For Valentine’s Day, Aldo and I made plans with a few of our friends to go do the Escape the Room challenge and then go get some food. We had a Groupon for Escape the Room for everyone, and Feb…
NYC Double Decker Bus Tour – Downtown Loop
I wrote in my last post how I took my grandma on a NYC double decker bus tour. Our tickets included the Uptown Loop, Downtown Loop, Brooklyn Loop, Bronx Loop, and Nighttime Tour. We obviously couldn’t do all of them in…
NYC Double Decker Bus Tour – Uptown Loop
A few months ago, my grandma casually mentioned that she’s always wanted to go on a Double Decker Bus tour around NYC. She’s lived in Brooklyn for 20 years now but has never been on one of those tours. Conveniently enough, her birthday…
Exploring Untermyer Park in Yonkers, NY
A little while ago we were invited to a family birthday dinner in Yonkers. Yonkers is over an hour away from us, and we were not super excited about making the drive up there just for a dinner. So I decided to see…
The 80’s are Weird
So I mentioned in my posts about our trip to Philly that we went to the Art Museum, and the ticket to the art museum included admission to the Perelman Building across the street from the main museum. When we…
Philly in Two Days – Day 1
Last weekend was one of those rare weekends where we had absolutely no plans, no family gatherings, no birthday dinners, no helping family with errands – we had a totally free weekend!! So instead of using that time to relax,…
Our Trip to Boston – A Much Needed Weekend Getaway
Last weekend Aldo and I went to Boston for a quick getaway. Work has been crazy busy for me, so we could only take off one day, but it was a much needed mini-vacation. We stayed at an apartment in…