Tag: grand central station

• 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

• Thanksgiving in Manhattan

  

  We decided to spend our first Thanksgiving in the States since 2011 at one of the most publicized holiday events nationwide: The Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade.   Knowing that the time involved in actually getting to and then watching the parade would essentially take all day, we agreed to postpone the traditional holiday feast until…

  Allison Gray

  December 6, 2014

  Adulting, Reviews, Travel

  bryant park, city living, festival, grand central station, macy’s thanksgiving day parade, manhattan, metro, new york, nyc subway, parade, thanksgiving, thanksgiving day parade, tourist trap

• All the Tourists Go to Manhattan

  

  Saturday, Ivan and I went to Manhattan to check out some of the clichés. First, I want to say that I am embarrassingly proud of the both of us for making the trip without the aid of any of our more NYC-savvy friends. I say embarrassingly proud because it was actually quite simple. We jumped…

  Allison Gray

  May 20, 2014

  Adulting, Travel

  broadway, central park, city living, grand central station, manhattan, metro, new york, nyc subway, people watching, skyscrapers, times square, tourist trap