The Best NYC iPhone Apps

Since I’ll be visiting the Big Apple again this year, I’ve been scouring the web for iPhone apps that will help me. I am particularly interested in apps that list restaurants, have transit maps, contain transit map schedules, and list free attractions in the city. Oh, have I hit the jackpot this week. Here are [...]

Get the NY State Fair App for iPhone or Android

I have already downloaded this! And it’s terrific! Developed by 9WSYR News of Syracuse, this app is simply amazing. Here are a few screenshots. The app lists every attraction and provides information and a map about it. There’s even a section about Fair News, including notices on freebies and other stuff. Get app from the [...]

Don’t Close the Herkimer Home!

According to WKTV, New York State lawmakers are considering closing the Herkimer Home– a NYS park and a member of the National Register of Historic Places– permanently. I’ve written extensively about Nicholas Herkimer and the Herkimer Home and his background. I find it unconscionable that the state would permanently close this park. It costs the [...]

Finding Places to Live in New York

Believe it or not, people ARE still moving to New York. haha. Here’s hoping that more are moving IN than OUT by now…. but people need apartments and they are definitely difficult to find. Back in my apartment-hunting days, it was tough to know where to go to find one. When I moved to Manhattan, [...]

A Little Opinion About NYS Tourism Ads…

Next month is a big month for people involved in New York State tourism: the New York State Travel and Vacation Association is holding the Empire State Tourism Conference in Albany, from February 8th to the 10th. I won’t be able to attend, unfortunately. But that doesn’t hinder me from offering a few opinions about [...]

Cellphone Radiation in the News

Perhaps my most important travel accessory (next to my car) is my cellphone. I have really come to rely on my cellphone when I travel. Not only can I call home with it, but I can check admission hours and prices while on the road for those traveling whims that we sometimes get. I keep [...]

Manhattanhenge

Oh very funny! I saw this post at the Flickr Blog today: noticed that photos of Manhattanhenge are starting to flow in from last weekend. What’s Manhattanhenge? >> a biannual occurrence in which the setting sun aligns with the east-west streets of Manhattan’s main street grid. The term is derived from Stonehenge, at which the [...]

Schultz and Dooley are 50!

Schultz and Dooley– those interminable talking beer steins created for the marketing of Utica Club beer– are 50 years old! The steins are highly collectible. Schultz and Dooley first appeared in 1958, on television commercials for Utica Club beer produced by the FX Matt Brewery here in Utica, NY. The Matt Brewery also produces the [...]

The I Love NY Film Winners

The official tourism website of New York State, I Love NY, has announced the winners of the Short Film Contest. Here’s the video that won first place for the Western Region, by Ben Porcari of Buffalo, NY. He did a fabulous job highlighting the variety of things to do in New York State. (And thank [...]

A Tour of the Observer-Dispatch News, Utica

The Utica Observer-Dispatch is Utica’s only newspaper. We went on a guided tour of the entire newspaper process, from reporter’s desks to loading docks. It was quite an educational experience!