Today I wanted to share a snapshot of New York City, my life, and this blog, during the early days of the coronavirus crisis. I want to keep sharing stories from past travels, and create some new kinds of content on the blog, but I felt I couldn’t go any further without addressing the pandemic in the room. New York, During the Coronavirus I can … Continue reading NYC Life: The Coronavirus Crisis
Cobble Hill is Brooklyn’s answer to West Village. If I didn’t have to commute to Midtown every day, I would move to this charming neighbourhood in a heartbeat. With wider, quieter streets than Manhattan, mom & pop stores and independent bars, restaurants, bakeries and book stores, it’s an idyllic slice of the best of New York City life. This Cobble Hill Neighborhood Guide also includes … Continue reading Cobble Hill: NYC Neighborhood Guide
I’m feeling so settled in New York City at the moment. I’m in a routine with work & making the most of my weekends, have a great group of friends and have lots to look forward to this year. I can’t believe we’re coming up to our one year anniversary in New York in April! I’m really looking forward to spring and having a bit … Continue reading NYC Life: February 2020
January felt like it passed in a matter of minutes. Work has been keeping me busy, plus we had visits from one of my best friends from Melbourne and David’s parents. Winter this year hasn’t been that tough, and I’ve been told that it’s been unseasonably warm. It hasn’t been that much colder than Melbourne, most of the time! We did have one snowy day … Continue reading NYC Life: January 2020
The USA is one of my favourite travel destinations because of the country’s regional diversity, so much so that I’ve spent a total of three months travelling the USA, and also moved here, at the start of 2019. While most of my favourite travel destinations in the USA are vibrant major cities, I’ve loved having the chance to explore the country’s cute and quirky small … Continue reading 6 Charming Small Towns in the USA to Visit
December has been my busiest month yet in New York City! I started work in the last week of November, so December has been a bit of a blur as I settle in to my new routine. Since I moved from Melbourne to New York in April 2019, I’ve started writing a series of monthly blog posts, NYC Life, to capture the the big and … Continue reading NYC Life: December 2019
This year has been one of the most exciting and yet also the most challenging years of my life. I’ve never written a year-long wrap up before, but I feel like I was all over the place so much that I wanted to put it all in one place, and also take a moment to take stock of what was an unpredictable and ultimately very … Continue reading 2019: A Year in Travel
November has been an unpredictable and stressful but ultimately rewarding month! I barely spent any of it in New York City, because I spent three weeks in Australia, getting my working visa for the US. I mentioned last month that I was super stressed about this, and I’m so glad to report that I’ve finally got my visa and am back in New York. I … Continue reading NYC Life: November 2019
Autumn is big business in America. “The Fall” is easily the most popular season of the year in New York, where winters are bitter and summers are sticky. Along with carved pumpkin decorations, pumping pumpkin flavouring through every foodstuff imaginable, the ubiquitous “PSL” (pumpkin spiced latte), apple picking is an essential fall activity. The most popular place for apple picking in upstate New York is … Continue reading Apple picking in the Hudson Valley
Central Park is the best place to experience the distinct and dramatic seasons in New York. The city is extreme in every way, and the seasons are no exception. Unlike some cities which only really has summer and a mild winter, with soft transitions in between, or mild weather year-round, New York’s four seasons are all dialled up to 100. So far, Autumn (aka Fall!) … Continue reading Autumn in Central Park