Hidden Gems in New York: 8 Interesting Places to Visit

A woman in NYC at a rooftop finding hidden gems around the city to do.

The Empire State Building, MoMA, Times Square, the Statue of Liberty, Greenwich Village, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Brooklyn Bridge, the American Museum of Natural History. These are but a few of places visitors check off a list when in New York City for the first or second or even third time. But if […]

The 10 Most Unusual Foods in NYC That You Should Try

grasshoppers are unusual foods in nyc

Once upon a time in NYC, someone called the authorities because a man was “mistreating a squirrel.” When the police turned up, they found the “suspect”: an Ecuadorian man who was in the grilling area of the park cooking a cuy, or Guinea pig, on a long skewer. Cuys are a common snack in the […]

The 9 Best Restaurants in Long Island City, Queens

Manhattan skyline from LIC

There once was a time when there was very little reason to go to Long Island City. Most people just viewed the hodgepodge of ramshackle warehouse buildings and snaking train tracks from the elevated 7 subway line as it wound its way through the neighborhood. But all that’s changed. Long Island City, or LIC as […]