No, this photo is not from the Amateur Traveler Photo Tour of Egypt (that’s not until November) but from my June trip to New York City. This is one of the reasons [...]

I had been to New York City on a number of occasions. I went to school in upstate New York and lived for a time just across the Hudson from the city. [...]

If you are not familiar with the Gowala application for your iPhone or other smart phone it is another location based social media application like FourSquare. One nice feature of Gowala is [...]

Another picture from the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City of a statue of an archer in one of the wonderful interior courtyards of the museum.

When I first came to New York back in 1979 I was intimidated by the noise, crowds, scale and grit that was New York in the 1970s. Certainly New York has mellowed [...]

My last two nights in New York City were a study in contrasts. I spent the first night at the Hotel Giraffe at 365 Park Avenue South and the next night I [...]

I enjoyed watching this artist sketch in one of the beautiful galleries at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. The museum not only held beautiful works of art, but [...]

This statue of Alice in Wonderland in New York City‘s Central Park is a hands-on favorite for these local kids.

My favorite building in New York City is the Chrysler Building with its art deco architecture. I have a travel poster of the Chrysler Building up in my house. This photo is [...]

The Flatiron Building in New York City was one of its early skyscrapers and as a lover of interesting architecture it has always intrigued me. This triangular building seems quite impractical on [...]