City Gal On The Go
City Gal is a native New Englander. I grew up eating lobster. I never ate a real crab until I was almost 20 years old at a crab house in Bethesda. I was hooked. Eating crabs once or twice a summer throughout the seven years I lived in Maryland was a definite highlight, and probably
The Hester Street Fair runs every summer Saturday from 10am to 6pm in Manhattan’s Lower East Side. It’s the perfect spot to find unique pieces from several vintage and independent retailers. The below vintage pieces are part of N Style Vintage’s collection and can be purchased through N Style’s Etsy shop. Wink and Flip is a
Love Milan. Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II, a shopping arcade in central Milan adjacent to the Piazza del Duomo. In the Fashion District, even the street lights are fashionistas! This fashionable light installation was part of the LED light festival in Milan from December 2010 to January 2011. The urban installation, titled Leri, Oggi, Domani (translated
While those around me know I suffer from horrible travel luck (seriously, do NOT fly with me, you WILL be cancelled), I have been blessed with an innate ability to sleep naturally for very long periods of time on airplanes. My Qantas flight took off from JFK to LAX at 9pm, and I forced myself
I’d lived in New York for over three years and had never been to Fire Island. So, when a friend suggested we head there for a little pre-birthday outing, I happily accepted. Fire Island was somewhat of a hike to get to from the city – taxi to Penn Station, LIRR to Bay Shore with
Last weekend, I had some delicious paella at a Puerto Rican restaurant in my neighborhood. It got me thinking about the paella I ate on the “playa” in Ibiza. I had been craving paella like this ever since my last trip to Spain. On that particular trip, I’d been traveling through Spain and Morocco and
Morocco is home to many eccentric foods and exotic delicacies. The Jemaa el-Fnaa square, in the heart of Marrakech’s Medina, is host to various food vendors selling dried fruits and nuts, and fresh-squeezed juice. Fruit and nut vendor in Jemaa el-Fnaa. Juice vendor in Jemaa el-Fnaa. Surrounding the Jemaa el-Fnaa are several casual restaurants serving
What is there to say about a place where you feel as though you’ve stepped back in time a century, where life seems invariably halted as if preserved inside a Petri dish? This phenomenon is known to the world as the Marrakech Medina, or “old city.” There is something magical in the sheer and utter
Baejarins Beztu Pylsur is a small hot dog stand in central Reykjavik and is touted by many as the best hot dog in Europe. Huffington Post went so far as to name Baejarins Beztu as the best hot dog in the world. As a New Yorker, I live in the land of the ubiquitous hot dog stand.