Tag: chinatown

• Mom’s (Third) Visit to NYC

  

  After her triumphant retirement, my mom’s found herself with a little extra free time. She spends it creating greeting cards and mailing them to friends and family (as the latter, I’ve received quite a few), skiing through Erie’s record-breaking snowfall (a peculiar source of pride for certain Erie natives) and subsequently falling and injuring herself,…

  Allison Gray

  April 27, 2015

  Adulting, Travel

  brooklyn, brooklyn brewery, bryant park, central park, chinatown, city living, farmers market, grand central station, manhattan, metro, new york, nyc subway, tourist trap, union square, williamsburg

• A Week of Visitors

  

  A couple weeks ago, we got a message from our friends back in Erie. They were planning a five-day visit to New York and wanted to spend some time with us if we were free. Their visit coincided almost perfectly with my parents’ visit, so we were able to offer them our spare bedroom for…

  Allison Gray

  October 25, 2014

  Adulting, Travel

  awesomes, central park, chinatown, city living, ellis island, little italy, manhattan, metro, new york, nyc subway, people watching, rockefeller center, statue of liberty, times square, tourist trap, visitors

• Discover Manhattan: The 9/11 Memorial and Chinatown

  

  Last weekend Ivan and I made a trip to lower Manhattan to visit the 9/11 Memorial and Museum.   First we stood in a crowd of tourists with our heads hanging back as we looked up (I mean, UP) at the World Trade Center (WTC). Before moving on to the memorial, I noticed one of…

  Allison Gray

  June 8, 2014

  Adulting, Reviews, Travel

  9/11 memorial, chinatown, city living, manhattan, new york, tourist trap, world trade center