USA

  • Screened View Calatrava

    Calatrava’s World Trade Center Transportation Hub (PATH) Station

    The area around the new World Trade Center brings back so many memories. The twin towers had been one of my favorite parts of the city, and I remember visiting them a year before the terrorist attacks which took them down.

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  • The Vessel New York City

    From the Vessel to New York City’s High Line

    The area around Hudson Yards is being purposefully revitalized from the rough, industrial zone it used to be, into an attractive spot for residents and businesses. Probably even more of a draw than Vessel, is a park called the High Line.

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  • Times Square New York City

    NYC Views from Bar 54, Including the Chrysler Building and Times Square

    This trip to New York City was our first big excursion since the beginning of the pandemic, and also the first time since we had been back to Manhattan in over five years. To celebrate, we splurged a bit and booked a room at the Hyatt Centric, right next to Times Square.

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  • Best Trippy View New York City

    Summit One Vanderbilt – A Mind-Bending View Over New York City

    Found on the top floors of the Vanderbilt One building, which sits atop Grand Central Station, the location is about as perfect as can be. There are unmatched views of the the Chrysler Building and Empire State Building, and you have a great view of Central Park along with the skinny, ultra-expensive residential towers that…

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  • Denver Skyline and lake

    When Denver Won Us Over — Photos from 2010

    Mike and I first visited Denver in the early 2000s, and we were not impressed — it seemed to be one of those typical Midwestern cities which empty out right at 5pm, as everyone hops in their cars and returns to their homes in the suburbs. But something changed over the next decade, because when…

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