I have a lot of favorite places in New York. Some of them I go to all of the time and others I don’t get to visit nearly enough. The Cloisters in Ft. Tryon Park falls into the second category — I can’t remember the last time I was there! In case you haven’t heard of The Cloisters, it’s an offshoot of the Metropolitan Museum of Art which features art and architecture (including the building itself, which was assembled from time-appropriate elements) from the medieval period. The Cloisters is a gorgeous space — I wrote a few years ago about visiting a musical installation that was there for a while — and the artwork is stunning. If it’s been on your list for a while and you haven’t gone, may I recommend Sunday, October 4? Because if you happen to go that day, you’ll also get to experience the annual Medieval Festival in Ft. Tryon Park. I’m hoping to be there, too! And speaking of things that are coming up, don’t forget about square dancing this weekend in Bryant Park!
Tag: nyc (page 5 of 31)
Confession: 99.9% of the time I do not miss living in suburbia, but every once in a while, for a minute or two, my hometown looks pretty good — and not only because I miss my family and friends who still live there. Why? Well, its easy proximity to my favorite fall activities tops the list. But second on that list: the fact that all the stores you might need for inexpensive apartment stuff are just a quick car ride away. Soon after I moved here, I discovered the next best thing: the Marshalls/TJ Maxx/Bed Bath & Beyond complex on 6th Avenue at 19th Street in Manhattan.
This weekend is the Brooklyn Book Festival and if you’re here and looking for something to do, I highly recommend making a visit to Downtown Brooklyn to check it out. The festival itself is on Sunday, September 20, but there’s also a full day of events on Saturday, September 19, called Children’s Day, and other events this week. Some events are indoors but a lot of them are outside on Cadman Plaza — easy to get to from Manhattan or elsewhere in Brooklyn!
I walked out of my apartment yesterday morning and it felt like fall. There was a freshness to the air that’s missing in summertime, and I breathed it in and thought, YES. I know this isn’t a popular reaction – people on the elevator at work are already bemoaning the fact that the coming of fall means the coming of winter – but I’m ready. After a summer of visits with friends and weekend trips and weddings and running around, I am ready for a slowdown. I know it’s a short one and that the holidays will be here very soon, but I’ll take what I can get.
First posted on September 11, 2013.
My memories of September 11, 2001, aren’t very clear. I was in eighth grade, and I’m fairly certain I was in history class when we heard. But I can’t remember whether or not we saw any of the coverage on TV, or how they told us, or what they told us. There are some things about middle school that stand out clearly in my memory, but a lot of it is lost, and the details of September 11 went with it.
This time of year is all about life anniversaries for me. I moved to New York five years ago and started my first job a few days later. Not quite two years later I changed jobs within my company, and about a year later – two years ago today – I started this blog.
TWO YEARS AGO. I remember thinking that summer, hey, I need to write more, I should start a blog. And I wrote some sample posts to get out ahead of myself – yeah, that doesn’t happen anymore – and then on September 7, 2013, I put up my first post. I was still figuring out what I wanted to do with my blog, what exactly I wanted to write about, but I knew I wanted to show you all a bit of what New York is to me. I’ve tried to both open a window on what life is like here, for those of you who are far away, and to make suggestions of things to do for those of you who are here, by sharing what I’ve enjoyed.
© 2025 Noted in NYC
Theme by Anders Noren — Up ↑