring-like day, Srta L and I bustled our way along Spring St to Crosby St and into the Crosby Bar to meet up with Miss H. We plopped down o… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
After an unnecessarily long and confusing subway trip —thanks to weekend metro changes—we (Mr M, myself and our much awaited Aussie visitors Mr K and Miss P) finally emerged from… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
The Highline is one of my favourite places in New York City. And last week, with Miss H in town, we visited it, not once, not twice, but three times. In one day. That is how good… Read More
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