Posted: Mar 14, 2014 | 10:16 PM
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Posted: Mar 14, 2014 | 9:42 PM
by Jared Goldstein
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Posted: Mar 14, 2014 | 8:17 PM
by Jared Goldstein
6 weeks until King's Day, Holland's national holiday.
April 26th and thereabouts is a great time for a Dutch Nieuw Amsterdam Walking Tour of the
Downtown colonial district.
Here are just two of my favorite, surprising facts about New York City's dynamic Dutch heritage:
Did you know that the most popular language of Nieuw Amsterdam was French? You'd think it would be Dutch!
Did you know that 1/3 of Nieuw Amsterdam's residents had some economic connection with alcohol?
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Posted: Feb 9, 2014 | 9:24 PM
Gallagher's NYC steak house since 1927 is reopening Monday, February 10th.
Last night we got a "Friends and Family" preview.
This was especially meaningful because I had been eating at Gallagher's since the 1970s or 1980s with my family.
Everything good about it is back or better than before it was sold and closed for renovations and a revamp.
The pictures, meat locker, grill, and staff and steak is still there. The horseshoe bar still serves great drinks. The classic pictures are back. We dined beneath an inscribed James Cagney photograph.
The steak is even slightly better than before, which keeps Gallagher's rank as one of New York City's great steak houses. We enjoyed the king of steak, a porterhouse.
This is new: they serve a good fish selection, this now being a Dean Poll restaurant like his Boat House in Central Park. The crab cakes are a treat.
Striking is the improved atmosphere. Fewer tables, more staff, better service, better lighting and acoustics.
Gallagher's had increasingly become touristy and what I call a "Birthday Song" restaurant in which you can hear the song sung at a big table every five minutes. The staff used be great but it was spread thin.
You might recognize the return of several of the waitstaff who have a great deal of pride to be back and better than before.
http://www.gallaghersnysteakhouse.com
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Posted: Jan 4, 2014 | 12:33 PM
by Jared Goldstein
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Posted: Dec 27, 2013 | 6:56 PM
by Jared Goldstein
Dec 27th in NYC History:
1657 the establishment of religious tolerance via Flushing's Remonstrance against Quaker discrimination.
1892 The Cathedral Church of St John the Divine construction commenced.
1932 Radio City Music Hall opened.
Posted: Dec 6, 2013 | 3:42 PM
by Jared Goldstein
St. Nicholas Day was the occasion in 1810 for New York City leaders to herald our own gift giver, Santa Claus.
WHAT?!
'Tis the season to find out why, and take the Santa Claus the NYC Tour. Most of Santa's international history began here in NYC where he brought peace, prosperity, and patriotism to the Christmas Season.
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Posted: Nov 19, 2013 | 11:00 PM
by Jared Goldstein
New York’s Oldest Christmas Tradition
A Holiday Reading of ’Twas The Night Before Christmas, A Visit From St. Nicholas
with Bishop of New York Andrew M. L. Dietsche
Sunday, December 22, 2013, 4pm
slide show at 3pm
Prelude Music at 3:30pm
The Church of the Intercession
Broadway & West 155th street
FREE, open to the public, and wheelchair accessible
Following the reading, join St. Nicholas in a lantern procession and wreath-laying at author Clement Clarke Moore’s tomb at Trinity Church Cemetery & Mausoleum, located across the street from the church.
A reception follows.
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Posted: Sep 26, 2013 | 12:25 AM
by Jared Goldstein
There's a lot we can do on Christmas Nights and Days.
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At 11AM on Sunday 12/22/13 there is Gospel singing in a Baptist Church.
Then Brunch at Melba's foodie fusion Soul Food, and a tour of Harlem to Sugar Hill and Washington Heights.
This will get us on time for the 103rd Annual Reading of Clement Clarke Moore's "A Visit From St. Nicholas" and then a candlelight processional visit to his grave will be Sunday evening, December 22nd starting at 3:30.
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We can tour fabulous 5th Avenue where there is a foodie food court under the Plaza, visit the famous stores and store windows, and experience Rockefeller Center and its Christmas Tree.
This takes about three hours.
Add in another hour for Lord & Taylor's and Macy's windows, and another 45 minutes for a visit to Santa Land.
Add in an hour-and-a-half for a visit to Little Italy's lights and cannolis.
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For daytime foodies there is Greenwich Village, the High Line, and the Chelsea Market, which would take about four hours. This option is not Christmas-y per se, but NYC is festooned with holiday lights, and these are such charming and happening areas.
For an extra hour we can see where Clement Clarke Moore wrote "A Visit From St. Nicholas" and see Madison Square Park, the Flatiron District, once the Toy District, where the first outdoor electric Christmas Tree was lit, and warm up with hot chocolate and snacks at Eataly, the gourmand's playground.
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Posted: Sep 24, 2013 | 10:18 PM
by Jared Goldstein
Happy Birthday to these New Yorkers:
The Bill of Rights
and
Jim Henson.
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