Category: Travel
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Angry Orchard Serves Cider to Loud Bachelorettes and People Named Sal
Part 1 – A Breathtaking State Park View Part 2 – Amazing Wine and Cigars My mid-fall trip to upstate New York included a lot of great discoveries such as the winery, its cigars and just the beauty of Minnewaska state park. However, our main goal in traveling to that particular area was to test…
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A New York Winery With Top Notch Cigars and Smoky Wine
Read Part 1 here. After being intoxicated with the wonders of nature we decided to grab some delicious barbecue to refill our tanks from walking for over 2 hours. The weather was relatively warm for the fall so outdoor seating was still a viable option when we pulled up to a local barbecue spot called…
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I Discovered a Gorgeous State Park Near Me and the UFO Capital in New York
Take a break. Let’s go upstate. Those wonderful lyrics from the broadway show turned Disney + movie Hamilton inspired my wife and I to take a weekend trip to a few different locations outside of the city during Columbus day weekend. I have long been an advocate for the beauty and peacefulness of upstate New…
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Coronavirus Outbreak Isn’t As Bad As You Think, But Don’t Laugh It Off Either
The coronavirus outbreak is bad!
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The Fresh Tech of Belleayre: Ski Near NYC Without a Lift Ticket
Belleayre Mountain ditches lift tickets for ID cards.
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NYC’s Bravo Pizza Hits Staten Island With a See-through Oven and Sports Bar
Bravo Pizza hits Staten Island with a see-through oven.
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5 Greek Dishes You Must Try When Visiting the Country
These dishes are a must have when visiting Greece.
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Hiram’s Hot Dogs and Tracing the Steps of Anthony Bourdain on Valentine’s Day
Anthony Bourdain’s Season 1 NJ Episode During the very first season of his classic series No Reservations we see Anthony Bourdain visit Hiram’s Hot Dogs in The Soprano’s themed New Jersey episode. Bourdain explains being born and raised in New Jersey and frequenting this hole-in-the-wall fast food eatery with his mother as a child in…
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Pound Cake Ice Cream from Torico’s in Jersey City Annihilates Cake Batter Flavors
If you ever visit NYC or New Jersey, and you’re a restaurant and dessert junkie like me, you need to check out Torico’s ice cream shop in Jersey City. When it comes to cake flavored ice cream, cake batter is normally the standard but is a taste that if done incorrectly, comes off artificial and…
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Halal Guys, The Hipster Boom and Listening to Kid Cudi in Late 2000s NYC
In the late 2000s, changes in NYC really started to take shape and humble eateries like the now infamous Halal Guys gyro stand started to gain popularity with more and more young people flocking to places like Williamsburg, Brooklyn. This was around the time I landed my first job/internship in Manhattan and started to get…
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