Guest post by Jamie Rhein Women's rights take center stage at the Women’s Rights National Historical Park in Seneca Falls, New York. This historic slice of upstate New York is in a region steeped in social justice. Its location is fitting. Seneca Falls is where a group of women (and some men) held the first [...]
photo courtesy of Paramount Guest post by Jamie Rhein At the end of the movie, "A Quiet Place," a film set in New York state where the audience barely dares to eat a kernel of popcorn as to not make noise, my friend and I hung out to see where it was filmed. [...]
Drink a Manhattan in Manhattan at a rooftop bar. Photo © Nancy D. Brown When you have an opportunity to visit New York City for the weekend it's easy to get over-whelmed in the city that never sleeps. I'm from California and I'm at that stage in my life where I still value [...]
Lovage Lounge DoubleTree by Hilton NY Times Square West. Photo © Nancy D. Brown What started off as a lowly parking lot, DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel New York Times Square West has emerged to be the latest showstopper, steps from Broadway Theater District, the convention center and New York City dining and shopping. [...]
Sam and Amber Jaeger in the road trip movie, "Take Me Home." With season of summer road trips almost upon us, here is a movie that is a reminder of what it's like to discover oneself and a kernel of truth about life along the open road. "Take Me Home," is an independent film gem [...]
Seneca Bark Longhouse In the Finger Lakes region in upstate New York, the Seneca, one of the six nations of the Haudenosaunee, more commonly known as the Iroquois Confederacy, once thrived. Thankfully, due to their ancestors’ grit, fortitude, and determination to keep their culture alive, the Seneca that still live here remain connected to their roots [...]