After spending three days in Stockholm in July, it was time to head south to the countryside of Skane to visit our friends who had moved back to Sweden after living in New York City for a year. Normally, they live in Uppsala, which is less than an hour drive from Stockholm. But for most of the summer, […]

Dyker Heights, Brooklyn, is one place where you can have a very bright Christmas! Keeping up with the proverbial Joneses never required more electricity than it does in this Christmas lights wonderland. Subtlety is not rewarded here. Many of the houses go far beyond lights, with giant Nutcrackers, inflatable Santa Clauses and Nativity Scenes. Most […]

I had heard about the Holiday Train Show at the New York Botanical Garden for years, but I had always thought that it was something just for kids. Until I had my son (who just turned two), I didn’t get excited about trains unless I was planning a trip to Europe. But now that trains […]

There are always musicians in Central Park, but today there many more than usual thanks to a brand new festival called Jazz and Colors. There were 30 jazz bands in 30 locations all playing the same set list from noon—4pm, with an hour-long intermission. I arrived shortly after the second set had started and after […]

(photos by Marla Decker) When Marla Decker first arrived at the couples-only Pocono Palace, which is part of Caesars Pocono Resorts in Marshall Creek, PA, she wasn't sure if she was going to like it. She found the "Land of Love" welcome sign and the heart-shaped tubs a bit much. But she soon discovered that […]

(Photos by Jessica Smith) The ceremonial flags are adorning the Capitol and 5,000 porta-potties are lining the Mall and  parade route, but the inauguration revelers are just starting to trickle into Washington. “No masses yet, but give it another 24 hours,” says Jessica Smith, who lives in DC and works for the Senate. “The city […]