2013 was a pretty incredible year of travel for me. Since launching the blog a year ago yesterday, a whole world of travel and writing opportunities opened up. I ventured abroad to Mexico, Curacao, Costa Rica and the Bahamas. Within the U.S., I visited my typical “second home” destinations of Key West, New York and Atlanta. I also visited best friends in Nashville and Pittsburgh. And I discovered a little more of the state of Florida with trips to Tampa, […]
Posts categorized: New York
Aug 27
2013
2013
‘Somewhere in Brooklyn’
In the years that I lived in Manhattan, I pretty much never made it to Brooklyn. And I left just before places like Prospect Park and Williamsburg were starting to get really cool (as far as I know). My brother Brett’s lived in Brooklyn for over a year now and it only took me three visits to New York before I made a point to have a Brooklyn day. Along with my sister Kristy, we took a taxi from the […]
Aug 24
2013
2013
4 Surf/Boat Bars in New York City
I abandoned New York City seven years ago for a maritime- and surf-themed lifestyle in South Florida, so I’m tickled that whenever I go back, my best friend Ted introduces me to his new favorite bars, and they’re also maritime- and surf-themed. This time, he took me to Réunion Surf Bar in Hell’s Kitchen and The Rusty Knot on the West Side Highway. Since boats, surf, and New York City are three of my favorite things, I’ve got a couple of […]
Aug 20
2013
2013
New York, New York: A Tale of 3 Theaters
The Benowitzes are a pretty theatrical bunch. Starting with my mother who pursued acting and modeling in L.A. in the ’70s, and studied theater at University of California, Irvine with the likes of Jon Lovitz. My brother Brett lives in New York now and is an emerging actor and musician, and I was once a drama major at the University of Georgia (although I lost interest in pursuing acting as a career long before graduation). Even my dad, the straight-laced businessman, […]
After New Years Eve, birthdays are my favorite holidays to celebrate. For mine last weekend, I decided to live out a long held fantasy of residing in a luxe hotel in New York City’s Meatpacking District, more specifically The Standard High Line. I’ve had a fascination with that hotel ever since it was erected straddling the newly minted High Line. Both developments seemed to have breathed new life into the neighborhood that I’d made so many memories in back when I […]
