My younger cousin was in his freshman year in high school and his high school band was invited to play in the Thanksgiving Day Parade held in New York. We were all super excited for him, and having grown up across the river from NYC, it had always been a real desire of mine to […]
I’ve lived my entire life in America, but until adulthood, I never celebrated Thanksgiving the way American culture dictates you’re supposed to. My mother didn’t believe in cooking elaborate meals, and she didn’t get along with extended family well enough to feel thankful about holiday dinners they chose to host. So, because on Thanksgiving, everyone […]
My happiest New York City Thanksgiving memory happened way back in the 1970s, after I had moved from Manhattan in which I was born to the end of Long Island. Two close friends who lived on the Upper West Side invited me and another friend to their apartment for Thanksgiving dinner. Neither of us had […]
In 2008 I spent Thanksgiving just with my mother and father. Early morning, we woke up and got seats on the bleachers to watch the Thanksgiving Day Parade. It was fairly cold, but it’s always worth it. This is a tradition with my immediate family, and it is always such a joy to watch the […]
A few years ago, when I was 19 years old, I went to New York City on Thanksgiving day to spend the holiday with my friend Travis, his brother Jack, and their immediate family. While I expected a unique taste of New York City, what with being so far from home and my own family, […]
Happy Halloween from ALLNY.com and the New York City Moments Blog! If you don’t already have a frightful agenda, get ideas from our columnist Meryl Pearlstein in her post about Where to Celebrate Halloween in New York City!
I waited about an hour for him to come out of the bathroom and when he did my jaw dropped. He had on 6 inch stiletto’s and fish net stockings. A black leather mini skirt and a purple tube top. He had straightened his curly hair (which was long already) and now his locks were […]
It was the year 2000 and my friends and I were all out of Halloween Havoc ideas. We had done wild things in years past but usually kept close to home. This year was different though. I got a phone call on October 29th. A friend of mine was going to whisk me away for […]
