by Mel | Jul 9, 2011 | Cool stuff
The Brooklyn Bridge spans the East River connecting, funnily enough, Brooklyn and Manhattan. It was the first bridge built across the river and was the longest suspension bridge when it was first built as it was the first suspension bridge to use steel cables. The...
by Mel | Jul 8, 2011 | Cool stuff
On Sunday (the third) Keri and I got up very early to take the train to Washington for the day. The train takes a little over three hours but was very comfy (thumbs up Amtrak). Once in Washington we just did the hop-on hop-off bus thing and raced around seeing stuff...
by Mel | Jul 6, 2011 | Cool stuff
Okay, we have a bit of a blog backlog after the last few days sightseeing, so I’m going a bit out of order. Here are some shots from last night’s fireworks along the Hudson which were fabulous. Keri and I scored a great spot down near the Intrepid and...
by Mel | Jun 28, 2011 | Cool stuff
And now the long promised pics from our sunset harbour cruise on Saturday night. Which was a beautiful evening after a long hot day. (Also, two hours of enforced no shopping lol) Very happy with the pics from my little Panasonic…got some great shots but will...
by Mel | Jun 26, 2011 | Cool stuff
So yesterday we went up to the Cloisters which is located in Fort Tryon Park, way the heck up in 190th street (which is almost as far as you can go). But we writers are intrepid types, so Keri, Kelly Hunter, Anne Gracie and I eventually found our way after a bit of...
