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10/11/2025

Apple picking season might be winding down, but hard cider is served all year in New York's Hudson Valley region. Many orchards use their apples to make their own hard cider and have food, activities, and live music. This makes them a great alternative to an afternoon at the vineyards.

09/13/2025

Fall in the Hudson Valley is apple picking season!

Just 1.5 hours north New York City you can find many great orchards to pick your own apples. Many also have pony rides, mazes, live music, and farm stands. Some of my favorites include Fishkill Farms, Masker Orchards, and DuBois Farms.

I put together a full guide with my favorite apple orchards in the Hudson Valley. Link in the comments.

04/13/2025

Got up at the crack of 9am to be 200th in line for an Easter egg hunt! But we got the family photo, and that’s what really matters right?

03/17/2025

On this St. Patrick's Day, skip the corned beef and cabbage and try these authentic Irish dishes instead.

How Irish is that corned beef & cabbage you're eating on St Patrick's Day? Here are 5 examples of traditional Irish food you should try instead.

12/26/2024

Our 4th year reading The Night Before Christmas as a family of three. Merry Christmas from us to all of you!
We left out chocolate chip cookies for Santa, and judging by the empty plate the next morning, he must have liked them!

12/17/2024

New York City comes even more alive than usual at Christmas time, and December is one of the busiest months to visit.

You won't run out of things to do, whether it be ice skating at Bryant Park, visiting the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree, perusing the holiday markets, watching the Rockettes perform at Radio City, or taking the trek out to Dyker Heights to see houses with extravagant light displays.

12/06/2024

It’s the Christmas season again, which means New York City comes alive with holiday spirit. With over-the-top decorations, light displays that drive up the electric bill, and festive cocktails, these are the best Christmas bars in NYC.

11/01/2024

Happy Halloween!

Since Jacqueline wanted to be Elsa from Frozen, we decided to become a royal family for the night. I may have thrown my costume together last minute, but we all had so much fun at her school parade and then trick or treating with some of her school friends. And she already sneaked extra candy for dessert somehow.

10/06/2024

Apple picking season is almost over. If you live in New York, these are some of the best apple orchards just a short trip from NYC in the Hudson Valley!

Fall has arrived, and that means it's apple season in New York. Here are some of the best orchards for apple picking in the Hudson Valley.

09/18/2024

The Feast of San Gennaro is going on now through September 22nd in Manhattan’s Little Italy neighborhood. Go get some zeppole, cannoli, and gelato while celebrating the patron Saint of Naples!

The Feast of San Gennaro is an 11-day Italian festival held in the Little Italy section of NYC. Here is what to expect if you go.

09/11/2024

I moved to New York City in 2002. The World Trade Center site was of the first places I visited. It was somber and still graveyard for people not yet found. I cried.

I then spent 15 years watching it being rebuilt as I commuted to work nearby.

After 4 years of traveling full time, I just moved back to New York to start working in WTC on Monday. I will be working at the site where 3000 people died.

I will think about those people. Husbands, wives, sons, and daughters. New college graduates just starting their career and older people getting ready to retire. Firemen, police, and medical professionals. All people who wanted to go home to their families.

Never Forget

09/05/2024

Not sure how people I grew up with are so much older than me, as they’ve been posting their kids’ first day of school pics for years.

But now it’s this young Dad’s time to post my girl’s first day of her new preschool!

I love watching her grow and learn new things and she makes me proud of her every day. Go get em girl!